Europe's Birds: An Identification Guide (WILDGuides of Britain & Europe, 37)

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Numerous species feed upon Eurasian Tree Sparrows, and they face competition for territory from House Sparrows.

Expect them to switch to protein-rich insects during the season of breeding when they require a lot more fuel. Sourcing precisely the right image to illustrate a particular point can be difficult, and the images showing the different underwing colours of Crested Galerida cristataand Thekla’s Lark G. theklaedo not really reveal what their annotations suggest. This, though, is a rare example and overall the images have been selected to show crucial –but often hard to capture – features. In some cases, small illustrations are used to depict features not clearly visible in the images, thus the tail patterns of Turtle Dove Streptopelia turturand both subspecies of Oriental Turtle Dove S. orientalisare shown, as is the pattern of the adult median coverts in Blyth’s Anthus godlewskiiand Richard’s Pipits A. richardi. Every effort seems to have been made to incorporate as much valuable identification detail as possible. Europe's Birds: An identification guideby Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash and Hugh Harrop(Princeton University Press,New Jersey, 2021).The adaptability of the Common Chaffinch has led to its widespread distribution. This little songbird may be found all around Europe, especially in areas with plenty of trees. This newly published guide covers an impressive range of over 900 species and it is laid out in a very user-friendly way. It’s a hefty tome- it’s not a field guide but neither is it intended to be. Levels of lead from the livers of the dead birds was used to estimate just how badly lead ammunition was impacting the populations of Europe's birds of prey, which are already under pressure from human impacts such as persecution and egg collecting.

A Nuthatch’s song is a rapid sequence of falling sounds. A sharp “tcheee-tcheee” is its distinctive cry. 11. Eurasia’s Magpie Credits – Wikipedia The European Red List of Birds was first published in 2015, building on two similar assessments carried out in 1994 and 2004. The effects of lead shot are twofold. The direct impact when it embeds itself in prey is that it builds up in the food chain, with top predators such as raptors accumulating significant amounts of lead from the prey they hunt or scavenge on.

Covering more than 900 species, and illustrated with over 4,700 photographs, this is the most comprehensive, authoritative and ambitious single-volume photographic guide to Europe's birds ever produced. Detailed descriptions provide the information necessary to identify the birds of Europe in all their plumages – male, female, breeding, non-breeding, adult and immatures, as well as distinctive subspecies – yet Europe's Birds is easy-to-use, practical and accessible. Birdwatchers of any ability will benefit from the clear text, details on range, status and habitat, and an unrivalled selection of photographs. Chosen to be as naturalistic and informative as possible, the images are also stunning to look at, making this a beautiful book to enjoy, as well as an up-to-date and essential source of identification knowledge. Despite the prohibitions imposed by the Birds Directive, the illegal capture, killing or trade in wild birds in the EU is still a major problem. An estimated 25 million birds are killed every year around the Mediterranean Basin alone as they migrate between Europe and Africa. While its impacts on humans are widely recognised, with bans on its use in products such as paint and petrol, the use of lead shot to hunt wildlife has persisted even though it is known to have devastating impacts on nature.