Raptor Prey Remains: A Guide to Identifying What's Been Eaten by a Bird of Prey (Pelagic Identification Guides): Guide Identifying - Softcover

Ed Drewitt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784272078 ISBN 13: 9781784272074

Publisher: Pelagic Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

'The book you have all been waiting for!' -- John Miles, Birdwatching

Are you curious about the remains of an animal you have found? This compilation of the most likely found body parts of animals eaten by raptors will help you identify your discovery. Including over 100 species of bird and mammal prey of raptors such as sparrowhawks, peregrines and hen harriers, this photographic guide highlights the common feathers, fur and other body parts found at raptor nests, roosts, plucking posts and other opportunistic spots.

Discovering what raptors eat is an important part of confirming their feeding ecology and how this might change over time, vary on a local level or in response to changing prey populations, as well as dispelling myths and assumptions about what certain raptors species eat. Diet studies are vital for the conservation of raptor species; the more we know about what they need for survival the more we can predict and plan long-term for the protection and survival of raptors that may be vulnerable and in decline.

This is the first book to show in detail the actual parts of a bird, mammal or other animal that you are likely to find in a garden, woodland or beneath a raptor roost. As more people take an interest in raptors and watch species such as peregrines via webcams and through watch groups, there is greater opportunity for finding prey remains. This book provides the first and most important step in identifying a prey species.

About this title

About the Author

Ed Drewitt has been collecting feathers and skulls since he was seven years old and studying the diet of urban peregrines for over twenty years. He has a good eye for identifying even the tiniest of feathers and has learnt which body parts we are most likely to find after a raptor has fed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelagic Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784272078
• ISBN 13: 9781784272074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230