To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Ornithology  Biology, Ecology & Behaviour

Studies in Bird Migration, Volume 1

By: William Eagle Clarke(Author)
323 pages, 2 b/w illustrations, 7 b/w maps
Studies in Bird Migration, Volume 1
Click to have a closer look
  • Studies in Bird Migration, Volume 1 ISBN: 9781108066976 Paperback Jan 2014 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
    £33.99
    #209765
Price: £33.99
About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles

About this book

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Having trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, the ornithologist William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938) established himself in his field by preparing reports on bird migration for the British Association. Focusing on the species passing through the British Isles, Clarke spent many months in various lighthouses and on remote islands. He brought all his research together in this two-volume work, illustrated with maps, weather charts and photographs of key research locations. In Volume 1, Clarke notes which species arrive in the British Isles during each season. A map shows the routes they take. He also explains how weather conditions affect avian journeys, using charts to indicate temperature changes across Europe and wind conditions over Britain. The annual movements of swallows, skylarks, rooks and other species are then discussed individually. Studies in Bird Migration, Volume 1 closes with Clarke's account of the month he spent at the Eddystone Lighthouse.

Contents

Preface

1. Some ancient and antiquated views
2. Some modern views
3. The British Isles and their migratory birds
4. The geographical aspects of British bird-migration
5. Round the year among the British migratory birds: spring
6. Round the year among the British migratory birds: autumn
7. Round the year among the British migratory birds: winter
8. Weather influences
9. The migrations of the swallow
10. The migrations of the fieldfare
11. The migrations of the white wagtail
12. The migrations of the song-thrush
13. The migrations of the skylark
14. The migrations of the lapwing
15. The migrations of the starling
16. The migrations of the rook
17. A month on the Eddystone

Customer Reviews

By: William Eagle Clarke(Author)
323 pages, 2 b/w illustrations, 7 b/w maps
Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides