The History of British Birds
Derek Yalden and Umberto Albarella
Reviews and Awards
"Alden and Albarella undertook a very ambitious project in writing this book, which is nothing less than a comprehensive history of the avifauna of the British Isles from the Mesozoic to the present. This volume is a remarkable effort and can be strongly recommended to anyone interested in the faunal history of the British Isles or the Western Palearctic in general."--Auk
"Highly recommended. This specialized work will be a valuable resource for advanced students interested in avian population biology, ornithology, anthropology, paleontology, and especially avian zooarchaeology."--Choice
"The History of British Birds is a fine piece of scholarship by leading experts on the prehistory and preliterate past of Britain's avifauna. A rare insight into how bird populations might have stood before the pervasive influence of humankind."--Birding
"Far and away the most comprehensive set of records to date. A fascinating book."--British Trust for Orinthology News
"The volume scores highly for both the depth and breadth of the information included: the often 'obscure and scattered' (p. 1) authors' words, but from personal experience I would strongly concur documentation available from archeological investigations has been seemingly exhaustively assembled, and an array of ancillary information from sources such as place names carefully integrated with it." -- Quarterly Review of Biology