Author: WATERHOUSE, MICHAEL.
Title: The Strange Death of British Birdsong.
Description: Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing, 2004. 1843061260. 1st edition. "This book examines the fluctuating fortunes of 137 species of birds. Many are birds of farmland in all its guises, from rich, intensively cultivated arable land to the sheep-grazed upland moors. Yet it is the loss of songbirds that people notice more than anything else..If birds are declining, we should know why...An entertaining and beautiful book, too, with essays on each bird illuminated by delightful wood engravings of the birds themselves and their eggs." Pp.304, colour illustrations throughout. Red cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Keywords: Waterhouse Strange Death British Birdsong Birds Ecology Environment Ornithology Nature Countryside 43563 Nature


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