{"product_id":"the-book-of-birds-a-field-guide-to-wonder-and-loss-by-robert-macfarlane-9780241404737","title":"The Book of Birds : A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon \"The Lost Words\":  \n\u003cbr\u003ea dazzling celebration of birdlife in Britain, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide.  \n\u003cbr\u003eOur dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost.  \n\u003cbr\u003eIt does not have to be this way -- but we will not save what we do not love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Book of Birds is a compendium of forty-nine bird species, from avocet to yellowhammer,  \n\u003cbr\u003eall of which are declining or endangered in Britain. Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up,  \n\u003cbr\u003ethis is a field guide with a difference. It asks not \"What is that bird?\", but \"Who is that bird?\"  \n\u003cbr\u003eIt shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith lyrical precision and playfulness, Robert Macfarlane evokes each bird's habits and habitats --  \n\u003cbr\u003etheir patterns of flight and of song, how they hunt and gather, how they nest and raise their young,  \n\u003cbr\u003ethe stories and myths which attend them, the threats which shadow them, and how their wild lives intersect with our own.  \n\u003cbr\u003eAnd on every page we encounter Jackie Morris's exhilarating artwork, painted in watercolour and gold  \n\u003cbr\u003eand animated by an extraordinary attention to detail and sense of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet among this dazzling flock of species are seven sections celebrating the \"Seven Wonders\"  \n\u003cbr\u003ethat together make up the everyday miracle of \"Bird\": nest, egg, beak, song, feather, flight and migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeven years in the making, The Book of Birds is a love letter to the splendours and mysteries of birdlife,  \n\u003cbr\u003eand a clarion call to halt the loss of birds from land, sea and sky.  \n\u003cbr\u003eFrom dipper to dunnock and kestrel to kingfisher, from mountain to ocean and city to river,  \n\u003cbr\u003eJackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane conjure the unique spirit and lifeway of each species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book to be treasured by bird-lovers of all ages, and a future classic work of reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Macfarlane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56680179695989,"sku":"9780241404737","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780241404737.jpg?v=1769796104","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-book-of-birds-a-field-guide-to-wonder-and-loss-by-robert-macfarlane-9780241404737","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}