The atlas of wintering birds in Britain and Ireland by Lack, Peter (Peter C.), compiler; British Trust for Ornithology, sponsoring corporate body; Irish Wildbird Conservancy, sponsoring corporate body instant download

The atlas of wintering birds in Britain and Ireland by Lack, Peter (Peter C.), compiler; British Trust for Ornithology, sponsoring corporate body; Irish Wildbird Conservancy, sponsoring corporate body instant download

1 online resource :, This companion volume to The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland is derived from surveys of birds present in Britain and Ireland during the three winters, 1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84. The surveys were organised by the British Trust for Ornithology and the Irish Wildbird Conservancy, as were the earlier breeding birds surveys. The Winter Atlas maps 200 species, 192 of which have full-page two-colour maps faced by a page of text. The texts (written by over 100 specialists) comment on the survey results, the species generally and the distribution and abundance as mapped. In addition t, Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2018), \"First published 1986 by T & AD Poyser Ltd.\"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references, Cover; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction and Acknowledgements; The maps; The weather in the three winters; Birds in winter: patterns and movements; Main species accounts; Brief species accounts; List of other birds recorded; Names of plants mentioned in the text; Names of animals mentioned in the text; Appendices