RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND. By J.N. Dymond, P.A. Fraser and S.J.M. Gantlett.

1989 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp366. B/w illustrations, charts, tables, maps and bibliography. Maroon boards, gilt woodpecker motif and titles to spine.

This book by a trio of rare-bird specialists is a successor to two earlier works (long out of print), Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock 1974) and Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland (Sharrock 1976). It unifies both of the earlier works and updates them, adding more than 80 species to the previous total". More than 300 species accounts are now included, most of them accompanied by histograms of weekly and seasonal occurrences, with maps showing distribution by countries in spring and autumn or at particular times of year". For the birdwatcher and all involved with conservation, this is stimulatingreading and an essential reference".