THE MERLINS OF THE WELSH MARCHES. By D.A. Orton.

THE MERLINS OF THE WELSH MARCHES. By D.A. Orton.

THE HAWKWATCHER: ADVENTURES AMONG BIRDS OF PREY IN THE WILD. By D.A. Orton. Illustrated by Donald Watson. Foreword by Wilson Stephens.

THE HAWKWATCHER: ADVENTURES AMONG BIRDS OF PREY IN THE WILD. By D.A. Orton. Illustrated by Donald Watson. Foreword by Wilson Stephens.

THE PUFFIN. By David Boag and Mike Alexander.

(1986) 1995 new edition. 8vo paperback (155 x 233mm). Pp128. Colour photographs, brief bibliography.

"The Common or Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is one of the most popular and most easily identified seabirds of the northern hemisphere. This comical little bird is found in colonies on the rocky sea cliffs and offshore islands of the northern USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the USSR, Norway, Northern Europe and the United Kingdom." This book also includes material on the affects of human activities and, particularly, oil pollution. Chapters include: Description and distribution; The puffin colony; Courtship and egg-laying; Chick development; Mortality and kleptoparasitism; Men and puffins. Appendices deal with photographic techniques and distribution of the species.
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8380
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Author Boag (David) and Alexander (Mike).
Book Code 8380
ISBN 0713725966 / 0713725966.
Book Description Fine new copy.
Book Cover Paperback
Published Date 1995
Publisher Blandford.
Place London.