Orison for a Curlew: In search for a bird on the edge of extinction - Softcover

Clare, Horatio

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9781908213570: Orison for a Curlew: In search for a bird on the edge of extinction

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ISBN 10: 1908213574 ISBN 13: 9781908213570

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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 only exists as a rumour, a ghost species surrounded by unconfirmed sightings and speculation. The only certainty is that it now stands on the edge of extinction. This is a story of beauty, triumph and the struggles of conservation. It is a homage to a creature that may never be seen again.

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Horatio Clare is a broadcaster, journalist and acclaimed authors whose books include Truant, The Prince's Pen, A Single Swallow, Down to the Sea in Ships (which won the Stanford Doman Award) and Running for the Hills, which was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and won the Somerset Maughan Award.

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"Busy and vigorous humanity is the subject to which Clare is best suited; he has a sharp ear for it, and thanks to Clare's generosity toward his subjects, the wealth of backstory and anecdote in his Orison practically hums with it." Times Literary Supplement;"Clare finds hope in the grit and vision of the conservationists he meets on his travels." The Independent

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PublisherLittle Toller Books
Publication date2018
ISBN 10 1908213574
ISBN 13 9781908213570
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Number of pages112
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