This book, 67 species, 67 authors, 67 artists, is about the red-listed birds of the UK and goes on sale on Valentine’s Day. Show some love for our birds and buy a copy, please. Money from sale will go to RSPB and BTO projects on the Red67. All the artwork is brilliant and I expect…
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Difficult to decide
It’s difficult to decide what to spend my royalties on … …but I’m not complaining at all. Getting money for work done years ago, particularly quite pleasant work, is great. fighting for birds still sells a few copies even though it was published in 2012. 2012 – that’s a long time ago.
Sunday book review – The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles by Peter Jarvis
This is an impressive work – it lists all British species that have English names. That’s from A to Z; Aaron’s Rod to Zipperback. I did know something about Aaron’s Rod but everything I know about Zipperback (what it is, where it lives geographically and in terms of habitat, and how it got its memorable…
Coming soon to your bookshelf – Red Sixty Seven
A new creative collaboration, bringing together two of Britain’s wild bird charities and leading writers and artists, has just been launched. Titled ‘Red Sixty Seven’, the project seeks to raise awareness of our most at-risk birds and secure additional funds for BTO and RSPB scientists to carry out important research, work that should help to…
Sunday book review – This is Not a Drill by Extinction Rebellion
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This is a series of essays penned by a wide variety of campaigners and environmentalists and covering a wide variety of topics related to the why and how of environmental protest. You will find here information on why direct peaceful action is needed and how to act if you so wish. The page ‘Block a…
Sunday book review – What We Really Do All Day by Jonathan Gershuny and Oriel Sullivan
I received this book as a Christmas present and it was a very well-judged gift as I managed to read three chapters on Christmas Day. It looks at how we spend our time and how that has changed over 50 years. The data come from time use diaries, where individuals record what they are doing…
Book review – The Twelve Birds of Christmas by Stephen Moss
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! from the pen of Stephen Moss. Partridges in pear trees, Colly Birds, large flocks of Turtle Doves and swans and geese – but where do all the other species come from? Stephen Moss uses his wit and wisdom to retrofit a bunch of birds to the Christmas carol and does…
This blog’s books of the year 2019
This blog has reviewed 25 books this year (and many thanks to Ian Carter for his reviews). My selection of the ‘top 5’ books of the year is as follows; Number 5 A beautifully produced book about beautiful habitats which are so much rarer now than in the past. See my review here. Number 4…
Sunday book review – Sky Dance by John D. Burns
This novel is set on the fictional Scottish island of Morvan and set amongst the hill walkers and shooting estate folk who enjoy this landscape. It’s a good yarn and I enjoyed reading it. When I tell you that the land owner is called Lord Purdey and he has a couple of unsympathetic criminal gamekeepers,…
Stephen Moss’s 2019 Round-up of Nature books.
Stephen Moss has written a round-up of nature books for many years and this is the second year when it has appeared here on this blog. Stephen is course leader of the MA Travel & Nature Writing at Bath Spa University. His latest book, The Twelve Birds of Christmas, is published by Square Peg (£12.99)….