Skomer Island
Description
- Title:
- Skomer Island
- Author:
- Jane Matthews
- RRP:
- £14.99
- ISBN:
- 9781905582082
- Format:
- Paperback 160 pages
- Size:
- 250 x 200mm
- Categories:
- Natural History
- Publication date:
- 14/08/2007
Skomer is a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a world-renowned bird paradise. This superb natural history book by Skomer resident Jane Matthews illustrates the landscape, seasons, flora and fauna in over 150 photographs.
Skomer Island lies less than a mile off shore from the Marloes Peninsula in Pembrokeshire, yet it is this short span of water that sets the island a world apart from its neighbours. Free from all land-based predators, Skomer has evolved as its own bustling ecosystem in a unique and spectacular landscape. It is a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a world-renowned bird paradise.
- birds, flora, fauna and landscapes
- Over 100 photographs
- Six chapters: water, landscape, populations, display, routine and nightlife
- Seasonal timeline
- Map of the island
- Contributions from Iolo Williams and Matthew Parris
- Bird Log poem by Jermey Grange
Reviews (2)
British Ornithologists' Union |
Through an array of fine photographs and text contributed by Jane Matthews and others, this book portrays the life of the island, wild and tame, above and below water, by day and by night, wardens and volunteers, long-term researchworkers and casual visitors.
British Birds |
If you have ever visited the island and been touched by its beauty, then a flick through the pages of this book will take you back there again and again...Jane Matthews has done a first-class job of pulling this together and her passion for a place where she now lives (but intended to visit for only a week) is evident with each page.
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