Аннотация: The Wren. A Biography

The wren is a paradox of a bird. They are Britain's most common bird, with 8.5 million breeding pairs and have by far the loudest song in proportion to their size. They also thrive up and down Britain and Ireland: from the smallest city garden to remote offshore islands, blustery moors to chilly mountains.Yet many people are not sure if they have ever seen a wren. Perhaps because the wren is so tiny, weighing just as much as two A4 sheets of paper, and so busy, always on the move, more mouse than bird.
However if we cast our eyes back to recent history wrens were a mainstay of literary, cultural and popular history. The wren was on postage stamps and the farthing, it featured in nursery rhymes and greetings cards, poems and rural 'wren hunts', still a recent memory in Ireland particularly.
With beautiful illustrations throughout, this captivating year-in-the-life biography reveals the hidden secrets of this fascinating bird that lives right on our doorstep.

Автор/составитель	Moss Stephen
Год выпуска	2018
ISBN	9781910931936
Производитель	Penguin
Количество томов	1
Количество страниц	188
Переплет	Суперобложка
Размеры	206x140x25 мм
Цвет	Голубой
Тип бумаги	офсетная (60-220 г/м2)
Вес	468
Язык	английский