Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland

About this book

Unmodified reprint of the 2010 second edition of this monograph.

Bird observatories are research stations established mainly for the study of migration, particularly by means of ringing. There are now 18 scattered around the Britain and Ireland at key points on migration routes, on coastal promontories or small islands. Part of their attraction is the regular occurrence of rarities that are found each year at these observatories. Written by wardens and ringers from each location, Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland is a timely second edition of one of the earliest Poyser titles. It includes detailed coverage of the history, location, habitats and ornithological interest of each observatory, including summaries and tables of noteworthy events.

Contents

Foreword
Introduction and acknowledgements

Bardsey
Calf of Man
Cape Clear
Copeland, County Down
Dungeness
Fair Isle
Holme
Gibraltar Point
Portland Bill
Sandwich
Spurn
North Ronaldsey
Walney

Appendices
Index

Customer Reviews

Biography

Mike Archer is the lead editor of the book. He leads the data management team at Bardsey Bird Observatory, and is an active ringer at Gibraltar Point. Each observatory article is written by an authorship team from the observatory in question.