RSPB Spotlight: Robins

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title RSPB Spotlight: Robins
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Marianne Taylor
SeriesRSPB
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 148
ISBN/Barcode 9781472971739
ClassificationsDewey:598.842
Audience
General
Illustrations 250 colour photos

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Wildlife
Publication Date 16 May 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Our most iconic bird, the Robin, is one of the most characterful and familiar of all our garden visitors. Their melodious voices, bright red breasts and cheeky attitudes always endear them to us, but how much do we really know about them? Despite their cute appearance, Robins are aggressively territorial and hold their territories all year. Their year-round presence has helped them become a beloved and instantly recognisable species. In this delightful book, Marianne Taylor provides a revealing account of their life cycle, behaviour and breeding, what they eat and how they hold their territories, and she looks into the many cultural representations of these much-loved little birds. The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals with eye-catching colour photography and informative expert text.

Author Biography

Marianne Taylor is a former editor at Christopher Helm and former sub-editor of (and regular writer for) Birdwatch magazine, now working freelance as a writer, editor, illustrator and photographer. An obsessive birder since childhood, her interest in other wildlife groups has grown steadily, and a new passion for dragonflies and damselflies has dominated her summers for the last three years. Her other books include RSPB British Birds of Prey (Bloomsbury); The Nature Book (Michael O'Mara); Photographing Garden Wildlife (New Holland) and Where to Discover Nature (Bloomsbury).