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Albatross
Tony Martin - Paperback - Colin Baxter
The albatross captivates the human imagination in a way that few other birds do. Perhaps it is their elegant mastery of the air over vast oceans, for albatrosses have the largest wingspans of any bird on earth, reaching up to eleven feet. This is a highly pictorial look at this threatened bird.
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The Country Diaries: A Year In The British Countryside
- Hardback - Canongate
This treasury gathers together excerpts from diaries across the generations to paint a rich and surprising picture of a landscape and a way of life we think we know so well.
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£6.76
Giraffes
Ann Toon - Paperback - Colin Baxter
Giraffes are an iconic species of the African savannah and the world's tallest land animal, towering at a height of up to 18 feet. This is a highly visual insight into the natural history of these intriguing creatures.
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The Truth Tells Twice: The Life Of A North-East Farm
Charlie Allan - Paperback - Birlinn
This is an affectionate and humorous look at the life of the Aberdeenshire farmer through the 19th and 20th centuries. It is full of folk wisdom and anecdotes from the people who made that farming community the prosperous thing it became from Nature's rather meagre bounty.
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Corvus: A Life With Birds
Esther Woolfson - Paperback - Granta
16 years ago, Esther Woolfson's daughter rescued a fledgling rook. That rook, named Chicken, has lived with the family ever since - along with a talking magpie named Spike and a crow named Ziki. A blend of memoir and natural history, this book brings Chicken and the others vividly to life.
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£2.51
Puffins
Colin Baxter - Paperback - Colin Baxter
With their cheerful characters and bright bills, puffins are one of our best-loved birds. This colourful portrait contains endearing images and a brief text in appreciation of these favourite entertainers.
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Ring Of Bright Water
Gavin Maxwell - Paperback - Little Toller
'Ring of Bright Water' represents Gavin Maxwell's account of his life at Camusfearna, a remote cottage in the western Highlands, and in particular the two otters, Mijbil and Edal, who became his constant and much-loved companions.
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RSPB Handbook Of Scottish Birds
Peter Holden - Paperback - Christopher Helm
This handbook of birds covers the 252 most common Scottish birds in detail, followed by shorter accounts of the 28 rarer species that are sometimes seen in Scotland, with distribution maps for each species.
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Tales From The Scottish Countryside: New Walks With The Man With Two Dogs
Angus Whitson - Hardback - Black & White
Angus Whitson shares his countryside diary, his thoughts and reminiscences with us and shows us how nature can be beautiful and unsentimental, cuddly and cruel.
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Call Of The Eagle
Dave Walker - Paperback - Whittles
This is an account of one man's 30 year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. His project is a detailed and complete study of a pair of golden eagles with, at its heart, the life and times of an eagle he followed from its arrival in 1982 until its death, 22 years later.
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