Iain Manfield
Patch birdwatcher in Leeds and around the Yorkshire Dales. Enthusiastic lister using BTO BirdTrack and contributor to BBS. Leeds Uni biochemist.
- Pleased to contribute this weeks “Nature Notes” for the Wharfedale Naturalists - available online at www.wharfedale-nats.org.uk/nature-notes Bird books before field guides. From fantastic paintings but of exotic birds from the 19thC e.g. Cuban trogon by Elizabeth Gould… #naturewriting 1/3
- …to the early 20th C and Landsborough Thomson ~1910 “Birds of Britain and their nests”. British birds ✔️ but only male birds presented ❌. Some great art but this Hen harrier looking quizzical to me - perhaps drawn from a taxidermy bird? 2/3
- Then the fantastic range of sometimes wonderfully niche books we have now. A selection from my bookshelf. 3/3
- At last, lots of Redwing arrived in the park, well ~50. They usually arrive earlier in the winter. A pair of Mallard at the "pond" in the park, refilled after all this rain. A few Wrens singing in the woods - been quiet from them. 25 spp from birding in the city this week. #patchbirding #Leeds
