Sharrock, J.T.R. The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. 1st. Ed. Pub. B.T.O. & I.W.C. 1976
pp.476 with line drawings & full-page dist. maps. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Importantly, this copy comes with the Publisher’s 12 transparent overlays of environmental factors.
This book shows, for the first time, the precise distribution of the breeding birds of Britain and Ireland. The twelve overlays can be used to interpret the distribution maps. They provide detail on altitude, January temperature, July temperature, annual rainfall, mean vapour pressure, lack of standing fresh water, lowland heath, moorland, sessile oakwoods, chalk and limestone, river systems and County boundaries.
£7.50 [Ref: 38216]