Alexander, H.G. Seventy Years of Birdwatching.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1974 pp.264 with b/w. photos and illus. by Robert Gillmor. 8vo. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
The author's birdwatching extended over parts of three continents, Europe, India and North America. During more than seventy years H.G. Alexander has witnessed important changes in resident and migrant bird populations in Britain.
£17.50 [ref: 71268]
Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.
£20.00 [ref: 62752]
Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.
£20.00 [ref: 61403]
Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with some photos. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£30.00 [ref: 55608]
Avery, M. &. Leslie, R. Birds and Forestry.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xii, 299 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Written following the conflict between forestry and nature conservation in the 1980s, this book studies which birds are threatened, which species benefit from afforestation, the value placed on these species, and the ways in which forestry can fit in with the needs and demands of conservationists.
£25.00 [ref: 59775]
Batten, L.A. et al. (Ed.) Red Data Birds in Britain. Action for rare, threatened and important species.
1st. Ed. Pub. T. & AD Poyser. 1990 pp.viii, 349 with illustrations. 8vo. Hardback. Fine in fine dw.
£10.00 [ref: 34308]
Batten, L.A. et al. (Ed.) Red Data Birds in Britain. Action for rare, threatened and important species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.viii, 349 with b/w. photos. and text illus. 8vo. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
Each of the species accounts provides information on current populations, basic ecology, threats to species and the legal protection and conservation measures in force.
£9.00 [ref: 70787]
Batten, L.A. et al. (Ed.) Red Data Birds in Britain. Action for rare, threatened and important species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.viii, 349 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Each of the species accounts provides information on current populations, basic ecology, threats to species and the legal protection and conservation measures in force.
£9.50 [ref: 62767]
Birkhead, T. Great Auk Islands. A field biologist in the Arctic.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1993 pp.viii, 275 with colour, b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
In this book Tim Birkhead describes in personal detail the different facets of research and brings to life both the difficulties and the excitement of working in the Arctic.
£40.00 [ref: 68216]
Brooke, M. The Manx Shearwater.
1st. Ed. Pub. Poyser. 1990 pp.xviii, 246 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Based on 17 years of research on shearwaters at Atlantic colonies, the book covers breeding biology, vocal behaviour, and trans-equatorial migrations as well as the population dynamics of the species.
£80.00 [ref: 60260]