Raptors: a Field Guide for Surveys and Monitoring.

Written by Jon Hardey, Humphrey Clark, Chris Wernham, Helen Riley, Brian Etheridge, and Des Thompson.

Published by The Stationery Office Scotland

Second edition, 2009

Paperback - $75.00

This is the second edition of the highly successful field guide to methods for surveying and monitoring raptors. Incorporating new information and feedback from raptor experts on the first edition, the book covers all birds of prey (diurnal raptors and owls) which occur regularly in Britain and Ireland. Photographic guides to raptor feathers and the growth of raptor chicks are important additions, which fieldworkers will find invaluable.

At a time when many raptors in Britain and Ireland are recovering from low population in the mid to late 20th Century (or earlier), there is a growing demand for high quality information on numbers, distribution, and population trends of these birds. This publication, 'Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring', written by experienced professionals, is aimed at people who watch, survey or monitor raptors. It provides detailed descriptions of survey methods for all species of raptor (Accipitriformes, Falconiformes, and Strigiformes), which regularly occur in the United Kingdom. This second edition incorporates new information and feedback on the first edition from raptor experts.

The book, including a CD-ROM containing raptor calls, sets out to promote best practice for the survey and monitoring of raptors. It is hoped that it will provide a starting point for anyone wanting to begin a raptor study, and indeed to encourage a new generation of raptor ecologists.

Written and edited by members of the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Group, this book draws on the knowledge and experience of over 300 raptor specialists. 'Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring' has been funded by Scottish Natural Heritage, with assistance from the other Statutory Conservation Agencies in Britain and Ireland, as well as non-government bodies concerned with birds of prey.

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