Introduction
1: The Bird in the Hand....
2: The Early History of Birds in Britain and Europe
3: Coming in from the Cold
4: Farmland and Fenland
5: Veni, Vidi, Vici
6: Monks, Monarchs and Mysteries
7: From Elizabeth to Victoria
8: Now and Hereafter
Appendix - An annotated historical list of British birds
References
Index
Derek Yalden retired from Manchester University after 40 years of
teaching vertebrate zoology in September 2005. He is the
author/co-author of over 200 scientific publications. He has worked
on birds and mammals in the Peak District, including long-term
population studies of Common Sand pipers and Golden Plovers, and on
the mammals of Ethiopia, with two species - Leptopelis yaldeni
(tree-frog) and Desmomys yaldeni (rat) - named in his honour.
His
interest in the history of the British fauna dates back to
undergraduate lectures on Pleistocene mammals, summarised in
reviews, papers, and The History of British Mammals (1999). Derek
is currently the President of the
Mammal Society, and was Editor of their publication 'Mammal Review'
for 22 years.
Umberto Albarella is based in the Department of Archaeology at the
University of Sheffield. He specialises in the study of animal
bones (zooarchaeology), but his research is wide-ranging and
strongly oriented towards the integration of different aspects of
archaeology.
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British Ornithologists' Union
`...this volume looks set to become the best modern reference for
anyone wishing to know about the rich history of the British
avifauna...it is both readable and engaging'
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