Birds : an anthology / compiled by Jaqueline Mitchell ; woodcuts by Eric Fitch Daglish.

Thomas Hardy notes the thrush's 'full-hearted evensong of joy illimited', Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts 'dash round in circles' and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the ocean's edge, scurrying 'across the beach like little ghosts'. From early times, we have...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mitchell, Jaqueline (Compiler)
Daglish, Eric Fitch, 1892-1966 (Wood engraver)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2020.
Subjects:
Birds > Literary collections.
Birds in literature.
Birds > Poetry.
Birds.
Literary collections.
Poetry.
Genre:
Literary collections.
Poetry.
Physical Description:263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What is a bird? Definitions over time
  • A birding year: Spring
  • Inland: Field, hedgerow, pasture, woodland
  • Bird song & songsters
  • A birding year: Summer
  • Birds in flight
  • Hawks & eagles
  • A birding year: Autumn
  • Birds & us
  • Outland: River, coast, sea, shore
  • A birding year
  • Index of authors
  • Index of birds
  • Index of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements.