RSPB Birds: their Hidden World - Softcover

Holden, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408152622 ISBN 13: 9781408152621

Publisher: A&C Black, 2012

Synopsis

Even if you are an enthusiastic bird watcher, the details of how birds fly, why they behave as they do, how they breed and their extraordinary travels can seem very mysterious.

This lively new book aims to give readers a broad understanding of 'how birds work' from their physical make-up to courtship and breeding, social activity and their spread and travels. Readers will be able to interpret the kind of bird activity and behaviour that they see and hear in their gardens as well as in the wider countryside and on nature reserves.

Designed for the general interest reader and written in a lively and accessible style, the book is presented as a series of beautifully illustrated page spreads, enhanced by fully captioned photographs and with case studies of individual species of British and European birds.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Holden has written nine books, including the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds and the acclaimed RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife. He worked for the RSPB for more than 40 years.

Review:

lively and accessible -- Sue Monahan * Birdwatch * an erudite and encylopaedic repository of all you need to know about 'how birds work'... Peter Holden has pulled off a difficult double - both an easy read and a useful reference book. * Birding World * an erudite and encylopaedic repository of all you need to know about 'how birds work'... Peter Holden has pulled off a difficult double - both an easy read and a useful reference book. * Birding World * a fascinating and stimulating book * Scottish Birds *

About this edition

• Publisher: A&C Black
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1408152622
• ISBN 13: 9781408152621
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256