Birds of the Heart of England

A 60-year study of birds in the Banbury Area, covering North Oxfordshire, South Northamptonshire and South Warwickshire 1952-2011

Edited by Trevor Easterbrook

Edited by Trevor Easterbrook

Distributed for Liverpool University Press

202 pages | 100 color plates | 7 x 10 | © 2013
Cloth $49.95 ISBN: 9781846318856 Published September 2013 For sale in North America only
Drawing on sixty years of ornithological surveys, this richly-illustrated compendium provides an in-depth picture of bird life in the very heart of the United Kingdom, covering hundreds of square miles surrounding Banbury, northwest of London. Synthesizing data going back to 1952, it offers a rare and remarkable look at bird population changes throughout the years. More so, it renders that data in an impressive variety of visualizations, including color maps, species accounts, photographs, and illustrations. Required reading for anyone interested in this region’s ornithology, Birds of the Heart of England is a treat for any bird watcher. 
Contents

Foreword

List of abbreviations

 

Introduction

Record keeping and fieldwork rationale

Terrain of the BOS area

Habitat changes over the 60 years

Bird population changes over the 60 years

 

Systematic Species List

 

Conservation in the BOS area

Ringing in the BOS

Annual Breeding Season Survey

Random Square Survey methods

Conclusion

 

Appendix 1. Species league table in WRSS and SRSS

Appendix 2. Selected BOS Domesday Survey findings

Appendix 3. Weather summary 1952-2011

Appendix 4. Scientific names of non-bird species mentioned in the text

Appendix 5. List of occurrences of species

 

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index of species

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