HIGHLAND BIRDS. By D. Nethersole-Thompson.

(1971) 1978 3rd edition. Oblong 8vo paperback (230 x 203mm). Pp112. Colour and b/w photographs. Green cover with photo of bird.

"Golden eagle, osprey and snowy owl are probably the best known Highland birds. Others are equally exciting. Dotterel, ptarmigan and snow bunting nest on the high mountains; Scottish crossbills, crested tits and capercaillies are in the pine forests and divers and Slavonian grebes on hill lochs. The flows and marshes have greenshanks and wood-sandpipers and remote islands their whimbrels and skuas and red-necked phalaropes and fork-tailed petrels. For over thirty years Desmond Nethersole-Thompson has lived and worked in the Highlands where his research has already led to monographs on three rare birds. In this intimate personal sketch Nethersole-Thompson shares his love for Highland birds and their romantic homelands, while emphasising the many unsolved problems."