BALLANCE, DAVID K.: - A History of the Birds of Somerset
Isabelline, 2006 8vo. Pp. xiii + 372. With 40 colour plates and two maps. In two editions: Hardback ISBN 13:978-0-9552787-0-9 (Limited to 100 copies) & Limpback ISBN 13: 978-0-551787-1-6. With text illustrations by Brian Slade and Tom Raven. This new Somerset avifauna is the first since 1988. Written in clear engaging language, it covers the birds of the post-1974 County from the earliest times up to the end of 2004, setting the most recent information on species, habitats, breeding and migration in a rich and revealing historical context. The text includes drawings of characteristic species in two contrasting styles. There is a section on the prehistoric avifauna of the Mendips and the Lake Villages. A separate section of forty colour photographs illustrates the diversity of habitats. In addition to lists of important observers and of organisations supporting conservation, research and recording within the County, the book includes a gazetteer, a large bibliography, a plan of the new Avalon Marshes reserves and a colour fold-out map specially drawn by Bill Vigar.
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