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Each spring and autumn hundreds of millions of birds - wildfowl, shorebirds, raptors, and passerines - migrate between higher and lower latitudes, or in some cases between high latitudes in the northern hemisphere and high latitudes in the southern hemisphere. In a handful of places around the world, a combination of geography, topography and climate combine to funnel migrant birds into narrow fronts, leading to migration hotspots, places where, for a few days each year, birds seem to be everywhere. The sight of thousands upon thousands of birds is one of nature's greatest wildlife spectacles.Migration Hotspots takes a look at 30 of the locations where the planet's most dramatic bird migration can be witnessed, from raptor bottlenecks such as Veracruz (Mexico) and the Strait of Messina (Italy) to places like Point Pelee (Canada) and Beidaihe (China) where spectacular falls of songbirds can take place. And from wetlands where huge numbers of waders stop over each spring and autumn to the great rarity islands of Scilly and Heligoland.The book covers each of the world's major avian flyways and features stunning photography throughout. The geographical reasons for the importance of each hotspot are explained, with a summary of the different birds that pass through and the best times of year to see them, and an introductory chapter summarises birds' migration strategies.
Contents
FOREWORD 5INTRODUCTION 7Point Reyes, United States 20Point Pelee, Canada 26Cape May, United States 36Upper Texas Coast, United States 44South Padre Island, United States 50Veracruz, Mexico 56Panama City, Panama 60Falsterbo, Sweden 64Matsalu Bay, Estonia 70Heligoland, Germany 76Yorkshire Coast, United Kingdom 84Portland, United Kingdom 88Scilly, United Kingdom 94Cape Clear, Ireland 100Tarifa, Spain 106Messina, Italy 112Hortobagy, Hungary 116Via Pontica, Bulgaria 122Lesvos, Greece 128Batumi, Georgia 134Eilat, Israel 142Ras Mohammed & Hurghada, Egypt 152East African Rift Valley Lakes, Kenya 158Chokpak & Korgalzhyn, Kazakhstan 168Rann of Kutch, India 174Beidaihe, China 180Mai Po, Hong Kong 190Chumphon, Thailand 196Fraser's Hill, Malaysia 200Moreton Bay, Australia 206REFERENCES 214ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 218INDEX 220
