RSPB book of garden birds / with 36 plates in colour by C.F. Tunnicliffe and line drawings by Robert Gillmor

Linda Bennett

RA Collection: Book

Record number

17/318

Author

Imprint

London; New York; Sydney; Toronto: Hamlyn, 1978

Physical Description

5-124p. : ill (chiefly col) ; 25 cm.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliography and index.

Contents

What is a garden bird? -- Gardens and their birds through the ages -- Gardening for birds: Planning the garden; the importance of water; dust bathing; worming grounds; trees and shrubs for birds; flowers and weeds for birds; pesticides in the garden -- Spring and summer in the garden: Nest-sites; nests in the garden; nest-box predators; The end of the season -- Autumn and winter in the garden: Feeding the birds; bird-tables; the shyer-visitors -- Watching more closely: Useful equipment; photographing birds -- The garden birds (list of plates) -- Further reading -- Bird conservation societies -- Index

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a bookplate lettered 'Ex Libris J.M.F. Hollebone'

Subject

Birds -- Great Britain
Bird watching -- Great Britain

Contributors

ISBN

0600314227