RSPB British Birds of Prey by Marianne Taylor & Stig Frode Olsen : 8 August 2011
This book was recommended to me particularly for the photographs by Stig Frode Olsen and it has to be said that it is hard to imagine better photography than this. Each species has eight to ten accompanying photographs each of the highest quality. The text is equally as impressive and comprehensive. For each species there is an introductory section followed by sections on conservation ; distribution, population and habitat ; diet and hunting ; courtship and reproduction ; movement and migration; and the future prospects for the species. There is also a chapter on “rare visitors and vagrants” dealing with the lesser encountered species likely to pitch up in Britain.