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Strange Death of British Birdsong (Landmark Countryside Collection) (Landmark Countryside Collection S.)

Strange Death of British Birdsong (Landmark Countryside Collection) (Landmark Countryside Collection S.)

by Michael Waterhouse (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

    $4.15
Synopsis

The Government judges the health of the countryside by our bird populations. Despite recent press coverage, the whole story has not been told and it is not looking very good. Some 64 of our songbirds are in decline, over a third dangerously so. The Strange Death of British Birdsong by Michael Waterhouse looks at the fate of 137 birds. Fortunately, some are now increasing after many years of decline, so it's not all bad news. When, however, did you last hear the Cuckoo or see a Kingfisher? It the health of the environment is bad for birds, it must surely be bad for us. This book is not a technical report, it has been written in a style to bring the problems and issues to country lovers. Each bird (and its egg) is illustrated with full colour drawings, highlighting just what we stand to lose. With a long introduction by RSPB 'Birds' Magazine editor, Rob Hume, this is a thought-provoking book of a problem we have now and one we are not solving.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 304
 Edition: 1st ed
 Publisher: Landmark Publishing Ltd
Published: 19 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 1843061260
ISBN 13: 9781843061267

Author Bio
Michael Waterhouse was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and spent 25 years working in the financial services sector in New York and London. His first book A Wandering Voice - a Diary of Birdsong was published in 1996. In 1999, having discovered the original diary, he edited and introduced The Cottage Book by Sir Edward Grey, which was published by Victor Gollancz. In the same year, together with the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol he was involved in the production of a four-part series on Radio Four on the life of Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary 1905-1916), and his passion for birdsong. The Spectator reviewed it as being amongst the best radio of the year. In 2001, he edited and introduced a new edition of The Charm of Birds by Sir Edward Grey, which was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. A consummate countryman who is passionate about the rural environment and the preservation of the rich traditions that typify Great Britain. He has recently moved from Derbyshire, where he developed the land to incorporate many features to encourage the development of his favourite wildlife species, and now lives with his family on the Newtown Estuary in the Isle of Wight. Included in the dangerous decline list are the Lapwing; the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and the Skylark, plus another twenty birds. Another forty species of birds, including the Blackbird, House Sparrow and House Martin are declining. This book gives some of the reasons, addresses some of the problems and their solutions. It is a wake-up call to the point of being startling.