The Breeding Birds of the London Area

Description:

Recording the bird life of London and its surrounding rural fringe, this important book traces changes in the capital’s breeding birds in the last 30 years of the 20th century. It compares maps of breeding distribution in 1988-94 with earlier surveys and documents both the success of species such as the Great Crested Grebe, Magpie and Sparrowhawk in colonising new areas and the decline of once-familiar species such as the Barn Owl and Yellowhammer