Birds New to Britain 1980-2004
Birds New to Britain 1980-2004
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This guide is fascinating reading for everyone who has an interest in migration and vagrancy in Britain, has made the journey to see any of the birds concerned, or has ever dreamed of finding a 'first' of their own.
Britain's position on the edge of the Western Palearctic means that it receives a relatively high number of vagrant birds from both east and west. The islands to the extreme north and west, and the full length of the east coast, are particularly favoured, and the many 'twitchers' who patrol key sites in these places during migration time are hoping to find rarities - but most of all each would like to find a bird never before recorded in Britain - a 'first'.
Since 1980, a total of 76 bird species have been found for the first time in Britain. Each individual, although hopelessly lost and quite possibly doomed, has brought birding celebrity for its finder, and a swarm of admirers to view the bird itself.
This new book is the successor to Birds New to Britain and Ireland by Sharrock and Grant (Poyser, 1982), which covered the new birds discovered between 1958 and 1980. The accounts of each new bird's finder are reproduced from their original sources (mainly from British Birds and Birding World).
Table of Contents
Foreword by Eric Meek
Birder's Map of Britain
1980 The twitcher's diary - Richard Millington
1981 The tattler's tale - Chris Harbard
1982 Hitching and twitching - John McLoughlin
1983 Four lifers in one day - Richard Thomas
1984 The dessert courser - Dominic Mitchell
1985 Fanfare for the common bird - Mark Cocker
1986 Birding with Santa - Tim Melling
1987 The birth of Birdline - Steve Gantlett
1988 A whale of a time - Tim Cleeves
1989 Migrating north - Adrian Pitches
1990 Bunting hunting - Colin Bradshaw
1991 A new wife - and several gull friends - Martin Garner
1992 My final season on Fair Isle - Paul Harvey
1993 Tern the other cheek! - Susan Hepton
1994 Ross's Gulls and mega buntings - Steve Young
1995 Premier League birding in Manchester - Judith Smith
1996 A turning point - Alistair Crowle
1997 Year listing one last time - Alan Davies
1998 The patchwatcher's reward - Russell Slack
1999 Finding the big one - Jimmy Steele
2000 In the recovery ward with a Red-Necked Stint - Roger Riddington
2001 Touch and go on North Ronaldsay - Malcolm Roxby
2002 Migration Watch and Wedding March - Dawn Balmer
2003 A fine year in Fife - Ken Shaw
2004 Fabulous Fair Isle - Rebecca Nason
Appendix 1 - Firsts for Ireland and the Isle of Man not recorded in Britain
Appendix 2 - Categories of the British List
References
Bibliography
Websites
Index
Product details
| Published | 15 Aug 2005 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 344 |
| ISBN | 9780713670226 |
| Imprint | T & AD Poyser |
| Illustrations | 72 line drawings, 80 colour photos |
| Dimensions | 234 x 154 mm |
| Series | Poyser Monographs |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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