THE KESTREL IN THE TOWN. By Mike Birkhead and Oxford Scientific Films. Animal Habitats series.

1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (183 x 246mm). Pp32. Colour photographs throughout, b/w line drawings. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

A good, concise, and well illustrated account of the kestrel in urban areas. Chapters include: Kestrels and where they live; The kestrel in towns; The kestrel's body; The kestrel's head; Masters of the air; food and feeding; The hunt; Preparing to breed; Egg laying; Growing up; The home life of kestrels; Friends and neighbours; Other aerial predators; Living with people; Life in the town.