Nature Travel Guide: Birds, Butterflies and Mammals of the Swiss Alps (Nature Travel Guide Series)

Please note that this is a legacy travel guide with older information. It can now be found in a compilation volume that collects together the content of 15 legacy books about Europe, all by the same author, at a budget price. Following is the original description for this book: An ecotourism site guide to the Swiss Alps. This book from the Nature Travel Guide series is written by Dr Duncan James, a scientist turned writer. It is a birdwatching, buttterfly-watching and mammal-watching site guide to the Swiss Alps with a focus on Interlaken and Pontresina. Note that it is not an identification guide. It is primarily designed as an ebook. The paperback version has 50 pages and is printed in black-and-white. With Birds, Butterflies and Mammals of the Swiss Alps you can sprinkle nature highlights into your vacation or follow a complete ecotourism itinerary. Unbiased, curated, practical advice about where to go for groups, families and solo travellers Self-guided nature walks that include maps, GPS coordinates, clear directions and local wildlife-watching tips Coverage of the Pontresina and Interlaken valleys Advice for all budgets and travel styles with the main focus of this book being on exploring with your own vehicle or using a campsite or other accommodation in either the Pontresina or Interlaken valleys as a base for walking and using cable cars, buses and trains to explore further Specific help so you can travel independently and still watch families of ibex grazing on the high rocky slopes, encounter chamois grazing lower down on greener mountain pastures, join the butterflies enjoying the flower meadows in early summer, watch eagles circling overhead, see marmots sitting, eating, running, scratching and playing as you walk by and much more The ebook version has effortless navigation with multiple internal links, all maps and photographs in full colour and optimised for electronic readers, colours contrast tested for readability on black-and-white screens and everything included in the download for full use offline. The paperback version is more limited being 50 pages in black-and-white. This book has unique practical advice; empowering you to explore. Buy this book now to follow in the footsteps of the Nature Travel Guide through the Swiss Alps.