Author
Stephen Moss
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Publisher
Square Peg
Published
December 2019
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Author
Stephen Moss
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Square Peg
Published
December 2019
£14.13
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The Twelve Birds of Christmas
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Naturalist Stephen Moss digs beneath the surface of some of our most popular Christmas carols in an ornithological celebration of the Festive Season. Using the structure of the carol as a jumping off, he explores the palce of twelve fascinating British birds in our, history, culture and landscape.
Some of the birds are obvious, there's the swan and of course the partridge. Other chapters are loose interpretation of a verse: for drummers drumming he delves into the woodpecker's distinctive drumming tap.
Woodpeckers, he explains, have special padded skulls to mitigate against using its head like hammer drills. They carefully select dead trees for the most hollow, sonorous sound, and in Florida a space mission was once delayed because woodpeckers had pecked holes in the outer surface of the space shuttle.
With brilliant anecdotes and insights, Stephen Moss weaves history, culture, bird behaviour and folklore into a compelling narrative for each species, tracing its fortunes over the past two centuries.
Author
Stephen Moss
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Square Peg
Published
December 2019
Weight
384g
Dimensions
143 x 204 x 24 mm
ISBN
9781529110104
ISBN-10
1529110106
Eden Code
5300009
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Author/Creator: Stephen Moss
ISBN: 9781529110104
Publisher: Square Peg
Release Date: December 2019
Weight: 384g
Dimensions: 143 x 204 x 24 mm
Eden Code: 5300009