Published by The Chalford Publishing Company, 1996
ISBN 10: 0752406167 ISBN 13: 9780752406169
Seller: Books & Bobs, Deeside, FLINT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A tight, bright, and clean copy with no inscriptions and no creases. Features fantastic black and white photographs throughout. 128pp. (16.5x23.5cm). Please contact us for any more information.
Published by Chalford Publishing Company, Stroud, 1996
ISBN 10: 0752406167 ISBN 13: 9780752406169
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This as new unread copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The text block is tight white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. WWT Slimbridge is a wetland wildlife reserve near Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England. It is midway between Bristol and Gloucester on the eastern side of the estuary of the River Severn. The reserve, set up by the artist and naturalist Sir Peter Scott, opened in November 1946. Scott subsequently founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, which has since opened eight reserves around the country. Slimbridge comprises some 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of pasture, reed bed, lagoon and salt marsh. Many water birds live there all year round, and others are migrants on their ways to and from their summer breeding grounds. Other birds overwinter, including large numbers of white-fronted geese and increasing numbers of Bewick's swans. Besides having the world's largest collection of captive wildfowl, Slimbridge takes part in research and is involved in projects and internationally run captive breeding programmes. It was there that Peter Scott developed a method of recognising individual birds through their characteristics, after realising that the coloured patterns on the beaks of Bewick's swans were unique. The public can visit the reserve throughout the year. Besides examining the collections, they can view birds from hides and observatories and take part in educational activities. This book is lavishly illustrated with archive photographs along with those from private collections, some published here for the first time. Ref WW 5.
Published by George Kelsall., United Kingdom., 1987
ISBN 10: 0946571090 ISBN 13: 9780946571093
Seller: Anthony Vickers Bookdealer PBFA, Selby, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Price Clipped. 272pp, bw illus. with col frontispiece. Just a hint of fading to dw spine.
Published by Chalford, Glocs: The Chalford Publishing Co. in Asssociation with The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. 1996., 1996
Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
Signed
Inscribed in ink to head of title page 'For Tommy & Diana/Happy memories of those early days./With love from Phil.' [Philippa Scott] with loosely inserted a Lady Scott compliments slip with a similar message hand written signed 'Phil'. Large 8vo. (236x164mm), soft cover, 128pp., frontispiece & well illustrated throughout incl. full page, paperback, very good.Philippa Scott, Lady Scott née Talbot-Ponsonby, (22 November 1918 - 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist. She married Sir Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1951.Thomas Sidney Johnstone known affectionately as Tommy Johnstone, son of Dr. Johnstone of Peterborough, married Miss Diana Marie Baillie in Belfast early February 1944. He saw an article in Country Life and wrote to Peter Scott asking if there was any chance of making a living with birds? He became Assistant Curator of the Wildfowl Trust and soon the Curator, staying for nearly 30 years with his wife Diana.