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Feasting, Fowling and Feathers: A History of the Exploitation of Wild Birds
A highly readable review of some 700 years of avian exploitation. The way wild birds have been exploited over the centuries forms the focus of this remarkable new book by...
Featherhood: 'The best piece of nature writing since H is for Hawk, and the most powerful work of biography I have read in years' Neil Gaiman
Author: Charlie GilmourFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 220mm, 398g, 288 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2020'One of the best books I have ever read. Incredibly moving' Elton John'I cant recommend...
Wildlife of Victoria's South-West: A Guide to the Grampians-Gariwerd, Volcanic Plains, Melbourne and Surrounds
Author: Grant Palmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Victoria's South-West is an iconic region of Australia that includes the exceptional landscape features of the Grampians-Gariwerd, the Victorian Volcanic Plain...
Capturing the Essence: Techniques for Bird Artists
Author: William T. Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Once described by Sir David Attenborough as 'the best ornithological illustrator alive', William T. Cooper was a generous mentor to...
Pelican
Author: Barbara Allen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 With its distinctive, comical walk, large bill and association with the conservation movement, the pelican has attained iconic status. But the...
The Bird: The Great Age of Avian Illustration
Author: Philip Kennedy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The Bird explores the fascinating world of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ornithological illustration. This was a period of scientific, artistic and geographic...
Avian Architecture Revised and Expanded Edition: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build
Author: Peter Goodfellow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Describing how birds...
Swan: Portrait of a Majestic Bird, from Mythical Meanings to the Modern Day
Author: Dan Keel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Book of the Month, Countryside magazine '[this] fascinating new book... provides a detailed insight into the snow-white species' Waterways World A...
Swan: Portrait of a Majestic Bird, from Mythical Meanings to the Modern Day
Author: Dan Keel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Book of the Month, Countryside magazine '[this] fascinating new book... provides a detailed insight into the snow-white species' Waterways World A...
The Instant
Author: Amy Liptrot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING Wishing to leave behind the isolation of her Orkney island...
The Instant
Author: Amy Liptrot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING Wishing to leave behind the isolation of her Orkney island...
Birds: The Art of Ornithology (Pocket edition)
Author: Jonathan Elphick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed...
Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong
Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the...
Nature's Wonders: Moments that mark the seasons (National Trust)
Author: Jane V. Adams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Britain's nature year, from the first flower to the last leaf With a mix of evocative writing, beautiful photographs and...
The Poetry of Birds
Author: Samuel Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy....