Singing Like Larks: A celebration of birds in folk songs including detailed specimen illustrations that

including detailed specimen illustrations that highlight key features for easy recognition

Shearwater brings to life a truly mysterious and charismatic bird

full of joy – free as a bird

invites readers to journey into one of Britain and Ireland’s most overlooked yet vital landscapes

Singing Like Larks: A celebration of birds in folk songs including detailed specimen illustrations thatBirds are beloved for their song and have featured in our own music for centuries. Singing Like Larks opens a rare window onto birdlife, folklore, traditional verse, and song writing, especially in the British Isles. In this charming volume, folklore, verse, and nature writing combine to explore why birds appear in so many folk songs, with song lyrics, history, and anecdotes drawing on a rich heritage. Ornithological folk songs are themselves