The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland

Rob Fray, Roger Davies, Dave Gamble, Andrew Harrop, Steve Lister

• Publisher: Helm
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9780713672336
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781408108918
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Biological Sciences

The County Avifaunas are a growing series of books, each of which gives details of the status and range of every species on the county list, with a detailed breakdown of rarity records. Each has introductory sections describing the county's ecology and habitats, climate, ornithological history and conservation record. This new avifauna covers Leicestershire and neighbouring Rutland, an area with a particularly strong birding tradition - the Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society is one of the largest county bird clubs in Britain. The region holds some of England's most important inland reservoirs, including the largest, Rutland Water. This massive lake holds some 10, 000 wintering birds of a variety of species each
year, and has an impressive rarity list as well as some of England's few breeding Ospreys. The county also has important woodlands, gull roosts and river habitats. Rutland Water is the home of the British Birdwatching Fair, the most important trade fair in the birding calendar.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Landscape, man and birds
• The impact of Rutland Water
• Ornithology in Leicestershire and Rutland
• Breeding birds and Common Birds Censuses
• Wintering birds
• Migration
• Systematic List of the birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
• Category D species
• Category E species
• Hybrids
• Unconfirmed and other unacceptable records
• Additional records from Rutland
• Appendix 1: Gazetteer
• Appendix 2: Scientific names of plants and animals referred to in the text
• Appendix 3: Contributors to Leicestershire and Rutland Reports 1941 to 2005 and positions held
• Appendix 4: Surveys carried out in Leicestershire and Rutland
• Appendix 5: Common Birds Census data
• Appendix 6: Specimens at Leicester Museum
• Appendix 7: Eggs at Leicester Museum
• Appendix 8: List of articles published in Leicestershire and Rutland Bird Reports 1941 to 2005
• Appendix 9: Selected articles published previously
• Appendix 10: Notable records in 2006, 2007 and 2008
• Bibliography
• Colour Plate