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The wren
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- Book Synopsis
- From the bestselling author of The Robin: A Biography, Stephan Moss: The wren is a paradox of a bird. They are Britain's most common bird, with 8.5 million breeding pairs and have by far the loudest song in proportion to their size. They also thrive up and down Britain and Ireland: from the smallest city garden to remote offshore islands, blustery moors to chilly mountains. Yet many people are not sure if they have ever seen a wren. Perhaps because the wren is so tiny, weighing just as much as two A4 sheets of paper, and so busy, always on the move, more mouse than bird. However if we cast our eyes back to recent history wrens were a mainstay of literary, cultural and popular history. The wren was on postage stamps and the farthing, it featured in nursery rhymes and greetings cards, poems and rural 'wren hunts', still a recent memory in Ireland particularly. With beautiful illustrations throughout, this captivating year-in-the-life biography reveals the hidden secrets of this fascinating bird that lives right on our doorstep.
- About The Author
- Stephen Moss is a lifelong naturalist, bestselling author and prolific broadcaster. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included the BAFTA-award-winning Springwatch, Birding with Bill Oddie and The Nature of Britain. His books include The Robin, The Wren, The Swallow, The Swan, The Owl, The Starling and The Puffin. He is the outgoing President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust and a Visting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University. Originally from London, he now lives with his wife and children on the Somerset Levels.
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- ISBN
- 9781910931936
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Square Peg, (25 October 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 460 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 202 x 140 x 24 mm
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