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The Ring Ouzel - A View from the North York Moors (Paperback)
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The Ring Ouzel - A View from the North York Moors (Paperback)
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Using vivid extracts from field notebooks and profusely illustrated
with photographs as well as paintings and sketches by wildlife
artist Jonathan Pomroy, the reader is transported to the beautiful
North York Moors National Park. We can share in the excitement as
the first Ring Ouzels of the year return from their winter quarters
in North Africa, witness their courtship displays, the
establishment of territories and the female ouzel painstakingly
building her nest and laying eggs. This is followed by the
monitoring of the hatching and fledging of chicks and the levels of
predation - noted in order better to understand the productivity
and sustainability of this vulnerable and isolated population. To
hear the song of the Ring Ouzel carrying for a surprising distance
across the high moorland in the early morning is one of the many
delights of upland Britain. The authors have recorded and analysed
both simple and complex songs in their study area and, following
comparison with recordings from Scotland, Derbyshire and the
Yorkshire Dales, have confirmed the suspected presence of local
dialects. Crucially this book is much more than a remarkable record
of twenty years' fieldwork as it builds on earlier research
elsewhere and relates local findings to the results of other
current studies in England, Wales and Scotland. The contraction in
distribution and number of Ring Ouzels breeding in Britain, the
work of the Ring Ouzel Study Group, the introduction of
conservation measures and the potential impact of climate change
are all described. Attention is drawn to the first indications of
Ring Ouzel decline in Switzerland. As a migrant, the Ring Ouzel
faces additional pressures and problems on passage and conditions
in their wintering areas in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco are
described. The importance of Britain as a stop-over and refuelling
area for Fennoscandian birds on passage in Spring and Autumn is
stressed. There is still much to learn and the early attempts to
track Ring Ouzels on migration from Scotland to North Africa and
back are described. This milestone publication brings the Ring
Ouzel into sharp focus for the first time.
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