Hen Harrier

Watson, D.; Color Plates, Drawings, Maps [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0856610151 / ISBN 13: 9780856610158

Published by T & A. D. Poyser, 1977

About this Item

T. and A. D. Poyser (Pitman Press); Berkhamsted, 1977. Hardcover. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some discoloration/sunning along board and spine edges, dent bottom front board edge, trace scattered foxing top text block edge, some age toning to pages, previous owner handwritten ink name top front free endpaper, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, mild edge/corner wear, spine fade, couple of faint creases bottom front flap, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 307pp., appendix, bibliography, tables, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale (the glare in the photograph is from the Mylar). Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hen Harrier
• Publisher: T & A. D. Poyser
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856610151
• ISBN 13: 9780856610158
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 21 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ornithology

About this title

Synopsis

Artist, ornithologist and author, Donald Watson has made an especial study of the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus over many years and his field notes and sketch books of this exceptional bird of prey go back to the 1940s. The book opens with the world distribution of the harrier family, then there is a fuller treatment of the Hen Harrier in Europe and North America (the Marsh Hawk), its history and present status. Further chapters detail hunting methods and prey selection, the breeding cycle, migration and distribution. The second part of the book is a closely observed account of the Hen Harrier in Donald Watson's particular study areas in Scotland, in moorland and forest habitats. The author's colour paintings, line drawings and reproductions from his field sketch books are an outstanding accompaniment to a most readable yet scholarly text.

About the Author

Donald Watson was renowned as both a pre-eminent artist of wild south-west Scotland and as a talented field ornithologist. Following service in the Burma campaign from 1944 to the war's end, Donald put his talent as a bird artist to good use, illustrating many books, and producing a number of superb paintings of wild places – moors, estuaries and heaths. Meanwhile, he continued his scientific studies, becoming president of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, with this culminating in his great masterpiece, 1977's The Hen Harrier. Later in life he continued to paint and publish, with his last book, In Search of Harriers, published shortly after his death in 2005.