 Trade In this Item for up to £5.05
Trade in A Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco (Prion Birdwatchers' Guide Series) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £5.05, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Product Description
Product Description
Morocco is a paradise for birdwatchers with its coasts, islands, wadis, plains, forests, mountains and deserts creating conditions that are often very different from those found in Europe. The richness of these habitats is clearly illustrated by the 452 species which have been recorded so far. Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the first edition of this book. This is a very short period in the dynamics of bird communities, but a very long period in a country that has developed so quickly. The Government is encouraging development and tourism, for example in the Atlantic West Sahara, which opens up great new sites for birdwatchers. The most important and easily accessible of these new sites have been included in this second edition, and the original 15 sites have been increased to at least 50.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
This is a very practical book, above all giving excellent directions to good wildlife sites and making clear what might be seen at each. Plainly the authors have first hand knowledge of the region, evidenced (for example) by detailed advice on site-access, and useful information on local accommodation. As one would expect from the title, its primary emphasis is on birds, but the text also mentions "Other wildlife" for many sites, and appendices list not only birds but mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies and orchids. The sad fact is that (as the authors make clear) the fauna of the region is generally in more or less severe decline, under pressure from expanding populations of humans and their livestock. On a recent brief visit, it was very noticeable that there were large areas suffering bad overgrazing, where the variety of birds was limited and their populations small; compared to the situation 30+ years ago, the changes were quite shocking. Nevertheless, there are still very interesting habitats to be seen, and special birds and other wildlife to be found, and the Moroccans are generally charming, kind and helpful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
It is a very interesting book. I recomended the book at all the Spanish interested in visit Morroco. You have a very good desccription about the places where you can find the diferent species, the season and other interesting information. The hotels and restaurants for exammple.Prion Birdwatchers' Guide to Morocco (Prion Birdwatchers' Guide Series)
The book has lots of information about access to sites and birds to be found there. However, it is pitifully short of regional maps. A very small map at the start of the book divides Morocco into numbered regions. Almost all of the sites have a detailed local sketch map showing how to access, but there is no easy way of placing each site within its region; and some of the regions are quite large. Another gripe: it would have been helpful if birds per site were divided into say, "winter" "summer" "all year" and "on migration". A pity, because the detailed info given is otherwise very useful. To see how it should be done, look at "Where to watch birds South and Western Spain" by Ernest Garcia and Andrew Paterson.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
