Orison for a Curlew: In Search for a Bird on the Edge of Extinction by Clare, Horatio

Orison for a Curlew: In Search for a Bird on the Edge of Extinction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781908213334)

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Orison for a Curlew: In Search for a Bird on the Edge of Extinction by Clare, Horatio

Orison for a Curlew: In Search for a Bird on the Edge of Extinction

$19.00
Orison for a Curlew: In Search for a Bird on the Edge of Extinction by Clare, Horatio

Orison for a Curlew: In Search for a Bird on the Edge of Extinction

$19.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.



Author: Horatio Clare
ISBN-10: 1908213337
ISBN-13: 9781908213334
Publisher: Little Toller Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
By Horatio Clare
By Horatio Clare
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Horatio Clare is a journalist, lecturer, broadcaster and an acclaimed author, whose books include Truant, The Prince's Pen, A Single Swallow, Down to the Sea in Ships and Running for the Hills, which was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and won the Somerset Maugham Award.

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