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Wildfowl (Hardcover)
David Cabot
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Discovery Miles 13 320
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Wildfowl
David Cabot
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An easy-to-use, fully illustrated guide to the birds of Ireland
This easy-to-use, full-colour guide describes and illustrates 178
of the most commonly spotted birds in Ireland. Specially designed
for people with a general interest in birds, the species have been
carefully selected to include those that the non-specialist
birdwatcher is most likely to see. Usefully, birds are grouped
together according to where they are most likely to be seen: in
gardens, parks and buildings; farmland and hedgerows; woodland and
scrubland; moorland and uplands; and freshwater or coastal areas,
with background information given about each of these habitats.
Essential identification characteristics are given for each
species, along with clear illustrations. There are also notes on
distribution, numbers and migration for each species, and general
pages for groups like thrushes, sparrows and finches will help you
to distinguish between similar species. With definitive text,
up-to-date distribution maps and superb illustrations, this book is
the ultimate field guide to Irish birds, essential on every
bookshelf and birdwatching trip.
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The Burren (Paperback)
David Cabot, Roger Goodwillie
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R1,107
R814
Discovery Miles 8 140
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The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology,
glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history
have converged to create a unique landscape of extraordinary
natural history interest. It is without equal to any other area in
Ireland or Britain. To the unsuspecting tourist, much of the
landscape of the Burren looks bleak, rocky, and inhospitable for
any sort of farming. Yet the Burren is an agricultural landscape
that has been continuously farmed since the first settlers began
clearing the forest cover in the Neolithic period. Today there are
several hundred farms within the Burren area. Most of these
families live and work there and the farmers are crucial for the
Burren's future as an area of unique landscape and ecological
interest. The area attracts any naturalist with an eye for beauty,
but it is the intricacies of the species' ecology, their links to
the soil or to a particular insect that is really fascinating. It
is a veritable paradise for naturalists - not only do plants seem
to grow on next to nothing, but all the organisms have survived the
comings and goings of woodland, the multiple mouths of grazing
animals and the passage of several civilisations over 6,000 years.
How they have persisted in such exuberance and diversity is a
testament to their past evolution and to the gene complement that
they have accumulated over several million years previously,
allowing them to adapt to a multitude of different conditions. In
this timely addition to the New Naturalist Library, the authors
examine the ecology of the Burren, delving into the history of its
exploration. One of the overriding concerns is the impact of
tourism, which has been accelerated and stimulated by the promotion
of the Wild Atlantic Way in recent years. Its impact is currently
being addressed by the Geopark LIFE project, along with other
tourism-related issues. Any future expansion of the Burren National
Park, coupled with more vigilant, but judicious, land management,
would have potential to enhance the protection of biodiversity. As
'the jewel in the ecological crown of Ireland', the area must be
imaginatively protected and managed for our present and future
generations.
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