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Author | : Mike P. Harris |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2011-11-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1408160560 |
A comprehensive monograph on the Atlantic Puffin. With its colourful beak and fast, whirring flight, this is the most recognisable and popular of all North Atlantic seabirds. Puffins spend most of the year at sea, but for a few months of the year the come to shore, nesting in burrows on steep cliffs or on inaccessible islands. Awe-inspiring numbers of these birds can sometimes be seen bobbing on the sea or flying in vast wheels over the colony, bringing fish in their beaks back to the chicks. However, the species has declined sharply over the last decade; this is due to a collapse in fish stocks caused by overfishing and global warming, combined with an exponential increase in Pipefish (which can kill the chicks). The Puffin is a revised and expanded second edition of Poyser's 1984 title on these endearing birds, widely considered to be a Poyser classic. It includes sections on their affinities, nesting and incubation, movements, foraging ecology, survivorship, predation, and research methodology; particular attention is paid to conservation, with the species considered an important 'indicator' of the health of our coasts.
Author | : Jane Simmonds |
Publisher | : Langenscheidt Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780887291760 |
Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find:.Evocative, full-colour photography on every page.Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout.A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively, essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people.Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing.Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest.A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children
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Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : United States National Museum |
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Total Pages | : 1296 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Science |
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Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780395856932 |
Describes an island tradition in Iceland when the children rescue thousands of stranded young puffins each August and set them free at the beach.
Author | : Claudia Martin |
Publisher | : In Focus: Ocean Life |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 071124801X |
From seashells to sea lions, gannets to penguins, learn about the huge range of creatures supported by the coastal seas in this new title from the exciting In Focus: Oceans series. Did you know that the Atlantic puffin can dive to 200 feet underwater? Or that groups of up to 100,000 spiny lobsters march across the sea floor together to find their summer homes? And did you know that some species of starfish push their stomach outside their body to catch their prey? Full-color photographs, informative text and a diverse range of content makes this In Focus series the perfect introduction to ocean life.
Author | : Josie Dew |
Publisher | : Sphere |
Total Pages | : 515 |
Release | : 2011-04-07 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0748129928 |
Josie Dew's love of cycling has taken her across the world, travelling everywhere from Japan and Mexico to Iceland, India and Algeria. In her latest book, she sets off on another quirky and riotous ride, choosing to circumnavigate the coastline of the British Isles. And she discovers that her homeland can be as surprising and full of incident as anywhere she has ever been. Beginning in Portsmouth, Josie sets off in a clockwise direction after a Shetland grandmother warns her that she'll end up meeting the devil if she travels anti-clockwise. Through rain, hail, floods, bitter temperatures, minor earthquakes and dusty drought, Josie pedals on, eventually returning to Land's End to complete Stage One of her remarkably lengthy odyssey along 5,000 miles of seaside, estuaries, creeks and islands. But is all as it seems? Who is the mysterious builder who appears at all the wrong moments? Who are the two-wheeled taggers-on lurking in her wake? What did she find at Puckpool Point, Bozomzeal and Woon Gumpus? And how did Josie so badly miscalculate her approach to the seafront at Newhaven that she landed in France?
Author | : Rich Shapiro |
Publisher | : Grosvenor House Publishing |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2018-11-16 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1786233630 |
Have you ever wanted to take a sabbatical from work and go travelling? 'Reading these stories again takes me back immediately to the windswept green hills of Rum, the howling huskies of Greenland and the far-off plains of Alaska, where a green camper bus waits for me to board. What are you doing next summer?' This is a book about puffins and polar bears. Santa's elves and wife carrying. About wonderful people doing strange things in faraway places. About letting your guard down and the world in. Proceeds from book sales go to Birdlife International to support seabird conservation.
Author | : DK Eyewitness |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2012-06-07 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0756686717 |
Whether you're after a stroll through the woods in springtime, a canoe safari on the Norfolk Broads, a day at the caber-tossing Highland Games or afternoon tea at a fancy hotel, this book will lead you to the best holiday destinations and experiences Great Britain and Ireland have to offer. Its easy-to-use season-by-season format and six themes - History and Heritage; Wildlife and Landscape; Cities, Towns and Villages; Outdoor Activities; Family Getaways; and Festivals and Events - make planning your time on these beautiful isles easier than ever.
Author | : Euan Dunn |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2016-07-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1472943708 |
Puffins is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable expert. Enduringly popular, Puffins are perhaps our most iconic species of bird, and are the most immediately identifiable of seabirds with their decorative bills and clown-like gait. Yet when they take to the air they wheel and turn with great agility and underwater these stocky little birds use short specially adapted wings to propel themselves through the water in pursuit of small fish. Surprisingly little was known about Puffin ecology until recently thanks to their preferred breeding habitat being underground on remote islands or hard-to-reach coastlines. Now Euan Dunn discloses all we have learnt about them as a result of technological advances, and provides a revealing account of their life cycle, behaviour and breeding, what they eat, how they interact in their busy colonies, and where they migrate to in winter. Euan also exposes the mounting threats Puffins face and offers advice on the best places to see them. Each Spotlight title is carefully designed to introduce readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite birds and mammals.