- 1989 edition, 207 pages
- Published by David & Charles Publishers plc
- Hardcover with dust jacket. Blue boards.
- Very good condition. Minor dust jacket scuffs.
Illustrated by Micheal Loates. Indexed.
Go to sea as a professional, as a cruise ship passenger or as a yachtsman and you can't help seeing birds. On the trackless wastes they brighten the day and help to bring the passage alive. In port they decorate the dockside and patrol the shoreline.
This book celebrates the astonishing diversity of sea and coastal birds, and examines the ways in which they exploit the sea's bounty.
Terns dip and pick their food from the surface; auks jacknife and pursue the underwater chase; boobies dive from a great height; frigate birds chase everything else and go in for piracy. And the great treat for deep-water sailors is the sight of an albatross power-gliding down the wake.
All these hugely enjoyable phenomena are revealed by Tony Soper who also points out the chance of a passing turtle or a breaching humback whale.
This book, with its superb colour photographs and powerful line drawings will delight anyone who goes to sea in ships or small boats and gives pleasure to those who simply plan the perfect sea voyage.
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