THE ACCIDENTAL COUNTRYSIDE: HIDDEN HAVENS FOR BRITAIN'S WILDLIFE

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BRITISH BIRDS

Presenter Brett Westwood joins forces with BAFTA award-winning producer and naturalist Stephen Moss for six delightful and informative series, introducing us to some of Britain's most popular and best-loved birds. Together with wildlife sound recordist Chris Moss, they tour the UK, tracking down the rich variety of species that make their home there - from garden and woodland birds to ones that live on water, by the coast, on farms and in the mountains and moors. Recorded on location in Somerset, the Forest of Dean, Devonshire, the Marlborough Downs and Shropshire's Long Mynd, each programme focuses on a different habitat and type of bird, giving us a comprehensive overview of British avian life. There's a wealth of advice on how to recognise birds from their appearance, and identify them from their songs and calls - enabling you to easily sort out your Blue Tits from your Great Tits, and your House Sparrows from your Tree Sparrows. Brett and Stephen also share fascinating facts about bird behaviour, revealing that playful jackdaws enjoy doing acrobatics in air currents, and ravens love to 'ski' in the snow. Full of useful information and helpful tips, this box set will appeal to novice and experienced birdwatchers alike, as well as gardeners, walkers, ramblers and anyone who is keen to know more about the beautiful birds of the British Isles.

MRS MOREAU'S WARBLER

Swallow and starling, puffin and peregrine, blue tit and blackcap. The words we use to name birds are some of the most lyrical and evocative in the English language. Through fascinating encounters with birds, and the rich cast of characters who came up with their names, Stephen Moss shows how these names reveal as much about ourselves and our relationship with the natural world as about the creatures they describe.

THE ROBIN: A BIOGRAPHY

No other bird is quite so ever-present and familiar, so embedded in our culture, as the robin. But how much do we really know about this bird? We follow its lifecycle from the time it enters the world as an egg, to the adult bird; and at the same time we trace the robin's relationship with us.

THE TWELVE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS

Naturalist Stephen Moss digs beneath the surface of some of our most popular Christmas carols in an ornithological celebration of the Festive Season. With brilliant anecdotes and insights, Stephen Moss weaves history, culture, bird behaviour and folklore into a compelling narrative for each species, tracing its fortunes over the past two centuries.

WILD HARES AND HUMMINGBIRDS

This is a very personal celebration of why the natural world matters to all of us, wherever we live. The book is nature writing at its finest, expressed through the natural history of one very special place.