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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE: TYPES OF BIRD BEHAVIOUR
Chapter 1: Movement
• Feathers and flight
• Swimming and diving
• Walking and running
• Flocking
• Roosting and sleeping
Chapter 2: Feeding
• Food types and feeding methods
• Predators
• Specialist feeders
• Drinking
Chapter 3: Breeding
• Timing
• Territory and song
• Courtship, display and mating
• Nest-building
• Egg laying and incubation
• Parental care and fledging
• Hybridisation
• Unusual breeding behaviour
• Polygamy
Chapter 4: Migration and navigation
• Why do birds migrate?
• How do birds navigate?
• Migration strategies
• Unusual migration
Chapter 5: Distribution and range
• Habitats and their influence on behaviour
• Range
Chapter 6: Life and death
• Moult
• Bathing, preening and feather care
• Sight, hearing and smell
• Excretion
• Temperature regulation
• Birds and weather
• Disease and death
PART TWO: FAMILIES AND SPECIES
• Ducks, Geese and Swans
• Gamebirds
• Divers and Grebes
• Seabirds
• Herons and Egrets
• Raptors
• Rails and Crakes
• Waders
• Gulls and Terns
• Pigeons and Doves
• Owls, Cuckoo and Nightjar
• Parakeet, Kingfisher and Dipper
• Woodpeckers
• Swift, Swallow and Martins
• Larks, Pipits and Wagtails
• Thrushes and Chats
• Robin, Dunnock and Wren
• Warblers
• Flycatchers
• Tits, Nuthatch and Treecreeper
• Shrikes
• Starling
• Crows
• Sparrows and Buntings
• Finches
Glossary
Useful addresses
Further reading
Acknowledgements
The Wildlife Trusts
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