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The Cuckoo Comes in April
Cliff J. SIDNELL
其他書名
A Fifteen Year Odyssey of NATURE NOTES and OBSERVATIONS
出版Independently Published, 2017-06-09
主題Nature / Reference
ISBN15214659089781521465905
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HVBXswEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Having kept nature diaries since 1993 it readily became apparent that a large slice from these notes,particularly from notes recorded in the same location, would prove interesting reading for anyonewho has more than a passing interest in birds and butterflies.The time-span for The Cuckoo Comes In April is fifteen years but to make the diaries more palatablethe monthly narrative has been illuminated with contextual notes from England's illustriousnaturalists, such as Gilbert White, John Clare, Richard Jefferies and others.The Cuckoo Comes In April includes summaries of birds and butterflies by month, the vagaries in theEnglish weather including the average daily temperature, frost and heat sequences, together withdate specific information concerning the first and last butterfly sightings for each year.Whilst the period selected may be arbitrary the fact that one location has been studied for fifteenyears demonstrates the changes, some subtle and some otherwise, and provides ample data forscientific comparison.More importantly, however, this compilation of nature notes shows that anyone who can make andkeep notes, will profit enormously from the enjoyment of being outdoors and to significantlyimprove their ability to identify birds by song, by flight, by habitat and time of year purely by theirown observation.