{"product_id":"the-cuckoos-lea-michael-j-warren-9781399412070","title":"The Cuckoo's Lea: The Forgotten History of Birds and Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBirds have long inspired our emotional and imaginative connections to physical environments, but where did it all begin?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHidden 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Cuckoo's Lea\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. The past is hauntingly and movingly present on timeless marshes where curlews cry, where goshawks are breeding again for the first time in centuries, through silent cuckoo-woods lost under concrete sprawl, in the winter roosts of corvids and an owl village that vanished centuries ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together early literature, history and ornithology, this book takes readers on a journey far into the past to contemplate the nature of place and to discover a fascinating heritage that matters deeply to us now when so many places and their birds are threatened or already gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael J. Warren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399412078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399412070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Wildlife\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael J. Warren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927829369087,"sku":"9781399412070","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7c33eab-ba82-4de9-80fa-2cc48b7e35c9.jpg?v=1749373098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cuckoos-lea-michael-j-warren-9781399412070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}