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26%OFFMichael McCarthy - Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo - 9781848540620 - V9781848540620
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Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo

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Description for Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo Paperback. A celebration of the migrant birds that herald spring and a stark warning that they may be fast disappearing Num Pages: 256 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.

If we could see it as a whole, if they all arrived in a single flock, say, we would be truly amazed: sixteen million birds. Swallows, martins, swifts, warblers, wagtails, wheatears, cuckoos, chats, nightingales, nightjars, thrushes, pipits and flycatchers pouring into Britain from sub-Saharan Africa.

It is one of the enduring wonders of the natural world. Each bird faces the most daunting of journeys -navigating epic distances, dependent on bodily fuel reserves. Yet none can refuse. Since pterodactyls flew, twice-yearly odysseys have been the lot of migrant birds.

For us, for millennia, the Great Arrival has ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
180 g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848540620
SKU
V9781848540620
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-10

About Michael McCarthy
Michael McCarthy is one of Britain's leading writers on the environment and the natural world. As a journalist, he was the Environment Correspondent of The Times, covering the early measures taken to combat climate change, culminating in the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro; later he was the long-standing Environment Editor of The Independent. He has won a string of ... Read more

Reviews for Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo
A beautiful and important book
Simon Barnes, author of HOW TO BE A BAD BIRDWATCHER
'We owe a debt to a writer like McCarthy, who paints so well the portrait of natural riches we think our birthright ... McCarthy paints a portrait of a magical bird universe'
Daily Mail
'This is a joyful book'
Daily ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo


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