Robert Macfarlane

Praise for The Book of Birds

Full of gorgeous illustrations and inimitable prose . . . The Book of Birds asks us to think of birds in radically new ways: not simply as separate components of Nature that we should learn about and identify ...

Country Life

From flight patterns to song, myth and mating rituals, each bird is celebrated in Morris’s vibrant paintings and Macfarlane’s lyrical accompanying notes

National Geographic

Spellbinding and lyrical . . . A companion, helping you to discover wonder in the everyday . . . The significance of this beautiful book cannot be underestimated . . . Rooted in wonder, The Book of Birds has ...

RSPB

Full of gorgeous illustrations and inimitable prose . . . The Book of Birds asks us to think of birds in radically new ways: not simply as separate components of Nature that we should learn about and identify ...

Country Life

From flight patterns to song, myth and mating rituals, each bird is celebrated in Morris’s vibrant paintings and Macfarlane’s lyrical accompanying notes

National Geographic

Spellbinding and lyrical . . . A companion, helping you to discover wonder in the everyday . . . The significance of this beautiful book cannot be underestimated . . . Rooted in wonder, The Book of Birds has ...

RSPB

Full of gorgeous illustrations and inimitable prose . . . The Book of Birds asks us to think of birds in radically new ways: not simply as separate components of Nature that we should learn about and identify ...

Country Life

From flight patterns to song, myth and mating rituals, each bird is celebrated in Morris’s vibrant paintings and Macfarlane’s lyrical accompanying notes

National Geographic

Spellbinding and lyrical . . . A companion, helping you to discover wonder in the everyday . . . The significance of this beautiful book cannot be underestimated . . . Rooted in wonder, The Book of Birds has ...

RSPB

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Where to start reading Robert Macfarlane

Where to start reading Robert Macfarlane

Best known for his writing on travel and nature, Robert Macfarlane’s deeply lyrical work is some of the finest – and most original – of its time. Here’s our pick of his best books to pick up.
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