The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
‘Book of the month…a magnificent volume…’
Leicestershire & Rutland Life (November 2009)’
The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
Available to Buy at NHBS
This avifauna covers Leicestershire and neighbouring Rutland, an area with a particularly strong birding tradition – the Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society is one of the largest county bird clubs in Britain. The region holds some of England’s most important inland reservoirs, including the largest, Rutland Water. This massive lake holds some 10,000 wintering birds of a variety of species each year, and has an impressive rarity list as well as some of England’s few breeding Ospreys. The county also has important woodlands, gull roosts and river habitats. Rutland Water is the home of the British Birdwatching Fair, the most important trade fair in the birding calendar.
The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
By Rob Fray, Roger Davis, Dave Gamble, Andrew Harrop, Steve Lister
Published by Helm, 2009
784 Pages
Illustrated
ISBN: 9780713672336
Reviews
‘A weighty and thorough tome.’
BTO News (November – December 2009)
‘One can but congratulate the authors on their organization of one of the most comprehensive county avifaunas of modern times.’
British Ornithologists’ Union (2009)