RSPB British Birds of Prey

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Photograph our native raptors and owls during our 3 daily flying displays or book a Bird of Prey Photography Day and we will tailor the session just for you or your group If you are looking for even more excitement, you can have a go at flying a bird yourself, on our award-winning private and group experiences! Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (200 x 270mm). Pp192. Colour plates by Alastair Proud, colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Corners slightly bumped. Good-plus in like, slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "The first specialist book on all British raptors to appear since 1976. [the author] examines the history of our twenty-three regular breeders and visitors, and gives full details of their natural history .current status and distribution, diet, behaviour, field characteristics, habitat, breeding, migration and movements". Includes information on vagrants. Many illustrations including paintings by Alasair Proud. All species discussed are illustrated, including their eggs. . The peregrine falcon. Famed for its speed, its power and its sheer deadly attitude, these are the fastest things in the animal kingdom. A peregrine falcon can exceed speeds of 200mph in full stoop, although they don't often do this in the wild. Hitting a pigeon at that speed wouldn't be too good for either bird... Stephen Message is one of the UK's foremost bird artists as well as an experienced birdwatcher. He studied Graphic Design, then specialised in natural history illustration at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and has worked as a freelance artist ever since. Stephen has twice been runner up for the Bird Illustrator of the Year, and he was the Birdwatch Artist of the Year in 2017. Stephen painted the beautiful cover artworks for all four editions of the RSPB Handbook of British Birds. He has illustrated many books in his career, including Waders of Europe, Asia and North America, Bill Oddie's Birds of Britain and Ireland and the Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia.

Whilst mainly brown, they have light patches on the underside of their wings, which can help to distinguish them from ravens or large crows at a glance. Their primary wing feathers also give the appearance of long fingers. A good way to spot buzzards is to listen for their distinctive and iconic 'mew' call. Oktav, Org.-Hardcover mit illustr. Org.-SU, xiv, 400 S., mit zahlreichen Tafel- und Textabbildungen in S/W, wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. [New Naturalist Library, 60]. - ISBN 0002194058. - ENGLISH: Octavo. publisher's hardcover with illustrated publisher's D/J, xiv, 400 pp., with numerous illustrations in B/W on plates and in the text, a well preserved copy. [New Naturalist Library, 60]. - ISBN 0002194058. - ENGLISH: Octavo. publisher's hardcover with illustrated publisher's D/J, xiv, 400 pp., with numerous illustrations in B/W on plates and in the text, a well preserved copy. 501 g. A collection of more than 200 colour photographs celebrating our birds of prey. The text examines their biology and ecology and the work of the RSPB from past to present. The white-tailed eagle, also known as the sea eagle or the 'flying barn door,' is our largest bird of prey. They're on the red-list for endangered species, and are mainly confined to the coasts of northern Scotland. Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 223mm). Ppxii,172. B/w photographs. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. A good study of British raptors. .

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Other than size, they differ in the buzard by having a longer tail. They'll fly with their wings in a 'V-shape' and flight from perching, or at low altitudes can seem laboured, with long, slow wing beats until they gather momentum or hit the hot air column. Hardcover, 1971). 1971 1st edition. 8vo (134 x 204mm). Pp208. B/w photographs, drawings. Boards slightly dented but very good in frayed dust-wrapper. "Designed for use in the field, this book gives much practical advice to the observer on the identification of British and European birds of prey. .The authors have included a valuable series of pencil drawings which have been specially prepared to assist in identification, and the photographs have been chosen to show mainly birds in flight." . Tailor made lesson plans to suit your Key Stage. Topics such as flight, predators & nocturnal animals combined with flying demos & hands-on activities really bring your lesson to life!

Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (200 x 270mm). Pp192. Colour plates by Alastair Proud, colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "The first specialist book on all British raptors to appear since 1976. [the author] examines the history of our twenty-three regular breeders and visitors, and gives full details of their natural history .current status and distribution, diet, behaviour, field characteristics, habitat, breeding, migration and movements." Includes information on vagrants. Many illustrations including paintings by Alasair Proud. All species discussed are illustrated, including their eggs. .

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First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 208 p., 24 plates; illus. 21 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 12. Subjects; Birds of prey. Birds Europe. Birds of prey Europe. Birds of prey Great Britain. Raptores Europe Spotters' handbooks. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

With a diet of fish and birds, they nest on the coast and are rarely seen inland. They are similar in shape to a golden eagle, but they are bigger and have a much shorter tail. The tail is white, and the head is pale. Like the golden eagle, it's hard to mistake for another bird because of it's size. Red kites have been saved from the brink of extinction, with sucessful reintroduction projects up and down the country. They are almost unmistakable, with their deep red/orange colours and their distinctive forked tails.Condition: Very good. xiii, 400, 16 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w (fading to spine; price-clipped; in publisher's orig. clear duraseal cover). 1st edition. [9780002194051]. They are often communal birds, and in places will gather together in great numbers to scavenge for food. Look for them circling, with their long, broad fingered wings in a v-shape. Red kites eat mainly carrion, and will often follow farmers plowing fields to get the earth worms that are exposed. Birds of prey in the field : a guide to the British and European species / by Roger Harkness and Colin Murdoch; illustrated with drawings by the authors and photographs by Eric Hosking, Lennart Norstro?m and Arne Schmitz