Bald Coot & Screaming Loon

by Niall Edworthy

For anyone with an inquiring mind who has ever looked out into their garden, or gazed up at the creatures swooping above and wondered: Why...? Or how...?

This handbook sets about answering every interesting question there is to ask about birds.

There are over 10,000 species in the world, including over 500 in Britain, some rare and endangered, some bizarre and beautiful, others common and familiar.

As this captivating and often humorous handbook reveals, all of them are fascinating when we stop to peer into their truly curious world.