R. M. Lockley

This book discusses the role of the senses in animal navigation and how bees, and other animals guide their migrations accurately.

The Natural History Library makes available in paperback format books of enduring interest in the life and earth sciences. Published in co-operation with The American Museum of Natural History by Doubleday Anchor Books, this series introduces the student and the general reader to the "study of man—his origins, his nature, and his environment— and to the whole natural world, from sub-microscopic life to the universe at large. SHEARWATERS A deceptively drab sea-bird that performs dazzling feats of navigation and endurance, the Manx shearwater breeds in underground nests on islands off the west coast of Great Britain. On the island of Skokholm, R. M. Lockley, noted British naturalist and author, studied the Manx shearwater in twelve years of meticulous observation. The outcome of this now famous research is Shearwaters, a faithful, painstaking record of the breeding and migration habits of this incredible bird. Delightfully written and scientifically scrupulous, Shearwaters is a major contribution to ornithology.

Shaw is in Fiji to sell a stolen painting to the crime boss, Vornis. It will be the deal of a lifetime, if Shaw can pull it off. But then Vornis parades his latest toy around in front of him—a captured DEA agent whose time is running out. It’s none of Shaw’s business, and it doesn’t matter that under any other circumstances Lee would be exactly Shaw’s type: he’s young, he’s hot, and he might even have a personality if they hadn’t beaten it out of him. Too bad there’s no way Lee is getting off the island. Too bad there’s nothing Shaw can do for him. And too bad there are some lines that even Shaw won’t cross. Keeping his hands off Lee proves harder than he thinks, but Shaw’s not stupid enough to fall for the tortured captive of a dangerous crime boss, is he? If he did, it wouldn’t be just his job he would be risking—it would be his life.

from Good reads review: Lockley is one of those rare people who successfully followed their dreams when he became custodian of an island just off the Pembrokeshire coast, it is a rugged place inhabited by a large colony of birds, a derelict farmhouse and incredibly difficult to access via boat…for Lockley this was perfect. His first job was to get the island liveable for himself and his new wife, buildings needed to be fixed, walls rebuilt and gardens prepared, a huge undertaking…made all the more easier with a fortuitous ship wreck filled with a lot of the stuff he needed. Once the island is ready his wife moves in and they work together to become self sufficient which requires a huge amount of hard graft and they still find time to document life on the island, both theirs and the natural world