The seafarers : a journey among birds /
by Rutt, Stephen [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : Elliott & Thompson, 2019Description: 280 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781783964277 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 598.177 RUTSubject(s): Rutt, Stephen -- Travel -- British Isles | Sea birds -- British Isles -- History | Sea birds -- British Isles | Popular Science | Popular Science and Mathematics | British Isles -- Description and travelSummary: The British Isles are remarkable for their extraordinary seabird life. In 2015, Stephen Rutt escaped his hectic, anxiety-inducing life in London for the bird observatory on North Ronaldsay, the most northerly of the Orkney Islands. In thrall to these windswept havens and the people and birds that inhabit them, he began a journey to the edges of Britain. From Shetland, to the Farnes of Northumberland, down to the Welsh islands off the Pembrokeshire coast, he explores the part seabirds have played in our history and what they continue to mean to Britain today. This volume is the story of those travels: a love letter, written from the rocks and the edges, for the salt-stained, isolated and ever-changing lives of seabirds. This beguiling book reveals what it feels like to be immersed in a completely wild landscape, examining the allure of the remote in an over-crowded world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The British Isles are remarkable for their extraordinary seabird life. In 2015, Stephen Rutt escaped his hectic, anxiety-inducing life in London for the bird observatory on North Ronaldsay, the most northerly of the Orkney Islands. In thrall to these windswept havens and the people and birds that inhabit them, he began a journey to the edges of Britain. From Shetland, to the Farnes of Northumberland, down to the Welsh islands off the Pembrokeshire coast, he explores the part seabirds have played in our history and what they continue to mean to Britain today. This volume is the story of those travels: a love letter, written from the rocks and the edges, for the salt-stained, isolated and ever-changing lives of seabirds. This beguiling book reveals what it feels like to be immersed in a completely wild landscape, examining the allure of the remote in an over-crowded world.
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