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Birds & Birdwatching Audiobooks

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    Birds and Us

    A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation

    by Tim Birkhead ...
    Narrated by Tim Birkhead ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 34 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art and philosophy.Looking to the skies above, we have variously worshipped them as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves in their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight and, more recently, attempted to protect them.In ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    H is for Hawk

    A BBC2 Between the Covers pick

    by Helen Macdonald ...
    Narrated by Helen Macdonald ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 5 min

    Winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson PrizeShortlisted for the 2014 Costa Biography Award‘In real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecats. Bigger, yes. But bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier, and much, much harder to see. Birds of deep woodland, not gardens, they’re the birdwatchers’ dark grail.’As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Owls of the Eastern Ice

    The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl

    by Jonathan C. Slaght ...
    Narrated by Jonathan C. Slaght ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 43 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.'Remarkable. If only every endangered species had a guardian angel as impassioned, courageous and pragmatic as Jonathan Slaght' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Gripping' Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the TalePrimorye, a remote forested region near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire*,* is the only p... ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Glitter in the Green

    In Search of Hummingbirds

    by Jon Dunn ...
    Narrated by James Edward Thomas ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 33 min

    An acclaimed natural history writer follows the trail of the remarkable hummingbird all over the world.Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable species. For centuries, they have been revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic plumage and immense character. Yet they exist on a ... Read more

    $63.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Slow Birding

    The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard 

    by Joan E. Strassmann ...
    Narrated by Joan E. Strassmann ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 54 min

    A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the spectacular birds all around them.Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or “exotic” birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann introduces readers to the joys of birding right where they are.In this inspiring guide to the art of slow ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    In the Company of Crows and Ravens

    by John M. Marzluff, Tony Angell ...
    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 46 min

    From the cave walls at Lascaux to the last painting by Van Gogh, from the works of Shakespeare to those of Mark Twain, there is clear evidence that crows and ravens influence human culture. Yet this influence is not unidirectional, say the authors of this fascinating book: people profoundly influence crow culture, ecology, and evolution as well. John Marzluff and Tony Angell examine the often ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Tweet of the Day

    A Year of Britain's Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series

    by Brett Westwood, Stephen Moss ...
    Narrated by Brett Westwood, Stephen Moss ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 52 min

    Imagine a jazz musician, improvising on a theme. Then imagine that he is able to play half a dozen instruments - not one after another, but almost simultaneously, switching effortlessly between instruments and musical styles with hardly a pause for breath. If you can countenance that, you are halfway towards appreciating the extraordinary song of the nightingale . . .Wherever we are, there are ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Birdsong in a Time of Silence

    by Steven Lovatt ...
    Narrated by Nicholas Khan ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 32 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Birdsong in a Time of Silence is the story of a man rediscovering his passion for birdsong and nature. Narrated against the backdrop of the current pandemic, the book opens by acknowledging the new awareness of birds and birdsong that was made possible by the coincidence of spring and the experience of lockdown. Starting with a portrait of the blackbird - most prominent ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Notes from a Summer Cottage: The Intimate Life of the Outside World

    by Nina Burton ...
    Narrated by Helen Lloyd ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 1 min

    ‘I went for a walk around the garden. A great tit warbled above a patch of coltsfoot. I felt a thousand discoveries awaited…'Notes from a Summer Cottage by Nina Burton is a beautifully written nature memoir about the time spent renovating a cottage in the Swedish countryside, and all the species that she encountered her during her stay.Did you know that there are more ants altogether than the ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    How to Know the Birds

    The Art and Adventure of Birding

    by Ted Floyd ...
    Narrated by Graham Winton ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 35 min

    Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching. How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features traditionally ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Deep Sleep Set: 30 Non-Looping Soothing Sounds

    Sleep Deeply Now

    by Patrick Lynen, Neil Brannan, mindMAGIXX ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Hayworth ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 43 min

    THE ULTIMATE DEEP SLEEP SET : Relax, De-stress Or Fall Asleep To The Soothing Sounds Of Nature, Calming Guitar Or Spherical Soundscapes With Deep Theta Impulses Feel tense after a long, stressful day? Do you have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep? Be swept away to a peaceful place with the Deep Sleep Set. Your passport to NATURAL relaxation and sleep. The ONLY nature and soothing audiobook ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Natural History Of Selborne, A

    by Gilbert White ...
    Narrated by James Taylor ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 45 min

    More than any other writer, Gilbert White (1720-1793) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest, and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Consolation of Nature

    Spring in the Time of Coronavirus

    by Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott, Peter Marren ...
    Narrated by Charles Armstrong, David Shaw Parker, Stephen Boxer ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 36 min

    Nature took on a new importance for thousands of people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Britain, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of hope and renewal; and furthermore, in an extraordinary conjunction, the spring of 2020 turned out to be the loveliest spring ever recorded in Britain.Three nature writers ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    National Geographic Birding Basics

    Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Great Bird-watching

    by Noah Strycker ...
    Narrated by Dan Bittner ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 4 min

    Targeted to beginners and beyond, National Geographic's fun, inspiring guide to the art, craft, and science of bird-watching combines practical know-how and expert knowledge. Browsable and bursting with helpful illustrations and photographs, Birding Basics offers new ideas for when, where, and how to get to know the birds in your world. Not a field guide but a primer in best practices, authored by ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Greenery

    Journeys in Springtime

    by Tim Dee ...
    Narrated by Roy McMillan ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 54 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.One December, in midsummer South Africa, Tim Dee was watching swallows. They were at home there, but the same birds would soon begin journeying north to Europe, where their arrival marks the beginning of spring.Greenery recounts how Tim Dee tries to follow the season and its migratory birds, making remarkable journeys in the Sahara, the Straits of Gibraltar, Sicily, ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    A Life In Nature

    by Sir Peter Scott ...
    Narrated by Jot Davies ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 26 min

    'The Patron Saint of Conservation' Sir David Attenborough'Peter Scott was a huge influence on my childhood...Later on in life I had the good fortune both to meet and to interview him, and he remains, for me, a hero. His knowledge, his kindness to me and his generosity of spirit have remained an influence in my own sphere of natural history....To meet one's heroes can sometimes be a let-down. That ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    NPR Sound Treks: Birds

    Spellbinding Tales of Flight, Feather, and Song

    by NPR ...
    Narrated by Jon Hamilton ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 1 min

    Are birds monogamous? Why do kookaburras laugh? Is the ivory-billed woodpecker really extinct? These fascinating stories feature the delightful and exotic sounds of birds, plus astute and informative commentary from bird lovers, bird experts, and sometimes birds themselves.Learn how naturalist F. Schuyler Matthews translated bird song into musical notes. Discover how the city of Chicago has drawn ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

    by Roy Dennis ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 23 min

    The RSPB’s Book of the SeasonThe distinctive white-tailed sea eagle was driven to extinction in Britain more than 200 years ago, but this immense predator is making a return to our skies, thanks to Roy Dennis, an ornithologist, conservationist and arguably the driving force behind the UK’s reintroduction agenda.Roy was instrumental in returning the Osprey, red kite and golden eagle to the British ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Raptor: A Journey Through Birds

    by James Macdonald Lockhart ...
    Narrated by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 41 min

    Winner of The Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction in 2011 and the Authors' Foundation Roger Deakin Award in 2011A stunning debut in the tradition of Robert Macfarlane and Helen MacdonaldOf all the birds of the British Isles, the raptor reigns supreme, sparking the imagination like no other. In this magnificent hymn to these beautiful animals, James Macdonald Lockhart explores ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Tweet of the Day

    A Year of Bird Lovers

    by Will Young, Dermot O’Leary, Michael Morpurgo, Sue Perkins, Monty Don, Chris Packham0 ...
    Narrated by Will Young, Dermot O’Leary, Michael Morpurgo, Sue Perkins, Monty Don, Chris Packham1, Samuel West2, Greta Scacchi3, Alison Steadman4, Various5 ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 27 min

    Bird lovers including Will Young, Samuel West, Dermot O'Leary, Greta Scacchi and Sue Perkins introduce us to their favourite birds - plus, Alison Steadman presents The Twelve Tweets of ChristmasSince 2013, Tweet of the Day has been a daily delight for early risers, with its 90 seconds of beautiful birdsong and fascinating ornithological stories. But what of the people who tune in to this avian ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Hunt For The Nightingale's Song

    by Chris Watson ...
    Narrated by Rob Thomas ...

    Unabridged

    27 min

    When he was fourteen years old, some friends of his parents gave wildlife sound recordist, Chris Watson, ‘The Observer's Book of Birds’. Flicking through the pages, Chris was captivated by the description of a bird which sang at night. The bird was a Nightingale; and since first reading about it, Chris has been fortunate enough to hear Nightingales both in Britain and Europe but always as part of ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Waiting for the Albino Dunnock

    How birds can change your life

    by Rosamond Richardson ...
    Narrated by Jane Whittenshaw ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 30 min

    Written by a beginner-birdwatcher with the freshness and passion of a convert, WAITING FOR THE ALBINO DUNNOCK explores the world of birds through the seasons of a single year. It describes encounters with particular birds in the landscapes of East Anglia where the author is rooted. Occasional journeys farther afield take the reader to truly wild places in the Outer Hebrides and Eastern Europe. Yet ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Common Yellowthroat and Other Bird Songs

    Nature Sounds for Mindfulness and Reflection

    by Greg Cetus ...
    Narrated by Common Yellowthroat ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 3 min

    The Common Yellowthroat is a small warbler of the migratory species with an extensive range, occurring throughout North America and Central America down to northern South America. The male has distinctive yellow underparts, with a black mask above the eyes and throat, while the female has a plainer greenish-olive back and yellowish underparts. The Common Yellowthroat often perches atop a tall ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Goshawk

    With a new foreword by Helen Macdonald

    by T. H. White ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 57 min

    'No hawk can be a pet. There is no sentimentality. In a way, it is the psychiatrist's art. One is matching one's mind against another mind with deadly reason and interest. One desires no transference of affection, demands no ignoble homage or gratitude. It is a tonic for the less forthright savagery of the human heart.'First published in 1951, T.H. White's memoir describes with searing honesty his ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial