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The Life of Birds

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The Life of Birds by David Attenborough explores the fascinating world of birds, delving into their behaviours, habitats, and evolutionary history. Attenborough provides compelling insights into how birds have adapted to survive and thrive in diverse environments across the globe. This book is richly illustrated and filled with captivating stories that highlight the beauty and complexity of avian life.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the diversity of avian life and enjoy learning about their behaviour, adaptations, and environments. David Attenborough's engaging writing and detailed observations bring the world of birds vividly to life.

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The Life of Birds

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.

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A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.

Birds. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.

David Attenborough has been watching and learning all his life. His classic book, now fully updated with the latest discoveries in ornithology, is a brilliant introduction to bird behaviours around the world: what they do and why they do it. He looks at each step in birds' lives and the problems they have to solve: learning to fly; finding food; communicating; mating and caring for nests, eggs and young; migrating; facing dangers and surviving harsh conditions.

Sir David has no equal in helping others to learn and making it exciting. His curiosity and enjoyment are infectious. He shows the lifelong pleasure that birds around us offer, and how much we miss if unaware of them.

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The Life of Birds by David Attenborough is highly praised for its vivid portrayal of avian beauty and the fascinating complexity of bird behaviour, as highlighted by Dr. Neil Chalmers, Director of The Natural History Museum, London.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008638962

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: William Collins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

David Attenborough is one of the world's leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than sixty years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from Life on Earth to Frozen Planet, Planet Earth to Blue Planet. He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.

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