Bird Life of Woodland and Forest (Bird Life Series) Book

Woodlands offer birds an extremely wide range of habitats. In this book, the variation in bird life in woodlands and the factors that influence bird numbers and distributions are examined. What birds are found in which habitats, what effect forestry and woodland management have and how we can enhance bird populations by habitat management are all issues to be examined. The gamut of British woodland is covered from ancient coppice and wood-pasture in the lowlands to recently-planted conifer forests in the uplands, and comparisons are drawn with mainland Europe and North America. The book discusses the effects of factors such as increased deer numbers, air pollution, and new wood creation on lowland farms, which are changing the face of our woodlands today. This book is a must for all those interested in woodlands and the birds that live in them.