Seabirds and Seals
Wills, Jonathan2019
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Is Shetland a bit of North America that got left behind, or is it the other way round? Why did the sea level rise by over 100 metres, 15,000 years ago? When do sheep eat seaweed? What does it feel like to be a gannet? Why are there more grannets and great skuas nowadays, but fewer kittiwakes and terns? How do puffins keep warm and dry in the cold and wet? Does the plankton really make over half our oxygen? And where did the penguin get its name? In his entertaining and thoughtful account of a quarter century's voyages around just two of Shetland's hundred islands, retired boatman and wildlife guide Jonathan Wills tackles these and many other questions arising from Shetland's matural history, above and below the waves.
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Lerwick : Shetland Times, 2019.
ISBN:
9781910997284
Dewey class:
941.11
Language:
English
BRN:
3907907
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