The Osprey

by Tim Mackrill

A highly readable Poyser monograph on one of the most widespread raptors.

The Osprey is a large, fish-eating bird of prey. Distinctively marked in deep brown and white, with a piercing yellow eye and powerful hooked bill, the Osprey snatches its prey in spectacular swoops above lakes and wetlands around the world - it is one of the most widespread of all birds. Persecuted mercilessly in Britain, it became extinct in the 1890s before...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147299261X
• ISBN13: 9781472992611
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: T & Ad Poyser
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"