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The Starling A Biography

Nature Writing New
By: Stephen Moss(Author)
196 pages, colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: Square Peg
The Starling
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  • The Starling ISBN: 9781529908282 Hardback Oct 2024 In stock
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The Starling

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Read our interview with Stephen Moss about The Starling here.

 

A year in the life of one of our most talented and surprising garden birds, the starling, beautifully composed by the bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren, and The Owl. Discover the fascinating lives of some of the most brilliant musical minds and master choreographers in the avian world.

Even with its beautiful iridescent plumage and magical gift to mimic both human and natural sounds, this common garden bird can often be overlooked. But as they come together in their thousands to display their unique ability to perform dazzling aerial manoeuvres known as murmurations, starlings are nothing short of breathtaking. This is the captivating story of how starlings have shaped our world, from influencing agriculture and inspiring musicians such as Mozart and writers such as Shakespeare, to their impact as an invasive species in North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

With beautiful illustrations throughout, and an expert guide to the most magnificent murmurations in the UK, this eye-opening biography reveals the hidden secrets of one of our most talented and luminous birds.

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Biography

Stephen Moss is a naturalist, author and broadcaster. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included Springwatch, Birds Britannia and The Nature of Britain. He is the president of the Somerset Wildlife Trust and a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Originally from London, he now lives with his wife and children on the Somerset Levels. His books include The Robin, The Wren, The Twelve Birds of Christmas, The Swallow, The Swan, and The Owl.

Nature Writing New
By: Stephen Moss(Author)
196 pages, colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: Square Peg
Media reviews

"Stephen Moss delights once more – lyrical and informative by turns, he conjures – with breathless eloquence – another feathered beauty of our skies."
– Benedict Allen, author of Explorer and Into the Abyss

"A murmuration of starlings is a wonder of the natural world, one of my highlights of the year. I love the way Stephen Moss writes about this fascinating bird in the engaging way he does in all his biographies."
– Martha Kearney

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