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Artist, ornithologist and author, Donald Watson has made an especial study of the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus over many years and his field notes and sketch books of this exceptional bird of prey go back to the 1940s. The book opens with the world distribution of the harrier family, then there is a fuller treatment of the Hen Harrier in Europe and North America (the Marsh Hawk), its history and present status. Further chapters detail hunting methods and prey selection, the breeding cycle, migration and distribution. The second part of the book is a closely observed account of the Hen Harrier in Donald Watson's particular study areas in Scotland, in moorland and forest habitats. The author's colour paintings, line drawings and reproductions from his field sketch books are an outstanding accompaniment to a most readable yet scholarly text.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 Harriers of the world
2 Identifications and Plumages
Part 1: The Hen Harrier
3 History of the Hen Harrier in Britain and Ireland
4 What kind of predator?
5 The Breeding Cycle: Courtship to Incubation
6 The Breeding Cycle: Hatchling to Fledging
7 Migration to Winter Distribution
8 The Hen Harrier as an Artist's Bird
Part 2: A Study of the Hen Harrier
Introduction to Part 2
9 The Beginning: the 1950s
10 Watch in the Heather: The First Nest
11 Moorland Nesting: 1960-68
12 Forest Nesting: 1965-75
13 Watch from a Hide
14 Nest Sites
15 Breeding Data
16 Food and Hunting Grounds in the Breeding Area
17 Food and Hunting Grounds: September - April
18 Communal Roosting in Winter
19 The Hen Harrier: A Controversial Bird
Appendix 1: Local names of the Hen Harrier
Appendix 2: Avian Species mentioned in the Text
Appendix 3: Non-avian species mentioned in the text
Appendix 4: Protection Under the Acts of 1954 and 1967
Bibliography
Tables
Acknowledgements
Plates
Index
