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The European Animal Tracks Handbook (Bloomsbury Naturalist) - Hardcover

Grolms, Joscha

 
9781399415774: The European Animal Tracks Handbook (Bloomsbury Naturalist)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1399415778 ISBN 13: 9781399415774
Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2025

Synopsis

Containing more than 1,600 photos and drawings, this magnificent handbook is the definitive guide to the tracks and signs of European animals.

The European Animal Tracks Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the art of tracking, offering practical insight into the vast wealth of information that you can read from animal tracks and signs. Detailed descriptions and measurements of footprints and gaits are provided to aid identification, and include life-size or precisely scaled comparison charts of mammalian and bird footprints. In-depth species portraits present the biology, tracks and typical signs of Europe's mammals. The book also covers the footprints and grazing marks, nests, burrows and other signs of common birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.

Now the standard work in the field, this handbook is an invaluable reference for animal-trackers of all abilities.

'A fascinating book, with an enormous wealth of detailed knowledge, wonderful photos and illustrations.' Jane Goodall Institute

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About the Author

Joscha Grolms is an internationally recognised tracker and an expert on the tracks and signs of animals in Europe. Inspired by the well-known trackers Louis Liebenberg and Mark Elbroch, he spent many years observing, measuring, photographing and researching, with his research taking him to North America, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany. In the course of his training, Joscha learned from both renowned scientists and indigenous trackers.


Joscha works as an evaluator to establish a worldwide standard for tracking, and he also teaches seminars, leads tracking tours and teaches students the art of tracking.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Wildlife
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1399415778
ISBN 13 
9781399415774
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
816