Birds Around Surrey

Book 3

Birds Around Surrey by Derek Belsey

Contents for Birds Around Surrey by Derek Belsey

Introduction

Five of The Best

Grateful Grebes and Gravel Pits

Their Feathered Nest is the Best

Wonderful Wheatears, Stunning Stonechats

Love Among The Brambles

Delightful Dabchicks

Sedge Warblers Showtime

The Hunter at My Table

Jewel of Our Waterways

Now You See It, Now you Don't!

Farm Alarm!

Remembering The River Ash

Cor, Luv a Duck!

Winter Wagtail is a Real Wag

Help Them to Box Clever

Shopping Around for Waxwings

It's Cooing Doesn't Grate Me

Such a Charming Bird

A Muddy Marvel

Planning gives IT the PIP

Spot the Flycatcher

A Long Distance Haul for Swallows

Kestrels' Kingdom

Birds of Prey Have Their Day

A Trip Across the Moor

Tough Time for a Tufted Duck

Sunday Morning in Bushy Park

Move Over Robins

A Berry Good Time for Redwings

Greenfinches and Sunflower Seeds

Such a Hoot to Hear an Owl

Reed Bunting Revival?

May Brings Very Mixed Fortunes

A Lot of Time for Little Owls

Memories

Acknowledgement

Birds Around Surrey

ISBN 0 9530734 32

Introduction

I have kept this introduction short, enabling me to squeeze in as many stories and new photographs as possible.

The reason for this, my third book is, since I started writing a monthly article in the Surrey Herald newspaper some two years ago and more recently the Village Echo, I've received many letters and calls. Most have been questions and sightings on birds, but many people have also asked, "When am I going to write another book".

This has been very flattering, but as I've mentioned in my previous books, putting pen to paper does come naturally to me, but after much deliberation I decided that maybe we do need a more educational book on our local bird life. This I have tried to achieve with some factual stories, the odd poem and as many new photographs as space allows.

I obviously cannot cover every species around Surrey; but by giving an overall picture, for a two and a half-year period from January 2000 hopefully my book will show that birds still exist in these areas.

I'm able by writing the text in a diary vein I'm able to mention some of the people who have contacted me over this period of time and this is my way of thanking them for their contributions towards this book.

Derek

The following picture sequence is only a sample of the numerous excellent photographs within this book, the website does not reproduce the quality of Derek's work, so you are advised to purchase any of his books and savour the images and enjoy his personal stories in the text within.

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