The hen harrier
By: by Donald Watson
Publisher: A & C Black
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781408137543
Subjects: NATURE / Birdwatching Guides; Circus cyaneus; Science; Harriers; West Indies; NATURE / Animals / Birds; Identification; Zoology; Birds; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology
Description: Artist, ornithologist and author, Donald Watson has made an especial study of the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus over many years and his field notes and sketch books of this exceptional bird of prey go back to the 1940s. The book opens with the world distribution of the harrier family, then there is a fuller treatment of the Hen Harrier in Europe and North America (the Marsh Hawk), its history and present status. Further chapters detail hunting methods and prey selection, the breeding cycle, migration and distribution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Harriers of the world; title: Identification and plumage; Part one: The hen harrier; Part two: A study of the hen harrier in south-west Scotland; title: Local names of the hen harrier; title: Avian species mentioned in the text; title: Non-avian species mentioned in the text; title: Protection under the Acts of 1954 and 1967.