Forty-nine British birds, every one of them in decline, from avocet to yellowhammer. Macfarlane writes each as a short essay rather than an identification entry — habits, flight, song, myth, and threat — and he varies the form wildly, including a moorhen chapter written as a dating profile. Jackie Morris paints them from life in watercolor and gold leaf. We won’t save what we don’t love, so lets fall in love.
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss