Wernham Chris (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12 pages. Illustrated. Are Pied Flycatchers declining? / Ian Randall and Garth Lowe "Catching techniques for Swallows" / John Massie "A Study Of Breeding Tawny Owls" / Starling & Whinchat (SL#281).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto, i-xvi, 884 pp, headpiece drawings for each species, maps and tables. A fine copy in a dust wrapper with very light fading to the spine but generally an excellent copy of this monumental work published by Poyser for The British Trust for Ornithology. A very heavy item which will require extra charges to ship an overseas order.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in complete fine dustwrapper. No extra mailing will be requested for dispatch to UK address.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, boards and binding tidy, minimal shelf wear to dust jacket, original £55 price sticker on rear of jacket. Size: Folio.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, thick quarto, measuring 11 7/8" x 9 3/4", a very well preserved and tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a very good pictorial dust jacket which is protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. 884pp. An extremely heavy volume which will attract a request for additional postage if ordered from locations outside the United Kingdom.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover: Condition: Very Good, Pages clean, bright and unmarked. Dust Jacket: Condition: very good, slight shelf wear and small tear at the top of the spine. 884 pages. This book brings together results generated by the British and Irish Ringing scheme since 1909. Very Heavy.…

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and lightly marked dust jacket. 300mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). xvi, 884pp. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book - fine, dust jacket - fine. HEAVY (3.95 kg) - extra postage will be required.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 300pp. (white spine). 4to. small sized. 2006. First edition. A very good, clean, tight hardback copy. No inscriptions. The text supported by some pen and ink drawings, charts, tables and a CD at the rear of raptor recordings / calls. A bump to the head of the front board - the upper corner of the rear board with slight bump and an area of rubbing to the rear endpaper about 4cm in length caused - probably by the glue used to attach the CD sleeve to the rear paste-down. A very good copy of this rare and sought after publication.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A tight, bright, and clean copy with no inscriptions and no foxing. Some very minor bumping to edges, but otherwise as new condition. Features superb charts and tables throughout. Includes CD of raptor calls - please note condition of CD is unknown.300pp. (16x25cm). UK orders may require extra shipping to cover insurance. Please contact us for any more information. …

FIRST EDITION. FINE IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAPPER., LARGE QUARTO, PUBLISHED FOR THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY.

1ST EDITION. FINE IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. LARGE QUARTO, 884 PAGES. PUBLISHED FOR THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. ‎2009 Stationery Office Books paperback 2nd edition plus CD. Light reading wear else very good condition. Contents: Foreword by Ian Newton 1. Introduction 1.1 Why monitor raptors? 1.2 The development of raptor monitoring in Britain and Ireland 1.2.1 Raptor Study Groups 1.2.2 The UK Raptor Working Group 1.2.3 The Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme 1.3 International perspectives on raptor monitoring 1.4 The status of raptors in Britain and Ireland 1.5 A survey and monitoring guide for raptors 2. Survey, surveillance and monitoring 2.1 Definitions 2.2 Choice of survey methods 2.2.1 Counts of occupied home ranges and active nests 2.2.2 Alternative survey methods: transects and point counts 2.3 Surveys and monitoring in Britain and Ireland 3. Population estimates 3.1 Population sampling 3.2 Breeding birds 3.2.1 Occupied sites 3.2.2 Territorial pairs 3.2.3 Breeding pairs 3.3 Non-breeding birds 4. Breeding season parameters 4.1 Home range and territory 4.2 Nest sites, nesting ranges and alternatives 4.3 Nests 4.4 Occupancy 4.5 Proof of breeding, breeding success and fledging 4.6 Productivity 4.7 Breeding failure 4.7.1 Natural reasons for non-breeding or failure 4.7.2 Persecution 5. Identification and breeding behaviour of raptors 5.1 Identification of raptors 5.2 Identifying raptor signs 5.2.1 Kills 5.2.2 Pellets 5.2.3 Droppings 5.2.4 Feathers 5.3 Breeding behaviour of raptors 5.3.1 Display 5.3.2 Egg laying and incubation 5.3.3 Hunting and feeding 5.3.4 Interpretation of behaviour 5.4 Vocalisations 6. Additional techniques for studying raptors 6.1 Ringing 6.2 Wing-tagging 6.3 Remote tracking 6.3.1 Radio-tracking 6.3.2 Satellite tracking 6.3.3 PIT tags 6.4 Biological and chemical 'markers' 6.4.1 Genetic markers 6.4.2 Chemical markers 6.5 Nomograms 6.5.1 Egg density 6.5.2 Chick growth 6.6 Nest boxes 7. Good practice for fieldwork 7.1 Legal considerations 7.1.1 Licences 7.1.2 Access 7.2 Minimising disturbance and good field craft 7.3 Weather 7.4 Time of day 7.5 Frequency of site visits 7.6 Observer effort 7.7 Recording observations and site features 7.7.1 Recording sightings of birds, nests or other signs 7.7.2 Recording details of survey visits 7.8 Handling and measuring eggs and young 7.8.1 Wing length 7.8.2 Tarsus (leg) length 7.8.3 Tarsus width and depth 7.8.4 Foot span and hind claw 7.8.5 Bill (culmen) and total head length 7.8.6 Mass 7.8.7 Measuring and weighing eggs 7.8.8 Other measurements 7.9 Wildlife crime 7.9.1 Site confidentiality 7.10 Health and safety 7.10.1 Diseases 7.10.2 Health and safety legislation and responsibilities Part 2 Introduction to species accounts Honey-buzzard (European honey buzzard) Pernis apivorus Red kite Milvus milvus White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Marsh harrier (western marsh harrier) Circus aeruginosus Hen harrier (northern harrier) Circus cyaneus Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus Goshawk (northern goshawk) Accipiter gentilis Sparrowhawk (Eurasian sparrowhawk) Accipiter nisus Buzzard (common buzzard) Buteo buteo Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Osprey (western osprey) Pandion haliaetus Kestrel (common kestrel) Falco tinnunculus Merlin Falco columbarius Hobby (Eurasian hobby) Falco subbuteo Peregrine (peregrine falcon) Falco peregrinus Barn owl (western barn owl) Tyto alba Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus Little owl Athene noctua Tawny owl Strix aluco Long-eared owl Asio otus Short-eared owl Asio flammeus Raven (northern raven) Corvus corax Species occurring irregularly in Britain and Ireland Black kite Milvus migrans Pallid harrier Circus macrourus Rough-legged buzzard Buteo lagopus Gyr falcon (gyrfalcon) Falco rusticolus Eagle owl (Eurasian eagle-owl) Bubo bubo Part 3 Introduction Wing and tail feathers Feather morphology Moult Introduction to the feather plates Identification of species Plates 1-57 Part 4 Appendices 1 Status and trends of raptors in Britain and Ireland 2 Contacts 3 Examples of raptor recording forms 4 Scientific names of species mentioned in the text.…

FIRST EDITION. A FINE HARDBACK COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. INCLUDES A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO RAPTOR FEATHERS AND A CD OF RAPTOR CALLS.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Parfait. Important in-4, reliure éditeur bien complet de sa jaquette. 884 pp. avec une importante iconographie. Bel exemplaire.

Hardback in fine condition with dust wrapper.