The Hen harrier
By: by Donald Watson ; foreword by Mark Avery
Contributors: Avery, Mark (Mark I.), writer of foreword
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781472946140
Subjects: Harriers; Circus cyaneus
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: Reprint with new foreword: Originally published: Berkhamsted, England : T. & A.D. Poyser, 1977.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-378) and index.
Table of contents: title: Harriers of the world; title: Identification and plumage; title: Part one: The hen harrier; title: Part two: A study of the hen harrier in south-west Scotland; title: Appendix 1. Local names of the hen harrier; title: Appendix 2. Avian species mentioned in the text; title: Appendix 3. Non-avian species mentioned in the text; title: Appendix 4. Protection under the Acts of 1954 and 1967.