CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



THE PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregnnus) 12 



THE HOBBY (Falco subbuteo) 14 



THE KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus) 16 



THE SPARROW-HAWK (Accipiter nisus) 19 



THE BARN OWL (Sfrix flammed} 21 



THE TAWNY OWL (Syrnium aluco) 23 



THE LONG-EARED OWL (Asio otus) 25 



THE BLACKBIRD (Merula vulgarii) 27 



THE RING-OUZEL (Merula torquata) 30 



THE FIELDFARE (Turdus pilaris) 32 



THE REDWING (Turdus iliactis) 34 



THE SONG THRUSH (Turdus musicui) 36 



THE MISSEL-THRUSH (Turdus viscivorus) 39 



THE ROBIN (Eritbacus rubeculd) 42 



THE NIGHTINGALE (Daulias lusc'mid) 45 



THE REDSTART (Ruficltta phaenicurus) 49 



THE WHEATEAR (Saxicola oenanthe) 51 



THE WHINCHAT (Pratincola rubetra) 53 



THE STONECHAT (Pratincola rubuold) 56 



THE HEDGE ACCENTOR (Accentor modularis) 58 



THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (Locustella ntevia) 61 



THE REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) 64 



THE SEDGE WARBLER (Acrocephalus phragmitis) 6y 



THE WHITETHROAT (Sylvia cinerea) 70 



THE LESSER WHITETHROAT (Sylvia currucd) 73 



THE GARDEN WARBLER (Sylvia hortensis) 75 



THE BLACKCAP (Sylvia atiicapilld) 78 



THE DARTFORD WARBLER (Sylvia provincialis) 81 



THE WOOD WARBLER (Phylloscopus sibllatrlx) 84 



THE WILLOW W T ARBLER (Phylloscopus trochilus] 87 



VU 



