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Life on the Wing: A Bird Chronicle from the pages of The Times First Edition First Printing Edition
Author(s): Derwent May (Author)
- Publisher: Robson Press
- Publication Date: 10 April 2012
- Edition: First Edition First Printing
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 184954249X
- ISBN-13: 9781849542494
Book Description
Derwent May is one of the country s leading experts on nature and the countryside and, for many years, his Feather Reports have appeared regularly in the pages of The Times. In those columns collected in this evocative and charming volume May captures the rich and changing world of British bird life throughout the calendar year. In the tradition of Gilbert White and W. H. Hudson, May writes with a freshness of observation and sensitivity that makes On The Wing simply captivating, especially when combined with the superlative nature drawings of illustrator Peter Brown. This is a book that is sure to be treasured by all nature lovers.
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About the Author
Derwent May has been the literary editor of The Sunday Telegraph, The Listener and The European. He is the author of The Times Nature Diary, The New Times Nature Diary and Feather Reports: A Chronicle of Bird Life from the pages of The Times.
