Download or read book Hilbre the Cheshire Island written by J. D. Craggs and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book entirely devoted to a study of the Hilbre islands, which are situated about one mile from the extreme north-western corner of the Wirral Peninsula. These tidal islands have been famous among bird watchers for many years, during which time the ringing and continuous recording of birds has provided much valuable data about migration patterns. The Hilbre nature reserve is also of great importance to anyone carrying out serious research in the fields of botany and zoology, with its unique species of marine algae and spiders, and the particularly interesting grey seals. All of the contributors to this volume are specialists in their field, and have been engaged in research on Hilbre for many years; much of the data contained in their essays is based on research carried out especially for this publication. This comprehensive account of the human and natural history of the islands, richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs, will be of importance to all natural historians and will also be of considerable interest to many general readers.
Download or read book The Naturalist written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cheshire written by Kate Simon and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brand new title in Bradt's acclaimed UK regional Slow series is the only full guide to Cheshire, a county known for its abundance of black-and-white timbered buildings and which was put firmly on the map in the 1990s thanks to then-resident stars Posh and Becks. Cheshire is a county that confounds expectations, from the Cheshire Plain to the hills and moors of the Pennines and Peak District in the east and surprisingly dramatic sandstone ridges in the west, not to mention the Wirral Peninsula, flanked by the major estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee flowing into the Irish Sea. Home to premier league footballers it may be, but it is also a largely rural landscape and an area of farm shops, forests and falconries; meres, marinas and marshes. There is industrial and scientific heritage, too, ranging from Bronze-Age mining sites to the internationally important astronomical observatory and mighty Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. With this new Bradt guide, discover all of this and more: the county town of Chester with its fascinating Roman history, unique double-decker medieval shopping arcades and the most complete city walls in Britain; ruins of ancient castles; and reminders of the salt and silk industries that have been so important in the past. For a truly slow experience, Cheshire also offers a network of canals, perfect for waterside strolls or pootling along in a narrowboat, while Bradt's Slow Cheshire details information for walkers and cyclists, too. Also included in this guide are gardens and parks, grand stately homes and structural legacies of the past (such as Port Sunlight), engaging museums, attractions and events. Local food and drink is covered, along with all types of accommodation, from farm stays and self-catering cottages to guesthouses and hotels.
Download or read book Illustrated Tales of Cheshire written by David Paul and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful county of Cheshire is one of the most visited of English counties. Here is a collection of strange tales and local legends from the county.
Download or read book The Little Book of Cheshire written by Roger Stephens and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did You Know? In medieval times, Cheshire was a County Palatine with its own independent parliament. The village of Willaston hosts the annual World Worm Charming Championships. With 86,000 ponds, Cheshire claims to be the pond capital of Europe. Cheshire cheese is the oldest named cheese in England. The Little Book of Cheshire is a fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information no one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and hundreds of other facts, plus some authentically bizarre bits of historical trivia. This is an ideal book to have by your bedside or to while away the hours on a long train journey. And if you like to take part in pub quizzes – or set them – then you will find this book a veritable treasure trove of useful information.
Download or read book Birds In Counties An Ornithological Bibliography Of The Counties Of England Wales Scotland And The Isle Of Man written by David K Ballance and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-05-05 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ornithological bibliography for the counties of England, Wales, and Scotland and for the Isle of Man. It includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas, from a county down to a back garden or a gravel pit. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology. There has been no comprehensive national publication of this kind since Mullens, Swann and Jourdain's Geographical Bibliography in 1920. The volume also provides a detailed record of the many county and local bird reports and of the ever-increasing number of area surveys produced by statutory and voluntary bodies. The material is arranged by the pre-1974 counties and takes the record up to 1995. There are maps to show the many changes in county boundaries since 1800.The book will be a standard reference work for libraries and collectors, and for anyone interested in the rich and diverse development of local ornithology in its homeland.
Download or read book Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland written by Mike Archer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the history and ornithological significance of the Bird Observatories of Britain.
Download or read book Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland written by Bird Observatories Council and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of the valuable work undertaken by Britain's network of bird observatories, with summaries and tables of noteworthy events and much historical background. Bird observatories are research stations established mainly for the study of migration, particularly by means of ringing. There are now 18 scattered around the Britain and Ireland at key points on migration routes, on coastal promontories or small islands. Part of their attraction is the regular occurrence of rarities that are found each year at these observatories. Written by wardens and ringers from each location, Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland is a timely new edition of one of the earliest Poyser titles. It includes detailed coverage of the history, location, habitats and ornithological interest of each observatory, including summaries and tables of noteworthy events.
Download or read book Cheshire Folk Tales written by Johnny Gillett and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by local storyteller The Journey Man. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these thirty stories from Cheshire reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people.Cheshire has a rich and diverse collection of tales, from the stories of some of Britain’s most famous mythical heroes, to tales of demons, dragons, boggarts and sniddlebogs. These stories, illustrated with twenty-five line drawings, bring alive the landscape of the county’s rolling hills and fertile plains.The Journey Man is a professional storyteller who has been telling stories across the world for over twenty years.
Download or read book Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year written by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume.
Download or read book Handbook for Shropshire Cheshire and Lancashire written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
Download or read book The Irish Naturalists Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Botany British and Foreign written by Berthold Seemann and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lloyd s Register of Yachts 1907 written by Lloyd's Register Foundation and published by Lloyd's Register . This book was released on 1907-01-01 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lloyd’s Register of Yachts was first issued in 1878, and was issued annually until 1980, except during the years 1916-18 and 1940-46. Two supplements containing additions and corrections were also issued annually. The Register contains the names, details and characters of Yachts classed by the Society, together with the particulars of other Yachts which are considered to be of interest, illustrates plates of the Flags of Yacht and Sailing Clubs, together with a List of Club Officers, an illustrated List of the Distinguishing Flags of Yachtsmen, a List of the Names and Addresses of Yacht Owners, and much other information. For more information on the Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, please click here: https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online
Download or read book Fringed With Mud and Pearls written by Ian Crofton and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland has its rugged Hebrides; Ireland its cliff-girt Arans; Wales its Island of Twenty Thousand Saints. And what has England got? The isles of Canvey, Sheppey, Wight and Dogs, Mersea, Brownsea, Foulness and Rat. But there are also wilder, rockier places – Lundy, the Scillies, the Farnes. These islands and their inhabitants not only cast varied lights on the mainland, they also possess their own peculiar stories, from the Barbary slavers who once occupied Lundy, to the ex-major who seized a wartime fort in the North Sea and declared himself Prince of Sealand. Ian Crofton embarks on a personal odyssey to a number of the islands encircling England, exploring how some were places of refuge or holiness, while others have been turned into personal fiefdoms by their owners, or become locations for prisons, rubbish dumps and military installations. He also describes the varied ways in which England's islands have been formed, and how they are constantly changing, so making a mockery of human claims to sovereignty.
Download or read book The Haunting written by Thomas Morley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love peace pain and grief masks of holy truths receive the blessings of one's love, funny how you ned the devil hides in every shadow, brightness is the key so in your heart bear every bad and just be glad that all ends well. Save your face except in love, for love holds all above. Thomas Morley
Download or read book The Sparrows written by Denis Summers-Smith and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Denis Summers-Smith's monograph The Sparrows presented his knowledge of sparrow biology, this volume tells the other, human, side of the tale. Denis Summers-Smith first took up the study of the House Sparrow in 1947, thinking that the difficulties of travel in post-war Britain would best suit the study of a species always close at hand. The humble House Sparrow, common everywhere, was surprisingly poorly researched and his work soon provided interesting insights into this successful and adaptable little bird. As new opportunities to travel opened up, his interest blossomed to take in the genus Passer as a whole. His travels would ultimately lead to his study of all but one of the group, found only in deepest Turkestan, and to the publication of his authoritative monograph on sparrows in 1988. His wry descriptions of the tribulations and unexpected pleasures of a traveller on four continents, from the Himalayas and Thailand to Africa and the Americas (with a good few islands in between), are interspersed with observations and speculations on the biology of sparrows in a wide variety of habitats. Everywhere local officials and bird watchers warmed to the eccentric Scot in pursuit of the little birds that nobody notices but which so often make their homes beside us. The author's own photographs and delightful cartoons by Euan Dunn further paint the picture of this lifelong search.
