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ORNITHOLOGICAL TALES
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
BIRDS ON THE ISLE OF
By MICHAEL THOMAS OBE
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CONTENTS
Map 5
Introduction 6
The Black Guillemot or Tystie’s
Tale 8
The Black-Throated Thrush’s Tale 9
The Bullfinch’s Tale 11
The Collared Dove’s Tale 13
The Common Buzzard’s Tale 15
The Common Gull’s Tale 18
The Common Sandpiper’s Tale 20
The Curlew’s Tale 22
The Dunlin’s Tale 23
The Eider’s Tale 26
The Goldcrest’s Tale 29
The Goldfinch’s Tale 32
The Great Crested Grebe’s Tale 35
The Greylag Goose’s Tale 39
The Grey Heron’s Tale 41
The Hedge Sparrow’s Tale 44
The Lapwing’s Tale 45
The Long-tailed Tit’s Tale 49
The Manx Shearwater’s Tale 51
The Northern Gannet’s Tale 54
The Northern Wheatear’s Tale 57
The Oystercatcher’s Tale 61
The Pied/White / Grey Wagtail’s Tale 64
The Raven’s Tale 67
The Redshank’s Tale 70
The Ring-necked Pheasant’s Tale 73
The Sandwich Tern’s Tale 76
The Shag’s Tale 79
The Shelduck’s Tale 82
The Snowy Egret’s Tale 84
The Song Thrush’s Tale 86
The Spotted Flycatcher’s Tale 89
The Stonechat’s Tale 92
The Swift’s Tale 94
The Tufted Duck’s Tale 97
The Turnstone’s Tale 99
The Warbler’s Tale 103
The Wigeon’s Tale 106
A Puffin Postscript 108
A day on
Sources 113
About the Illustrations 115
A Field List of the Birds of
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