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RSPB Migration Hotspots: The World´s Best Bird Migration Sites
Tim Harris
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Description for RSPB Migration Hotspots: The World´s Best Bird Migration Sites
hardcover. Series: RSPB. Num Pages: 224 pages, 170 colour photos and 30 colour maps. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 286 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds - wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines - migrate between higher and lower latitudes, or in some cases between high latitudes in the northern hemisphere and high latitudes in the southern hemisphere. In a handful of places around the world, a combination of geography, topography and climate combine to funnel migrant birds into narrow fronts, leading to migration hotspots, places where, for a few days each year, birds seem to be everywhere. The sight of thousands upon thousands of birds is one of nature's greatest wildlife spectacles. Migration Hotspots ... Read more
Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds - wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines - migrate between higher and lower latitudes, or in some cases between high latitudes in the northern hemisphere and high latitudes in the southern hemisphere. In a handful of places around the world, a combination of geography, topography and climate combine to funnel migrant birds into narrow fronts, leading to migration hotspots, places where, for a few days each year, birds seem to be everywhere. The sight of thousands upon thousands of birds is one of nature's greatest wildlife spectacles. Migration Hotspots ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Natural History
Condition
New
Series
RSPB
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408171172
SKU
9781408171172
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tim Harris
Tim Harris has been fascinated by bird migration since as a young boy he witnessed Swallows flying in off the sea at Selsey Bill, while terns streamed past and recently arrived warblers sang from scrub. He has since been birding in more than 40 countries and has been inspired over and over again by the sights and ... Read more
Reviews for RSPB Migration Hotspots: The World´s Best Bird Migration Sites
a beautifully illustrated coffee-table book for twitchers
The Spectator
beautifully illustrated...will get you planning spring and autumn trips in 2014 the minute you begin reading about the wonders of seasonal bird movements.
Scottish Sunday Express
a happy combination of sound facts and a readable style...a well-researched title.
BBC Wildlife
lavishly illustrated...enables one to get ... Read more
The Spectator
beautifully illustrated...will get you planning spring and autumn trips in 2014 the minute you begin reading about the wonders of seasonal bird movements.
Scottish Sunday Express
a happy combination of sound facts and a readable style...a well-researched title.
BBC Wildlife
lavishly illustrated...enables one to get ... Read more