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Orison for a Curlew

Hardcover • 2016 • English

Orison for a Curlew

By Horatio Clare

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About the book

The Slender-billed curlew is one of the world's rarest birds. A beautiful, fragile creature, 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 twice a year. Then, for mysterious reasons, the population crashed. The Slender-billed curlew now exists as rumour, hope, unconfirmed sightings and speculation. The only certainty of its story is that it now stands at the brink of extinction. Birds are...Show more

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ISBN

9781908213334

Publisher

Little Toller Books

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Orison for a Curlew

Format

Hardcover

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