Birds in London

Restoration of the rook--The Gray's Inn rookery--Suggestions--On attracting rooks--Temple Gardens rookery--Attempt to establish a rookery at Clissold Park--A new colony of daws-...

Introductory remarks--Comparative large extent of public ground in South-west London--Battersea Park--Character and popularity--Bird life--Clapham Common: its present and past c...

Condition of the East district--Large circular group of open spaces--Hackney Downs and London Fields--Victoria Park with Hackney Common--Smoky atmosphere--Bird life--Lakes--An i...

Number of species, common and uncommon--The London sparrow--His predominance, hardiness, and intelligence--A pet sparrow--Breeding irregularities--A love-sick bird--Sparrow shin...

The cat's unchangeable character--A check on the sparrows--Number of sparrows in London--What becomes of the annual increase--No natural check on the park sparrows--Cats in the...

The crow in London--Persecuted in the royal parks--Degradation of Hyde Park--Ducks in the Serpentine: how they are thinned--Shooting a chicken with a revolver--Habits of the Hyd...

Positions of the rook and crow compared--Gray's Inn Gardens rookery--Break-up of the old, and futile attempt of the birds to establish new rookeries--The rooks a great loss to L...

Open spaces on the border of West London--The Scrubs, Old Oak Common, and Kensal Green Cemetery--North-west district--Paddington Recreation Ground, Kilburn Park, and adjoining o...

General survey of South London--South-east London: its most populous portion--Three small open spaces--Camberwell New Park--Southwark Park--Kennington Park--Fine shrubberies--Gr...

Migration as seen in London--Swallows in the parks--Fieldfares--A flock of wild geese--Autumn movements of resident species--Wood-pigeons--A curious habit--Dabchicks and moorhen...

A general survey of the metropolitan parks--West London--Central parks, with Holland Park--A bird's highway--Decrease of songsters--The thrush in Kensington Gardens--Suggestions...

A handbook of London birds considered--Reasons for not writing it--Changes in the character of the wild bird population, and supposed cause--The London sparrow--Its abundance--B...

The wood-pigeon in Kensington Gardens--Its increase--Its beauty and charm--Perching on Shakespeare's statue in Leicester Square--Change of habits--The moorhen--Its appearance an...

Rarity of the daw in London--Pigeons and daws compared--Æsthetic value of the daw as a cathedral bird--Kensington Palace daws; their disposition and habits--Friendship with rook...

Object of this book--Summary of facts contained in previous chapters--An incidental result of changes in progress--Some degree of protection in all the open spaces, efficient pr...

There are not many crows in London; the number of the birds that are left are indeed few, and, if we exclude the magpie and jay, there are only three species. But the magpie and...

Restoration of the rook--The Gray's Inn rookery--Suggestions--On attracting rooks--Temple Gardens rookery--Attempt to establish a rookery at Clissold Park--A new colony of daws-...

Open spaces on the borders of West London--The Scrubs, Old Oak Common, and Kensal Green Cemetery--North-west district--Paddington Recreation Ground, Kilburn Park, and adjoining...

Positions of the rook and crow compared--Gray's Inn Gardens rookery--Break-up of the old, and futile attempt of the birds to establish new rookeries--The rooks a great loss to L...

Introductory remarks--Comparative large extent of public ground in South-west London--Battersea Park--Character and popularity--Bird life--Clapham Common: its present and past c...

The cat's unchangeable character--A check on the sparrows--Number of sparrows in London--What becomes of the annual increase--No natural check on the park sparrows--Cats in the...

Object of this book--Summary of facts contained in previous chapters--An incidental result of changes in progress--Some degree of protection in all the open spaces, efficient pr...

Migration as seen in London--Swallows in the parks--Fieldfares--A flock of wild geese--Autumn movements of resident species--Wood-pigeons--A curious habit--Dabchicks and moorhen...

Condition of the East district--Large circular group of open spaces--Hackney Downs and London Fields--Victoria Park with Hackney Common--Smoky atmosphere--Bird life--Lakes--An i...

The crow in London--Persecuted in the royal parks--Degradation of Hyde Park--Ducks in the Serpentine: how they are thinned--Shooting a chicken with a revolver--Habits of the Hyd...

Rarity of the daw in London--Pigeons and daws compared--Æsthetic value of the daw as a cathedral bird--Kensington Palace daws; their disposition and habits--Friendship with rook...

General survey of South London--South-east London: its most populous portion--Three small open spaces--Camberwell New Park--Southwark Park--Kennington Park--Fine shrubberies--Gr...

THE BIRDS AND THE BOOK PAGE A handbook of London birds considered--Reasons for not writing it--Changes in the character of the wild bird population, and supposed cause--The Lond...

A general survey of the metropolitan parks--West London--Central parks, with Holland Park--A bird's highway--Decrease of songsters--The thrush in Kensington Gardens--Suggestions...

Number of species, common and uncommon--The London sparrow--His predominance, hardiness, and intelligence--A pet sparrow--Breeding irregularities--A love-sick bird--Sparrow shin...

The wood-pigeon in Kensington Gardens--Its increase--Its beauty and charm--Perching on Shakespeare's statue in Leicester Square--Change of habits--The moorhen--Its appearance an...