Ernest Garcia, Michael Rebane

Where to Watch Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The definitive guide to finding birds in Northern and Eastern Spain. This region embraces an impressive range of habitats from the Pyrenees to the sun-drenched Catalan coast. As a consequence the area is rich in birdlife and full of potential for visiting birders. Almost 200 sites are described in this fully updated third edition, with full coverage of terms of habitat, access and the species to be seen. The accounts are illustrated by detailed maps and beautiful line drawings of selected species. Where to Watch Birds in Northern and Eastern Spain includes comprehensive coverage of all thirteen autonomous regions, a descriptive list of all the resident, visiting and rare birds to be found, as well as advice on watching seabirds from key sites like Estaca de Bares. This edition provides better coverage than ever to one of the most popular birding destinations in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472936745
• Artikelnr.: 48204118

Autorenporträt

Ernest Garcia is an author and editor from Gibraltar. Co-founder of the Gibraltar Natural History Society and current editor of the Gibraltar Bird Report, his previous books for Helm include the two Where to Watch guides to Spain. Ernest has been a member of the Sociedad Española de Ornitología since the early 1970s, and he is a former member of the Iberian Peninsula rarities committee.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction to the third edition
How to use this book
Visiting northern and eastern Spain
Geography, habitats and birds
Watching seabirds in northern and eastern Spain
Aragón
Asturias
Cantabria
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla y León
Cataluña
Galicia
Madrid
Murcia
Navarra
País Vasco (Euskadi)
La Rioja
Valencia (Comunidad Valenciana)
Status list of the birds of Northern and Eastern Spain
Appendix 1. Scientific Names of Plant Species Mentioned
Appendix 2. Glossary of Local Geographical Terms
Further Reading
Site Index
Species Index