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Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo by Michael McCarthy - ISBN: 9781848540620
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A perilous journey, a disappearing wonder, a call to action.

Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 April 2010

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Summary

If we could see it as a whole, if they all arrived in a single flock, say, we would be truly amazed: sixteen million birds. Swallows, martins, swifts, warblers, wagtails, wheatears, cuckoos, chats, nightingales, nightjars, thrushes, pipits and flycatchers pouring into Britain from sub-Saharan Africa.

It is one of the enduring wonders of the natural world. Each bird faces the most daunting of journeys - navigating epic distances, dependent on bodily fuel reserves. Yet none can refuse. …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848540620
ISBN-10:1848540620
Author:Michael McCarthy
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 April 2010
Weight:213g
Dimensions:210mm x 128mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

A beautiful and important book - Simon Barnes, author of HOW TO BE A BAD BIRDWATCHER

We owe a debt to a writer like McCarthy, who paints so well the portrait of natural riches we think our birthright … McCarthy paints a portrait of a magical bird universe - Daily Mail

This is a joyful book - Daily Express

Michael McCarthy is one of the best environmental journalists there is - Sunday Telegraph

This is a valuable guide to what we’ll soon miss - Geographical Magazine

This is the most important book I have read for a long time … it boils with enthusiasm … many will greatly enjoy the rich and informative prose … to not read this book is a crime against conservation and the cost is almost beyond comprehension - BBC Countryfile Magazine

A stark picture of the fate of migratory birds - BBC Country File Magazine

This book could easily have been a grim litany of despair … instead Michael McCarthy has taken the opportunity to celebrate our summer migrants … this book reminds us of what we stand to lose and why we cannot afford to take the cuckoo for granted - BBC Wildlife

About The Author

Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy is one of Britain’s leading writers on the environment. Formerly environment correspondent of The Times, for the last ten years he has been environment editor of the Independent. He has three times been named as Environment Reporter of The Year. In 2007 he was awarded the Medal of the RSPB, for an outstanding contribution to conservation. This was the only occasion in the 100-year history of the RSPB Medal that it has been awarded to a journalist.

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