starlings
A trove of avian lore and history
In richly poetic prose, Robert Macfarlane evokes the ways and wiles of birds, from the ‘thinker’ razorbills of Newfoundland to ocean-crossing whooper swans
Starling murmurations are a display more dazzling than fireworks
It’s late afternoon in the car park of Workington Asda. A little crowd is gathering in one corner, most of…
A murder of crows
This book, with its absurdly uninformative photographs, dismal charts and smattering of charmless drawings, looks like a report. A pity,…
