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A Bird a Day
366 beautiful birds from around the world to enjoy all year.
The beauty and fascination of birds is unrivalled. As more of us turn to nature as a way to unwind, birdwatching has seen a surge in popularity in recent years, as reported by the New York Times and Vogue.
In A Bird A Day, birder and author Dominic Couzens offers an insight into their world every day of the year. From Valentine’s Day to Christmas, there is a bird to celebrate every occasion and brighten even the most ordinary day.
Each fascinating bird story is connected to the season and illustrated with a photograph, illustration or painting. A Bird A Day is an inspiring collection that provides an insight into the private lives of our feathered friends and the communities they inhabit. A delightful and beautifully produced dip-in-and-out book for any nature lover.
The beauty and fascination of birds is unrivalled. As more of us turn to nature as a way to unwind, birdwatching has seen a surge in popularity in recent years, as reported by the New York Times and Vogue.
In A Bird A Day, birder and author Dominic Couzens offers an insight into their world every day of the year. From Valentine’s Day to Christmas, there is a bird to celebrate every occasion and brighten even the most ordinary day.
Each fascinating bird story is connected to the season and illustrated with a photograph, illustration or painting. A Bird A Day is an inspiring collection that provides an insight into the private lives of our feathered friends and the communities they inhabit. A delightful and beautifully produced dip-in-and-out book for any nature lover.
368 pages, Hardcover
Published September 3, 2020
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About the author
Dominic Couzens
83 books16 followersDominic Couzens is an expert bird guide and author. He has published numerous books and articles on natural history, including for BBC Wildlife and Bird Watching, specialising in birds and mammals. His books include Extreme Birds, Atlas of Rare Birds, The Secret Lives of Garden Birds, and Top 100 Birding Sites of the World.
He travels widely for writing and speaking, and his website is www.birdwords.co.uk.
He travels widely for writing and speaking, and his website is www.birdwords.co.uk.
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November 19, 2020
In the first lockdown this year, people started to become more aware of the wild world around them, helped by the drop in traffic, wildlife that you may not have seen or heard before would suddenly become more visible. Some of the easiest wildlife to see is birds and this book is aimed at those who have discovered that watching them can be endlessly fascinating.
In this new book out, Dominic Couzens has picked a bird for every day of the year. Some of them are obviously linked to that day in particular, so there is naturally a robin in December and birds that are more common in the summer appear in those months in the book. Quite how you only pick 366 birds from the 10,000 or so species that we still have is quite something, but Couzens has managed to get the familiar, the exotic the rare and the unusual in a really nice mix.
The first thing that I did when receiving this was to look up the bird that is on my birthday. That bird wasn’t one that I had ever heard of but it was fairly unique in one of its habits.
It is a beautifully produced book, it is printed on quality paper and feels heavy. The stunning photographs and artworks accompany all of the chosen birds, along with a small piece of text with facts and anecdotes about their behaviour or habitat or unique trait.
In this new book out, Dominic Couzens has picked a bird for every day of the year. Some of them are obviously linked to that day in particular, so there is naturally a robin in December and birds that are more common in the summer appear in those months in the book. Quite how you only pick 366 birds from the 10,000 or so species that we still have is quite something, but Couzens has managed to get the familiar, the exotic the rare and the unusual in a really nice mix.
The first thing that I did when receiving this was to look up the bird that is on my birthday. That bird wasn’t one that I had ever heard of but it was fairly unique in one of its habits.
It is a beautifully produced book, it is printed on quality paper and feels heavy. The stunning photographs and artworks accompany all of the chosen birds, along with a small piece of text with facts and anecdotes about their behaviour or habitat or unique trait.
January 1, 2023
Wonderful! You can read about a bird every night of the year before bedtime, including February 29 in a leap year. I love that the descriptions and stories often reference what the bird is doing at that time of year. The text is accompanied by a mixture of illustrations and photographs, and the hardcover edition is a delightful, tactile experience.
September 11, 2022
More or less as expected. Short accounts of birds, one for each day of the year.
I cheated and went through the last 3 months in one sitting! Truth be told, I read them in weekly sections. Each one is really too short for any form of daily read.
I enjoyed it!
SM
I cheated and went through the last 3 months in one sitting! Truth be told, I read them in weekly sections. Each one is really too short for any form of daily read.
I enjoyed it!
SM
August 23, 2021
What a gorgeous, fascinating book. This would make a great gift for the birder in your life or a gift to treat yourself! I love it.
December 19, 2022
Loved this book - Reading generally day by day, but binged the last 2 weeks as busy Xmas coming up.
Loved this book - Will probably re-read next year.
Loved this book - Will probably re-read next year.
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