Raymond Sheppard and Birds of Moorland, Hill and Sea by Elizabeth Gould

 

Birds of Moorland, Hill and Sea - Front and back cover

This is the third book alphabetically in the series by Elizabeth Gould, but fourth in order within the single volume My Little Bird Book, (1952). This title was published, like the other three, in 1950 - before the combined book of 1952. The book, published by Blackie and Son, came out in November 1950 at 1/6d. 

I've also previously mentioned there are no title pages to each individual volume.  The cover to Birds of Moorland, Hill and Sea shows seaside birds - thankfully, Sheppard ever the professional knew it would be really difficult to show all three types covered by the title!

So let's look at the Raymond Sheppard full colour artwork for this book

BIRDS OF MOORLAND, HILL AND SEA

Rock Pipit 

 

Herring Gull

Jackdaw

Oyster-catcher

Common Tern

Cormorant

Puffins

 

Gannet

Golden Plover

Redshank

Ring Ouzel

Curlew

Dunlin

Black-headed Gull

Linnet

Wheatear  

So that's the third book done, 

NEXT: Birds of Woodland and Hedgerow