Uplands and Birds, Author: Ian Newton
Uplands and Birds
Author: Ian Newton
Published by: Collins New Naturalist Library
Publication Date: 09/07/2020
Ian Newton is an ornithologist and applied scientist, and a leading expert on bird ecology and biogeography, who specialises in finches, waterfowl and birds of prey, especially the sparrowhawk. Ian graduated from Bristol University and received his doctorate at Oxford, followed by him joining the Natural Environment Research Council in 1967. Here he initially studying population ecology of geese and finches, followed by the impact of pesticides on birds of prey. He has written three previous New Naturalist volumes: Finches (1972), Bird Migration (2010) and Bird Populations (2013).
This book focuses on the uplands of Britain, which are unique landscapes created by grazing animals, primarily livestock. The soils and blanket bogs of the uplands are also the largest stores of carbon in the UK, and 70% of the country’s drinking water comes from the uplands. It’s a significant region to the multitudes of bird species that hunt, forage, and nest there.