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Orison for a Curlew - In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction (Paperback)
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Orison for a Curlew - In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction (Paperback)
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List price R309
Loot Price R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
You Save R29 (9%)
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The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, 'the slim beak of
the new moon', is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in
Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through
the wetlands and estuaries of Italy, Greece, the Balkans and
Central Asia. Today the Slender-billed Curlew exists as a rumour, a
ghost species surrounded by unconfirmed sightings and speculation.
The only certainty is that it now stands on the brink of
extinction. Birds are key environmental indicators. Their health or
hardship has a message for us about the planet, and our future.
What does the fate of the Slender-billed Curlew mean for us, and
for the natural world? What happened to it, and why? In Orison for
a Curlew Horatio Clare journeys through a fractured Europe in
search of the Slender-billed Curlew, following the bird's migratory
path on an odyssey that takes us into the lives of the men and
women who have fought to save the landscapes to which the bird
belongs. This is a story of beauty, triumph, and the struggles of
conservation. It is a homage to a bird which may never be seen
again.
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