A lavish celebration of the seabirds of the British Isles. Seabirds
are the living links between land, air and sea. They enjoy a freedom
that even humans, with all our technological assistance, can barely
imagine. Many species travel mind-boggling distances across the length
and breadth of our planet before returning to land to breed in large,
deafening and confusingly crowded colonies. Yet within this commotion
each mated pair forms a bond of extreme closeness and tenderness that
survives separation each winter and may persist for decades. The long
and geologically varied coastline of the British Isles provides homes
for internationally important numbers of breeding seabirds. Visiting
their colonies is always unforgettable, whether they are cliff-faces
packed with Guillemots, islands white-capped by clustered Gannets on
their nests, flat beaches crowded with screaming Arctic Terns or
seaside rooftops overlaid with a second townscape of nesting gulls.
The changing fortunes of these seabird cities reveal to us the health
of the vast, unseen but incredibly rich marine world that surrounds
us. RSPB Seabirds showcases some of our most exciting and enigmatic
bird species as vital and living components of one of our greatest
natural assets: our coastline. The author presents detailed
biographies of all the seabird species that breed in and around the
British Isles, and also looks at the many species that breed elsewhere
but which, regularly or occasionally, visit British waters. Every page
of this sumptuous book features beautiful photographs of wild seabirds
engaged in their daily work of hunting, travelling, protecting
themselves and their territories, courting and raising a family.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781472911162
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Natural History
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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