A summer migrant to Europe from West Africa, the Little Tern is one of our most threatened and most captivating seabirds. This book is the story of one breeding season at the Beacon Ponds colony on the North Sea coast, near Spurn Point in East Yorkshire. In elegant and evocative prose it offers an intimate portrait of these endangered birds, covering everything from foraging and breeding to predators and conservation.
The colony’s small size means that it can be monitored, pro...
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Map
Introduction
The 2022 Season
April
May
June
July
August
Afterword
Appendix: The Year in (some...
Über den Autor
Richard Boon is chair of the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project Management Committee. A retired academic who now volunteers for Spurn Observatory Trust, he also sits on...