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Chris Sperring

No animal better symbolises the desire to get closer and the need to respect distance than the owl.The silent approach of a white angel over a paddock is one of the most alluring images in the British countryside. The t’wit and the answering t’wo is a classic of the night. Both are tiny insights into the amazing lives of the owls that are found around us. Ghosts of the Night is a wonderful insight into every element of our British Owls – Barn and Tawny and their even more ...

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Chris Sperring

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Robin Kingsland

No animal better symbolises the desire to get closer and the need to respect distance than the owl.The silent approach of a white angel over a paddock is one of the most alluring images in the British countryside. The t’wit and the answering t’wo is a classic of the night. Both are tiny insights into the amazing lives of the owls that are found around us. Ghosts of the Night is a wonderful insight into every element of our British Owls – Barn and Tawny and their even more ...

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Lionel Kelleway, Brett Westwood, Sarah Pitt, Joanna Pinnock, Trai Anfield, Chris Sperring, Paul Evans, Miranda Krestovnikoff

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Lionel Kelleway, Brett Westwood, Sarah Pitt, Joanna Pinnock, Trai Anfield, Chris Sperring, Paul Evans, Miranda Krestovnikoff

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Living World

Wildlife presenter Brett Westwood revisits selected highlights from the Living World archiveSince 1968, the BBC's iconic Living World has been introducing listeners to the best natural history Britain has to offer. Its veteran presenters have criss-crossed the country in all weathers and through all terrains, in search of remarkable species and extraordinary stories.Introduced and updated by Brett Westwood, these classic archive programmes...

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Brett Westwood, Lionel Kelleway, Trai Anfield, Chris Sperring, Paul Evans, Peter France, Joanna Pinnock, Miranda Krestovnikoff, Sarah Pitt

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Brett Westwood, Lionel Kelleway, Trai Anfield, Chris Sperring, Paul Evans, Peter France, Joanna Pinnock, Miranda Krestonikoff, Sarah Pitt

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Living World

Wildlife presenter Brett Westwood revisits selected highlights from the Living World archiveSince 1968, the BBC's iconic Living World has been introducing listeners to the best natural history Britain has to offer. Its veteran presenters have criss-crossed the country in all weathers and through all terrains, in search of remarkable species and extraordinary stories.Introduced and updated by Brett Westwood, these classic archive programmes...

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Jennifer Ackerman

**An instant New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Named a Best Book of 2023 by Publishers WeeklyFrom the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination**With their forward gaze and quiet flight, owls are often a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and foresight. But what ...

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Adele Brand

A mammal ecologist's "ode to this familiar yet mysterious creature . . . by turns lyrical, salty, funny and scholarly" ( The New York Times Book Review).The fox. For thousands of years myth and folklore have celebrated its cunning intelligence. Today the red fox is the nature's most populous carnivore, its dancing orange tail a common sight in backyards. Yet who is this wild neighbor, truly? How do we negotiate this uneasy new chapter of an ancient relation...

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Simon Barnes

'Such a simple, clever book.' Rosemary Goring, The HeraldWe're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing.But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home.Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops wi...

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Tristan Gooley

Learn how to read the clues and signs of nature with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigationTristan Gooley shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds and predict the next action of an animal from its body language - instantly.Although ...

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Dara McAnulty

WINNER OF BOOK OF THE YEAR, NARRATIVE NON-FICTION BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021Rediscover the natural world with the multi-award winning phenomenon and youngest ever major literary prize winner in UK history.'Miraculous memoir . . . profoundly moving' Observer'Dara is an extraordinary voice and vision: brave, poetic, ethical, lyrical' Robert Macfarlane'It's a diary but essentiall...

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Penny Haw

Two women, decades apart. One unexpected friendship that will change them both.From the acclaimed author of The Invincible Miss Cust and The Woman at the Wheel comes Follow Me to Africa, a transporting dual-timeline historical novel inspired by the life of groundbreaking paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey. From the cobblestone streets of 1930s London to the vast Serengeti plains of 1980s Tanzania, this is a story of resilience, discovery, an...

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Tony Angell

"A charming personal account, accompanied by nearly 100 illustrations, that underscores how owls and other birds enrich our lives."— Kirkus ReviewsWinner of the National Outdoor Book AwardFor a quarter of a century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside the window of their forest home. The journals in which the author recorded his o...

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Stephen Moss

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The Bird Biography Series

'BEAUTIFULLY, A BOOK ABOUT BIRDS' The Sunday Times | 'ENGAGING AND EYE-OPENING' The CountrymanUncover the life of owls through this beautiful guide to these secretive and charismatic birds from the bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren, and The Swan.Owls are among the most mysterious birds in the world. Their hauntingly beautiful calls and mostly nocturnal habits have long ca...