The Birds of the Huddersfield Area

I have copies in stock of the above book published by the Huddersfield Birdwatchers Club. Cost is £12 if collected or £14 mailed. A superbly printed, laid out and well bound book and worth at least twice the cover price. The book runs to some 420 pages and illustrated throughout with B&W drawings and dot maps. I am selling the book on behalf of the club and all proceeds will go directly back to them.

The Huddersfield area extends from the high moorland and cloughs of the Dark Peak District in the west, through Huddersfield Town itself, to the rivers, canals, villages and farmlands around Horbury and Bretton Park in the east, from the Rivers Ryburn and Calder in the north to the moorland and reservoirs of Winscar and Langsett in the south. It contains a wide variety of habitats and this is reflected in the great diversity of birds to be found, including nationally important breeding populations of some of Britain's most endangered species. Paul and Betty Bray's authoritative work, wonderfully illustrated by Stuart Brocklehurst and Michael Pinder, provides a fascinating insight into the history and current status of Huddersfield’ s birds, from when records began right up to modern times. The tremendous changes that have taken place over time are reviewed in depth, species by species.

The book includes:
A foreword by John R. Mather MBOU, author of Where to watch
bird in Yorkshire and North Humberside* An account of the influence of the area's geology, climate and habitats on its birds*Sources of information about Huddersfield’s birds *The changes in breeding and non-breeding populations over the years.*Details of all 261 species and 10 races ever recorded in the area and their history*Breeding distribution maps*Breeding distribution maps*Analyses of breeding birds by both habitat and abundance.