The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900

The fortunes of Britain's and Ireland's bird populations have fluctuated enonnously over the last 100 years, as the pressures of changing land use, pesticides, pollution and human interference have waxed and waned. The two nationwide surveys of breeding bird distribution, carried out by the British Trust for Ornithology, Scottish Ornithologists Club and Irish Wildbird Conservancy, have provided a wealth of detail on the current situation and pointed the way to likely trends in the future. But what of the historical background to the present picture?

Author: Simon Holloway
Publisher: AC& Black
Extra Details: Hardback 8 x 10 inches tall.476 Pages.Ilustrated with B&W artworks and distirbution maps throughout.NEW BOOK.