The Book of Birds, Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris

The Book of Birds, Robert MacFarlane & Jackie MorrisNew Hardback A great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost. It does not have to be this way but we will not save what we do not love. The Book of Birds is a compendium of forty nine bird species, from Avocet to Yellowhammer, al of which are presently declining or endangered in Britain. Inspired by

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present and future of our planet

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and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration

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The routes are split into seven sections

The aftershocks of her time in office are still felt today

with her tribe of daughters: The Mermaid

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many more species of day-flying moths than there are of butterflies

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