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Birds in Cheshire and Wirral
David Norman
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Description for Birds in Cheshire and Wirral
Hardcover. Cheshire and Wirral provides a wide range of habitats for birds, from the estuaries of the Dee and Mersey in the west to the moors of the Peak District National Park in the east. This Atlas shows the distribution of the wintering species. It offers accounts of 186 species. It includes figures for the breeding populations of 65 of the species. Num Pages: 704 pages, 300 colour illustrations, 500 maps. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 211 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3054.
Cheshire and Wirral provides a wide range of habitats for birds, from the internationally important estuaries of the Dee and Mersey in the west to the high moors of the Peak District National Park in the east. During 2004 to 2007 more than 350 volunteers spent over 50,000 hours surveying each 2×2 km tetrad in Cheshire and Wirral, recording every bird species in the breeding season and in winter. This Atlas reveals dramatic changes since the county’s first breeding bird Atlas of 1978-84, and also for the first time shows the detailed distribution of the wintering species. Lavishly illustrated with ... Read more
Cheshire and Wirral provides a wide range of habitats for birds, from the internationally important estuaries of the Dee and Mersey in the west to the high moors of the Peak District National Park in the east. During 2004 to 2007 more than 350 volunteers spent over 50,000 hours surveying each 2×2 km tetrad in Cheshire and Wirral, recording every bird species in the breeding season and in winter. This Atlas reveals dramatic changes since the county’s first breeding bird Atlas of 1978-84, and also for the first time shows the detailed distribution of the wintering species. Lavishly illustrated with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846311529
SKU
V9781846311529
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About David Norman
Widely considered to be Cheshire's foremost living ornithologist, Professor David Norman is a passionate advocate for nature conservation, and in 2002 was awarded the BTO's Tucker Medal for his outstanding scientific contributions in surveying, nest-recording and ringing birds. One of the two independent members of the UK's Rare Breeding Birds Panel, David has also served on the Councils of English ... Read more
Reviews for Birds in Cheshire and Wirral
This is an incredible achievement for a local group and they deserve support as well as our admiration. It could have used all the effort to produce the sort of volume we are used to seeing from county ornithological societies but they have, instead, produced a book that is pleasing to look at, easy to follow and clear where others ... Read more