Keith Betton

Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (eBook, ePUB)

5th Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A revised and expanded edition of this book, the definitive birdwatching site guide for Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Whether you're seeking Firecrests or Hawfinch in the New Forest, Osprey in Dorset or eagles on the Isle of Wight, this book tells you where to go, what you'll see and when to see it. Keith Betton's fully revised and updated fifth edition of Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is the essential site guide for any birdwatcher visiting or resident in the area.

This book contains a comprehensive review of the area's significant birdwatching sites, providing all the information necessary to make the most of each and every trip, whatever the time of year. This edition also incorporates new sites and revised mapping throughout and has notes on access and target species. This book is an indispensable resource for birders in this bird-rich sweep of southern England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472985415
• Artikelnr.: 62654941

Autorenporträt

Keith Betton is a writer, broadcaster and freelance bird guide. He is a keen world birder, having seen more than 8,500 species in nearly 110 countries. He has a particular passion for Africa and the Middle East, having been Chairman of the African Bird Club and OSME. In the UK he is heavily involved in bird monitoring in Hampshire, where he is County Recorder and Chairman of the Hampshire Ornithological Society. He has also been a Council Member of both the RSPB and BTO and is Vice President of the latter.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction How to use this book Key to the maps West and
North Dorset Portland and Weymouth Purbeck and Poole Basin East Dorset and
the Hampshire Avon The Chalk Downs The Test and Itchen Valleys The New
Forest and Nearby Coast South-east Hampshire North-east Hampshire The Isle
of Wight List of organisations with abbreviations used in text Glossary
Further reading list Code of conduct for birdwatchers Index of species by
site number