A Vulture Landscape is more than just a book about vultures, in the
same way that these majestic flyers are more than just birds.
Vultures are a crucial part of many of the world's ecosystems, and
without these specialist environmental cleansers the ecosystems
wouldn't work properly. A calendar year in the lives of these
gargantuan raptors is explored as they live, breed, feed and fly
with effortless ease across the skies of the vulture landscape that
is Extremadura in central Spain. There are four species of vulture
in Europe, and a fifth that is becoming more of a regular visitor
as its own global population plummets. The serious conservation
issues faced on a day-to-day basis by these species, and their
relatives spread across the globe, are explored, issues that in
many cases threaten their very survival. However, this book is a
celebration of the vulture and the landscape in which it reigns.
Using the latest science, his keen eye and his passion for the
birds themselves, the author takes the reader on a journey,
introducing readers to the vultures, their lives and their
landscape. Along the way, much of the other wonderful wildlife of
the vulture landscape, from exotic Bee-eaters and bewitching
Montagu's Harriers to rutting Red Stags as well as some very
excitable cattle, are included. Ian explains how watching vultures
is not only addictive, but that it can often lead to vulture
gazing, surely the most relaxing form of bird watching there is!
With his fine descriptions, readers can enter the world of the
vulture, get to know these brilliant birds and learn how they
control diseases that threaten us, why some species have bald
necks, as well as how they have mastered the art of flying without
expending any energy. The author has spent several years living
permanently in Extremadura and now splits his time between his
native county of Devon and his beloved vulture landscape, where he
leads bird tours introducing people to the birds and the area he
clearly loves.
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