This book is a celebration of British raptors (including owls), following their fortunes as British breeding birds from historical times to the present day and illustrated with 200 stunning colour photographs.
This book is a celebration of British raptors (including owls), following their fortunes as British breeding birds from historical times to the present day and illustrated with 200 stunning colour photographs.
Marianne Taylor is a birdwatcher, dragonfly-finder and mammal-seeker from Kent, England. She has written many books on wildlife including British Naturefinder, British Birds of Prey and Spotlight Robins for the RSPB and two previous nature-writing narratives, Dragonflight and Way of the Hare.
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Foreword by Roy Dennis, MBE Introduction Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Osprey Pandion haliaetus Red Kite Milvus milvus Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Goshawk Accipiter gentilies Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Merlin Falco columbarius Hobby Falco subbeteo Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Long-earned Owl Asio otus Little Own Athene noctua Rare Visitors and Vagrants Glossary References Acknowledgements
