- Gebundene Ausgabe: 484 Seiten
- Verlag: Chatto & Windus (25. Oktober 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0701169079
- ISBN-13: 978-0701169077
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,7 x 4,3 x 28,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 516.018 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Unlike any other bird book, and not an identification guide, this handsome cultural study of all the birds in Britain, is a magnificent achievement and a work of huge importance. An attempt to describe the interaction of birds and humans, it captures the essence of why birds matter.
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Another magnificent achievement and a unique work of huge importance - a handsome, easy-to-read, comprehensive cultural study, species by species, of all the birds in Britain. Companion volume to Flora Britannica. Birds Britannica is neither an identification guide nor a behavioural study (though both these subjects enter its field). It covers cultural links; social history; birds as food; ecology; the lore and language of birds; myths, art, literature and music; anecdotes, birdsong and rare facts; modern developments; migration, the seasons and our sense of place. An attempt to describe the interaction of birds and humans, it captures the essence of why birds matter.
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Not just for Britishers
26. Juli 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I just bought this books for a extremely discriminating birder and find that it's going to be difficult for me, a mere enthusiastic ignoramus of a North American nature enthusiast, to hand over to the lucky recipient. The authors have assembled an impressive array of photography, art and artefacts relating to British birds, but this visual array is surpassed by an information-rich and very readable text. They have collected the most recent scientific and environmental data on each family of birds inhabiting Britain and combined it with well-chosen summaries of the folklore and popular attitudes relating to these creatures. As I say, not just for those dwelling on the off-Continent island, but for anyone who cares about birds anywhere and who cares about English speaking culture, from Shakespeare to those currently shaking their fists at the masses of starlings overflying North America.
A Cut Above the Average Bird Book
31. Oktober 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
There are literally hundreds of Bird Books on the shelves of Bookshops these days. Why do we need so many? Well we don't really, apart, that is, for the fact that printing techniques, particularly colour ones, have changed so dramatically that photographs virtually leap off the page at you. For example, a Robin looks the same now as it did a hundred years ago, so the bird book I had thirty, or even twenty years ago should depict the Robin in exactly the same way. Well hardly, as I said above printing has changed and the advance of the camera is phenomenal.
What used to be `stock or library photographs,' appearing in the same format in book after book have now been superseded by new and vibrant photographs of close-ups of birds, both nesting on the wing and in places that were inaccessible to any kind of successful camera work, just a few years ago.
This book is both comprehensive and easy to read and of course the text is backed up by wonderful photographs of British birds in all kinds of situations. Although it is a reference book, it is also a book that you can actually read and enjoy. It covers the birds species by species, in such detail that it practically tells you what they have for breakfast. Joking apart it virtually does just that.
Much more than a species identification and certainly not one to take out in the field with you. There are lots of other books that serve that purpose very well. This book is a book to savour (no pun intended). A book for the fireside, when the wind is whistling around the chimney pots.
What used to be `stock or library photographs,' appearing in the same format in book after book have now been superseded by new and vibrant photographs of close-ups of birds, both nesting on the wing and in places that were inaccessible to any kind of successful camera work, just a few years ago.
This book is both comprehensive and easy to read and of course the text is backed up by wonderful photographs of British birds in all kinds of situations. Although it is a reference book, it is also a book that you can actually read and enjoy. It covers the birds species by species, in such detail that it practically tells you what they have for breakfast. Joking apart it virtually does just that.
Much more than a species identification and certainly not one to take out in the field with you. There are lots of other books that serve that purpose very well. This book is a book to savour (no pun intended). A book for the fireside, when the wind is whistling around the chimney pots.
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