RSPB Spotlight: Robins
1st Edition
Published on 18. June 2015
128 pages
978-1-4729-1212-1 (ISBN)
Description
Robins is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos and succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable expert.
Our most iconic bird, the Robin, is one of the most characterful and familiar of all our garden visitors. Their melodious voices, bright red breasts and cheeky attitudes always endear them to us, but how much do we really know about them?
Despite their cute appearance, Robins are aggressively territorial and hold their territories all year. Their year-round presence has helped them become a beloved and instantly recognisable species. In this delightful book, Marianne Taylor provides a revealing account of their life cycle, behaviour and breeding, what they eat and how they hold their territories, and she looks into the many cultural representations of these much-loved little birds.
The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals.
Our most iconic bird, the Robin, is one of the most characterful and familiar of all our garden visitors. Their melodious voices, bright red breasts and cheeky attitudes always endear them to us, but how much do we really know about them?
Despite their cute appearance, Robins are aggressively territorial and hold their territories all year. Their year-round presence has helped them become a beloved and instantly recognisable species. In this delightful book, Marianne Taylor provides a revealing account of their life cycle, behaviour and breeding, what they eat and how they hold their territories, and she looks into the many cultural representations of these much-loved little birds.
The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
Illustrations
250 colour photos
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-1212-1 (9781472912121)
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Person
Marianne Taylor is a former editor at Christopher Helm and former sub-editor of (and regular writer for) Birdwatch magazine, now working freelance as a writer, editor, illustrator and photographer. An obsessive birder since childhood, her interest in other wildlife groups has grown steadily, and a new passion for dragonflies and damselflies has dominated her summers for the last three years. Her other books include RSPB British Birds of Prey (Bloomsbury); The Nature Book (Michael O'Mara); Photographing Garden Wildlife (New Holland) and Where to Discover Nature (Bloomsbury).
Content
Meet the Robin
Relatives and Namesakes
Anatomy and Adaptations
Territoriality and Song
Diet and Feeding Behaviour
Breeding
Migration
Life and Death
The Future
Robins in Culture
Glossary
Further Reading and Resources
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
Relatives and Namesakes
Anatomy and Adaptations
Territoriality and Song
Diet and Feeding Behaviour
Breeding
Migration
Life and Death
The Future
Robins in Culture
Glossary
Further Reading and Resources
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
