Monday 14 October 2024

Spurn Observatory volunteeer Richard Boon celebrates the Little Tern with study of this much-loved seabird

The new book casts the spotlight on the colony near Spurn


ADMIRERS of the Little Tern (who isn't?)  will welcome Clinging To the Edge - to be released this week by Pelagic Publishing.

It is described as an exploration of the ecology of the species and the history of its conservation.

The main focus is a single colony - the one at Beacon Ponds between Kilnsea and Easington, near Spurn on the Yorkshire Coast.

The author is Richard Boon, a retired academic and volunteer at the Spurn Observatory Trust.

Publication day is tomorrow October 15.

 
Richard Boon - diligent student of a delightful species

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