In Search of One Last Song
Book description
'Wonderful and enriching' Adam Nicolson 'The best book on conservation and the countryside I have read in years' John Lewis-Stempel 'A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism' Cal Flyn
Our wild places and wildlife are disappearing at a terrifying rate. This is a story about going in search…
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Why read it?
1 author picked In Search of One Last Song as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This a cracking read – I read it in just over a day, and it wasn’t a chore. So I read it again, immediately!
A book about 10 declining birds in the United Kingdom; Corncrake, Kittiwake, Capercaillie, Turtle Dove, Lapwing, Black Grouse, Bittern, Hen Harrier, Grey Partridge, and Nightingale. He talks to people who like them, study them, and/or conserve them.
The author is an exceptional talent in that few could write so well about the species, the places, the people, the history of it all, and throw in poems, songs, and insights into shooting, farming, cookery, and eating too.…
From Mark's list on UK nature conservation.
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