Birds of Holy Island

This completely revised and updated new edition of Ian Kerr’s Birds of Holy Island provides a comprehensive account of the birds to be found in every season at and around Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, one of the United Kingdom’s most enchanting areas of outstanding natural beauty.

Ian Kerr’s long-established guide has been redesigned and extended for this new edition. The evocative and informative text has been updated, many new photographs have been added and the classified list now covering over 350 species includes all the latest records. The book has been enhanced with more than a dozen beautiful paintings by the wild-life artist Chris Rose, who knows Holy Island well.

For anyone planning to visit Holy Island and the Lindisfarne National Nature reserve, this book will be an invaluable guide to help appreciate the unique landscape, its special places and the profusion of rare birds that makes the area such a magnet for ornithologists. This engaging and knowledgeable account offers a lasting memory of Northumberland’s great natural treasure.