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The cuckoo's lea : the forgotten history of birds and place / Michael J. Warren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warren, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Great Britain--History.
- Birds.
- Nature and civilization--Great Britain--History.
- Nature and civilization.
- Names, Geographical--Great Britain--History.
- Names, Geographical.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Forgotten history of birds and place
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2025.
- Summary:
- Birds have long inspired our emotional and imaginative connections to physical environments, but where did it all begin? Hidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds conjuring powerful identities for people in ancient landscapes. What are their stories and secrets? How did people encounter birds over a thousand years ago? In 'The Cuckoo's Lea', Michael J. Warren sets out on the trail of these ghosts. Captivated and guided by the secrets of place names, he finds their stories entangled with his own explorations of places through birds all across England.
- Contents:
- An antiquity of cranes
- The cuckoo's lea
- Pathless ways
- Charterlands
- An owl's cry
- Marsh dwellers
- The gull's home
- Everywhere and nowhere
- Hawk in the wood
- Crow Hill
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Birds in English place names: a glossary
- Permissions
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781399412070
- 1399412078
- OCLC:
- 1513467147
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000218442
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