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(0)Mark Cocker
Author
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A collection of over hundred short articles, focusing on themes such as the magical dynamism of birds, and the subtle beauty, vast skies and wildlife riches of the Norfolk landscape. This work also demonstrates a concern to champion the despised and neglected - rats, gulls and crows.
Author
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Neither an identification guide nor a behavioural study, this book covers cultural links; social history; birds as food; ecology; the lore and language of birds; myths, art, literature and music; anecdotes, birdsong and rare facts; modern developments; migration, the seasons and our sense of place.