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52 European Wildlife Weekends: A year of short breaks for nature lovers [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 264 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x135 mm, kaal: 464 g
  • Sari: Bradt Travel Guides (Regional Guides)
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Apr-2018
  • Kirjastus: Bradt Travel Guides
  • ISBN-10: 1784770833
  • ISBN-13: 9781784770839
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 264 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x135 mm, kaal: 464 g
  • Sari: Bradt Travel Guides (Regional Guides)
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Apr-2018
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  • ISBN-10: 1784770833
  • ISBN-13: 9781784770839
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This innovative new title from Bradt is the first of its type to focus specifically on the vast array of wildlife-watching opportunities found in Europe. Written by expert James Lowen, author of the best-selling 52 Wildlife Weekends: A Year of British Wildlife-Watching Breaks and award-winning A Summer of British Wildlife: 100 Great Days Out Watching Wildlife, this unique guide is packaged into 52 weekend-sized breaks highlighting the best of European wildlife including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, flora, butterflies, dragonflies and birds. We may think of snow-covered Antarctica, South American jungles or African savannahs as holding the world's most plenteous and special wildlife, yet Europe heaves with wildlife wonders year-round, many of which can be seen in a simple weekend break. This book suggests one wildlife-watching break, somewhere in Europe, for every weekend of the year. Want to see brown bears? Make for Finland or Slovenia. Fancy a crack at wolves? Hop on a flight to northern Spain or Italy's Abruzzo. If whales float your boat, a long weekend in Iceland, Ireland or the Bay of Biscay would suit. Orchid lovers can head to Corsica, Crete or the Costa del Sol in spring. Birdwatchers can flock to see migrating raptors in Gibraltar, great gatherings of cranes in central Spain, or vast flocks of seaduck in Arctic Norway. Then there's the wacky olm in Slovenia, cave salamanders in Sardinia and owl-flies in the Picos de Europa. Hungary's mayfly emergence is truly spectacular, as are Norway's musk oxen and Poland's bison. Stretching from the Arctic to its boundaries with Africa and Asia, Europe has enough exciting living creatures amid jaw-dropping landscapes to fill an entire lifetime of wildlife-watching. Ideal for both the experienced wildlife tourist and the novice and packed with stunning colour photos, Bradt's 52 European Wildlife Weekends shows when, where and how to see the most exciting wildlife, complete with inspiring itineraries, engaging descriptions, detailed directions and tips on how to find, identify and enjoy animals and plants. Each entry gives details on species of interest and the landscapes they inhabit, plus suggestions for extending your quick break into a longer visit. Winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers Adele Evans Award for Best Guidebook 2018.

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"This remarkable guide ably demonstrates that there's still plenty of great species on our doorsep in Europe." BBC Wildlife Magazine

"This is your one stop shop for some fantastic wildlife weekends." Adventure Travel Magazine

"This guide has something for experts and novices alike." World of Animals Magazine

'Lowen's infectious style only serves to inspire. It makes you think "I want to see that!"' Bird Watch

Muu info

. Follows on the success of 52 Wildlife Weekends and A Summer of British Wildlife, both top-sellers, by the same author. . A Summer of British Wildlife was voted Travel Guide Book of the Year at the Travel Media awards 2016 . Includes practical info for each weekend: Location, Getting There, Where to Go, Suggested Bases, Flexibility, Accessibility, Family Friendliness . Includes details of how/when to stay longer than a weekend: helpful 'Make it a Week' information . Bears, wolves, orchids owls: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies, birds, flora. all are included . Ideal for both the experienced wildlife tourist and the novice . Complete with stunning colour photos, inspiring itineraries, engaging descriptions, detailed directions and tips on how to find, identify and enjoy animals and plants.
January
1 Into the trees
2(4)
Bialowieza Forest, Poland, for European bison, Eurasian beaver, black and three-toed woodpeckers, northern long-tailed tit
2 Hundreds and thousands
6(4)
Extremadura, Spain, for common crane, great bustard, Iberian imperial eagle, red deer, otter
3 Big mouth strikes again
10(4)
Lake Kerkini, Greece, for Dalmatian pelican, greater spotted eagle, lesser white-fronted goose, sombre tit, rock nuthatch
4 Mid-Atlantic Europe
14(4)
Azores, Portugal, for Azores bullfinch, Atlantic canary, vagrant American birds, sperm whale, short-beaked common dolphin
February
5 Wild goose chase
18(4)
Black Sea, Bulgaria, for red-breasted goose, white-fronted goose, Yelkouan shearwater, pygmy cormorant, golden jackal
6 The lynx effect
22(4)
Sierra de Andujar, Spain, for Iberian lynx, mouflon, Schreiber's bat, European free-tailed bat, stripeless tree frog
7 Blind love and headless chickens
26(4)
Canary Islands, Spain, for houbara bustard, cream-coloured courser, monarch, blind squat lobster, East Canary gecko
8 Snow? Go!
30(4)
Latvia for Ural owl, pygmy owl, white-backed woodpecker, three-toed woodpecker, raccoon dog
March
9 Parrots of the Arctic
34(6)
Lapland, Finland, for Siberian jay, Siberian tit, pine grosbeak, red squirrel, aurora borealis
10 Lynxed in
40(4)
Estonia for Eurasian lynx, Eurasian elk, hazel grouse, pygmy owl, three-toed woodpecker
11 Northern delights
44(4)
Varangerfjord, Norway, for Steller's eider, king eider, gyrfalcon, Brunnich's guillemot, hawk owl
12 Giant transformers, phantom farters
48(6)
Alentejo, Portugal, for great bustard, little bustard, black-bellied sandgrouse, Montagu's harrier, calandra lark
13 Costa del Chameleon
54(6)
Malaga, Spain, for Spanish ibex, Mediterranean chameleon, mirror orchid, black wheatear, conehead mantis
April
14 Going underground
60(4)
Sardinia, Italy, for Supramonte cave salamander, imperial cave salamander, European leaf-toed gecko, lesser horseshoe bat, sawfly orchid
15 King of the gods -- and orchids
64(4)
Crete, Greece, for Bory's orchid, Cretan orchid, snake's-head iris, dragon arum, Balkan terrapin
16 Hide and seek
68(4)
Corsica, France, for Corsican nuthatch, Corsican finch, Marmora's warbler, Corsican fire salamander, Corsican crocus
17 Berlin's dark grail
72(4)
Berlin, Germany, for goshawk, great bustard, mandarin, wild boar, northern raccoon
May
18 Delta force
76(4)
Danube Delta, Romania, for white pelican, ferruginous duck, Pallas's gull, dice snake, steppe runner
19 Estonian nightlife
80(6)
Estonia for Siberian flying squirrel, brown bear, raccoon dog, pine marten, capercaillie
20 Lesser is lovelier
86(4)
Extremadura, Spain, for lesser kestrel, white-rumped swift, European roller, Spanish terrapin, Schreiber's green lizard
21 Melting pot
90(4)
The Burren, Ireland, for dense-flowered orchid, mountain avens, spring gentian, large-flowered butterwort, transparent burnet
22 City-break falcons
94(4)
Matera, Italy, for lesser kestrel, lanner falcon, Egyptian vulture
June
23 Nimble as a mountain goat
98(4)
Gran Paradiso, Italy, for Alpine ibex, Alpine chamois, Alpine marmot, owly sulphur, nine-spotted
24 Perfect blues
102(4)
Iceland for blue whale, humpback whale, harlequin duck, Barrow's goldeneye, red-necked phalarope
25 Tisza, in bloom
106(6)
Hungary for long-tailed mayfly, southern festoon, red-footed falcon, European pond terrapin, common tree frog
26 Lakeland
112(6)
La Brenne, France, for lilypad whiteface, yellow-spotted emerald, Brenne marsh-orchid, whiskered tern, viperine snake
July
27 Ultimate meat-eaters
118(4)
Finland for wolverine, grey wolf, brown bear
28 Top of the world
122(4)
Pyrenees, Spain, for lammergeier, Alpine marmot, Pyrenean rock lizard, Pyrenean brook newt, Pyrenean saxifrage
29 Angel of the north
126(4)
Svalbard, Norway, for Arctic fox, bearded seal, walrus, ivory gull, little auk
30 Butterfly nirvana
130(4)
Picos de Europa, Spain, for Apollo, dusky large blue, split-eyed owl-fly, wallcreeper, snow vole
31 Strong as an ox
134(4)
Norway for musk ox, Eurasian elk, reindeer, Norway lemming, bluethroat
August
32 Moby-Dick under the midnight sun
138(4)
Norway for sperm whale, long-finned pilot whale, harbour seal, white-tailed eagle, Atlantic puffin
33 Zino moonwalk
142(6)
Madeira, Portugal, for Zino's petrel, Madeiran firecrest, Bryde's whale, Madeiran pipistrelle, Madeiran wall lizard
34 Ubercute
148(4)
Vienna, Austria, for black-bellied hamster, European souslik, particoloured bat, moustached darter, banded darter
35 Bounteous Biscay
152(4)
Bay of Biscay, France/Spain, for Cuvier's beaked whale, fin whale, basking shark, ocean sunfish, Macaronesian shearwater
36 The bear necessities
156(4)
Somiedo, Spain, for Cantabrian brown bear, wildcat, Iberian grey wolf, Pyrenean chamois, Spanish ibex
September
37 Rock and a hard place
160(4)
Spain and Gibraltar for Barbary macaque, striped dolphin, honey buzzard, northern bald ibis, two-tailed pasha
38 Et tu, Abruzzo?
164(4)
Abruzzo, Italy, for Abruzzo chamois, Apennine grey wolf, Marsican brown bear, white-backed woodpecker, rock partridge
39 The Great South Road
168(4)
Falsterbo, Sweden, for visible migration of numerous raptors and landbirds
40 The cave with the dragon babies
172(6)
Slovenia and Italy for olm, nose-horned viper, brown bear, European cave spider, autumn lady's-tresses
October
41 Go west
178(4)
Algarve, Portugal, for Balearic shearwater, Cory's shearwater, Wilson's storm-petrel, booted eagle, crimson speckled
42 Bloomin' marvellous
182(4)
Crete, Greece, for autumn buttercup, sea daffodil, Greek cyclamen, Cretan wild goat, ocellated skink
43 The water in Mallorca
186(4)
Mallorca, Spain, for Eleonora's falcon, Balearic warbler, marbled duck, violet dropwing, Ibiza wall lizard
44 Keep calm and carrion
190(4)
Spain for griffon vulture, glossy ibis, purple swamphen, Audouin's gull, slender-billed gull
November
45 Blue-sky finching
194(4)
Canary Islands, Spain, for short-finned pilot whale, Tenerife blue chaffinch, white-tailed laurel pigeon, Atlantic canary, Teide viper's-bugloss
46 The greyhound of the sea
198(4)
Ireland for fin whale, humpback whale, short-beaked common dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic grey seal
47 Formosa: the Algarve in autumn
202(4)
Algarve, Portugal, for European fiddler crab, Audouin's gull, Iberian water frog, Mediterranean chameleon, Moorish gecko
48 Parliament of owls
206(4)
Serbia for long-eared owl, short-eared owl, great grey shrike, hawfinch
December
49 Swimming free, in black and white
210(4)
Norway for orca, humpback whale, aurora borealis
50 Rewilding from A(nser) to B(ranta)
214(4)
Netherlands for lesser white-fronted goose, tundra bean goose, barnacle goose, smew, white-tailed eagle
51 Murmurazione?
218(6)
Rome, Italy, for European starling roost, blue rock thrush, red squirrel, European free-tailed bat
52 La vie en rose
224
Camargue, France, for greater flamingo, greater spotted eagle, eagle owl, wallcreeper, coypu
James Lowen has been immersed in all aspects of natural history since he was able to walk, encouraging him to become a fully fledged wildlife writer, editor, guide and photographer. Over three decades, James has travelled widely across Europe in search of its most special, rare and iconic wildlife. He is never happier than when seeking dragonflies in the Danube Delta, polar bears on Svalbard, or orchids in Crete. He has written five books about wildlife or wildlife travel, including three for Bradt Travel Guides (52 Wildlife Weekends: a Year of British Wildlife-watching Breaks, A Summer of British Wildlife: 100 Great Days Out with British Wildlife, and Pantanal Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide to Brazil's Great Wetland). A member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, James writes regularly about European wildlife for magazines such as BBC Wildlife, The Countryman and Bird Watching.