Birds Britannia
by:
Stephen Moss (author)
Birds and bird lore provide a fascinating window onto our social and cultural history, and can tell us much about our changing relationship with the British landscape, our people, and society. In this book, Stephen Moss focusses on some of Britain's most beloved and charismatic birds. He explores...
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Birds and bird lore provide a fascinating window onto our social and cultural history, and can tell us much about our changing relationship with the British landscape, our people, and society. In this book, Stephen Moss focusses on some of Britain's most beloved and charismatic birds. He explores their fascinating biology, and their place in the evolving culture and history of the British people. The author delves into the worlds of many birds, weaving their stories together to tell four very different stories about the changing face of Britain.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780007413447 (0007413440)
Publish date: June 20th 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Not too bad but not outstanding either. Split into four sections on garde, sea wetland and country has has an brief history of how the public responded to our feathered friends. Has some details of how the RSPB started, and some of the the parliamentary acts have evolved
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