Studies in Bird Migration
Studies in Bird Migration
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USDHaving trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, the ornithologist William Eagle Clarke (1853–1938) established himself in his field by preparing reports on bird migration for the British Association. Focusing on the species passing through the British Isles, Clarke spent many months in various lighthouses and on remote islands. He brought all his research together in this two-volume work, first published in 1912 and illustrated with maps and weather charts. In Volume 2, Clarke describes key examples of his investigations. Photographs of the sites he visited accompany the text. The locations range from the Flannan Isles, in the Outer Hebrides, to the island of Ushant, off the coast of Brittany. Clarke's expedition to the latter location ended abruptly when he and his colleague were mistaken for spies and forced to leave. Extensive coverage is also given to Fair Isle, between Shetland and Orkney.
Product details
January 2014Paperback
9781108066983
390 pages
216 × 140 × 22 mm
0.5kg
16 b/w illus. 1 map
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Table of Contents
- 18. A month on board the Kentish Knock lighthouse
- 19. Fair Isle
- 20. A year with the migratory birds at Fair Isle
- 21. The birds of Fair Isle
- 22. Bird migration at St Kilda
- 23. The birds of St Kilda, with special reference to the migratory visitors
- 24. The Flannan Isles, and their bird-visitors
- 25. Sule Skerry
- 26. The isle of Ushant, and Alderney
- Index.
