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Dr Newton is now a senior ornithologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and the book draws on his wide knowledge of the Sparrowhawk, as well as that of other workers in Britain and abroad. The text gives a detailed account of all aspects of the Sparrowhawk's lifestyle, population levels and trends, and the impact of man and environment on the species in recent times. The book also has the benefit of Dr Newton's particular interest in population regulation and breeding performance, and in the remarkable contrast in size between the Sparrowhawk sexes (males being half the weight of females), which means that they diverge, almost as separate species, in habitat preference, diet and in response to circumstance. The narrative is fully supported by diagrams, tables and photographs, and is embellished by Keith Brockie's evocative and accomplished drawings.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements 1 Background, study areas and methods 2 The Sparrowhawk 3 Nesting habitat 4 Nest spacing and breeding density 5 Ranging behaviour 6 Population trends 7 Hunting and feeding behaviour 8 Food 9 The Sparrowhawk as a predator 10 Breeding season 11 The breeding cycle: early stages 12 The breeding cycle: eggs and incubation 13 The breeding cycle: growth of young 14 The breeding cycle: parental care 15 The breeding cycle: post-fledgling period 16 Season trend in breeding success 17 Nest failures 18 Age and breeding 19 Moult 20 Dispersal 21 Territory and mate fidelity 22 Migration 23 Mortality 24 Effects of pesticides 25 Conclusions Appendix 1: Finding nests Appendix 2: Persecution of Sparrowhawks Appendix 3: Procedure for analysis of nest spacing Appendix 4: Causes and diagnosis of nest failure Bibliography Tables 1-63 Index

About the Author :
As a boy in a Derbyshire village, Ian Newton discovered his first Sparrowhawk nest and so began a continuing fascination with this relatively common but often elusive bird of prey. Many years later as a scientist with the Nature Conservancy Council he embarked on a 14-year study of the species in two areas of SW Scotland, attempting each year to trap and ring all Sparrowhawks present and to find all of their nests. As a result many individuals were closely studied throughout their lives.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781408138328
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Poyser
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Poyser Monographs
  • ISBN-10: 1408138328
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 420


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