A Field Guide To East London Wildlife

Author : Harry Adès
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957699854
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to East London Wildlife written by Harry Adès and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a 19th Century nature guide that has been squarely dropped into 21st Century urban life. Stealthy garden foxes, escaped parakeets, illegally imported snakes and feral cats are rendered as romantic etchings set against the chaos of East London life in this pocket bound wildlife guide with a twist. Each drawing is accompanied by factual text that is both humorous and informative and which reminds us of the strange beauty and life that thrives amongst some of London's most urban areas.

Author : Henry Hill Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Field Guide to American Wildlife: East, Central, and North ... written by Henry Hill Collins and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to all principal forms of wildlife that occur in the United States and Canada east of the Rockies and north of the Carolinas and Oklahoma.

Author : Richard Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399401955
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to Birds of the Middle East written by Richard Porter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate field guide to the birds of the Middle East, an indispensable companion for any traveller to the region The Middle East – the region stretching from Cyprus and the Levant to Iran, including Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula, plus Socotra – has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else. This authoritative book covers more than 895 species recorded in the Middle East, including details of all regular visitors and breeding species, from the Purple Sunbird to the Northern Bald Ibis. Featuring 180 stunning colour plates by three of the world's leading bird illustrators, this practical guide also includes concise species accounts describing key identification features, status, range, habitat and voice with fully updated distribution maps for each species. Written by three of the leading lights in regional ornithology and conservation, this fully revised and expanded guide is an essential reference for any birder living in or visiting the Middle East.

Author : Phil Sterling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472933575
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland written by Phil Sterling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A much-needed guide – you can't truly understand a moth or a butterfly without first getting to know the caterpillar.' – Nick Baker This beautifully illustrated field guide covers caterpillars of the moth and butterfly species that are most likely to be encountered in the British Isles. The comprehensive introduction covers how to study caterpillars and provides a window into their diverse natural histories, while the species accounts cover status, field characters, similar species, habitat, foodplant and field notes, and are accompanied with up-to-date distribution maps.

Author : Richard Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472975820
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds of the Middle East written by Richard Porter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a completely revised second edition of the bestselling field guide to the birds of the Middle East, covering Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the Arabian peninsula and Socotra. For the first time, the text and maps appear opposite the plates, and as a consequence there are fewer species per plate than before. The text and maps have been fully revised and many new artworks have been painted by the three illustrators. There are more than 100 new species in this new edition, which features more than 820 species in total. This is an essential field guide for anyone visiting the Middle East.

Author : Steve Spawls
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472935624
Total Pages : 1238 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to East African Reptiles written by Steve Spawls and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to the reptiles of this region written by a team of internationally acclaimed herpetologists. East Africa is home to a remarkable assemblage of reptiles, from crocodiles and chameleons to turtles and tortoises, lizards, worm-lizards, and a stunning array of snakes. The region is a true herpetological hot-spot. This fully revised edition of the classic field guide to the region's reptiles explores the full diversity of these animals. With updated text, detailed maps and more than 600 new photographs, this book includes every one of the 500 or so species in the region. All are described and mapped, with virtually every species accompanied by at least one colour photograph. Comprehensive and definitive, Field Guide to East African Reptiles is an essential tool for all naturalists, conservationists, educators, field workers, medical personnel and students in the region.

Author : John Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199585660
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka written by John Harrison and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully comprehensive, modern field guide to all of the bird species in Sri Lanka. Featuring numerous color illustrations and detailed descriptions of the key identification features, the book will be equally valuable for ornithologists and birdwatchers.

Author : Bikram Grewal
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691176493
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh written by Bikram Grewal and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the birds of the entire Indian subcontinent. Every distinct species and subspecies—some 1,375 in all—is covered with photographs, text, and maps. The guide features more than 4,000 stunning photographs, many never before published, which have been carefully selected to illustrate key identification features of each species. The up-to-date facing-page text includes concise descriptions of plumage, voice, range, habitat, and recent taxonomic changes. Each species has a detailed map reflecting the latest distribution information and containing notes on status and population density. The guide also features an introduction that provides an overview of birdlife and a brief history of ornithology in India and its neighbors. The result is an encyclopedic photographic guide that is essential for everyone birding anywhere in the subcontinent. Covers all 1,375 subcontinental bird species Features more than 4,000 stunning photographs to aid quick field identification Includes up-to-date facing-page text and range maps Contains concise descriptions of plumage, voice, habitat, and much more

Author : Susan Myers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472979028
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds of Borneo written by Susan Myers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised and redesigned edition of the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Borneo. Covering the whole of the island of Borneo, this fully revised and updated edition is indispensable for anyone interested in the avifauna of this diverse region. With authoritative text and packed with sumptuous colour plates, Birds of Borneo is the definitive guide to the island's birdlife. This new edition features an extensive introduction providing information on geography, climate and habitat. The accurate text covers the identification, voice and status of all species and distinctive subspecies of the island, which is accompanied by detailed distribution maps as well as 144 colour plates covering all major races and plumage variations.

Author : Jens Eriksen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472993071
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds of the Middle East written by Jens Eriksen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic and sometimes colourful breeders, and even a few endemics that occur nowhere else. The perfect companion for any wildlife-friendly visitor, Birds of the Middle East provides photographic coverage of more than 320 species that regularly occur in the region. Concise text for each species includes information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution and habitat, with each photo having been carefully selected to guide identification. A guide to the best birdwatching sites in the Middle East is also included. Portable yet authoritative, this is the perfect guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting this spectacular and bird-rich slice of western Asia.