| Description | | - Superb new series of travel guides for discerning travellers
- Unique, authoritative descriptions of where to go to see the best wildlife
- Lavishly illustrated in full colour with photographs, line drawings, paintings, and maps
- Written and illustrated by authors with first-hand experience of each country
- Include practical information on access, maps, and appropriate field guides
| This is one of the first four in a new series of fabulously illustrated natural history travel guides, intended for the general reader with an interest in natural history, and for the growing numbers of 'ecotourists' who want to know where to see wildlife in the countries they visit. The books are designed to complement each other and to build into a nature library, together giving an
introduction to the natural history of Europe.
The Iberian peninsula harbours snow-capped mountains, ancient deciduous forests that are home to bear and capercaillie, the unique wood-pasture of dehesa and montado, arid 'pseudosteppes' populated by stately great bustards and whirring sandgrouse, mighty rivers terminating in coastal estuaries and deltas teeming with waterbirds, not forgetting the
Balearic archipelago, adrift in the azure Mediterranean, harbouring a unique flora and prolific seabird colonies. The wealth of its flora and fauna is unrivalled in western Europe today.
Essentially practical, the book first introduces the ecology, geology, and wildlife of Spain and the Balearic Islands, then goes on to describe where to see its natural history at its best. There are
descriptions of a selection of some 300 sites to visit, each carefully chosen to show a range of habitats and fascinating wildlife. The entries are the personal choice of the authors and are based on intensive travel and research in the region. Described sites range in size from a few to thousands of hectares, be they National Parks, nature reserves, or simply common land. All are open to the
public and accessible to the ordinary visitor.
Full colour throughout, this book has stunning landscape photographs, line drawings and photographs of individual animals of plants and animals, colour region and site maps, and a splendid composite painting encapsulating typical habitats and their inhabitants.
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Readership: Travellers with an interest in natural history; ecotourists; amateur or professional ornithologists, botanists, entomologists, etc
| Contents |
Overview
Spain
Galicia and Asturias
Cantabria, Euskadi, and La Rioja
Aragon and Navarra
Catalunya
Balears
Castilla y Leon and Madrid
Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha
Pais Valencia and Murcia
Andalucia
Portugal
North of the Tejo
South of the Tejo
Glossary
Useful contacts
Further reading
Species index
Site and subject index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Teresa Farino and
Michael Lockwood
Series Editor Martin Walters
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The specification in this catalogue, including without
limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations,
and month of publication, was as accurate as
possible at the time the catalogue was compiled.
Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we
are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory.
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