In The Running Sky, ornithologist Tim Dee maps his own observations and encounters over four decades of tracking birds from northern Shetland to south-west England via downtown Los Angeles and a tobacco farm in southern Zambia. He writes about near-global birds, including sparrows, starlings and ravens, and exotic species, such as the electrically coloured hummingbirds in California and broadbills in Africa.
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"If you enjoy Kathleen Jamie's writing, you'll enjoy this. It leaves you with the same inner calm. Tim Dee writes beautifully and poetically. This is not a book to read cover to cover. It's a book to dip into when you're in the right mood." — Fiona (5 out of 5 stars)
"If you enjoy Kathleen Jamie's writing, you'll enjoy this. It leaves you with the same inner calm. Tim Dee writes beautifully and poetically. This is not a book to read cover to cover. It's a book to dip into when you're in the right mood."
" Beautiful, throught provoking and sporadically dark in a unique way. Unlike anything I have ever read. Would recommend it to any reader with a functioning brain. "
" Skipped a few sections of this book - nevertheless found it worth reading. "
" Although this book was beautifully written I have to admit to only getting half way through before giving up. "
" I really wanted to like this book, but it just didn't work for me. A lot of over-poetic navel-staring. Maybe not for me right now. "
" A beautiful piece of creative writing blending childhood, birds and landscape. An evocative and sensitive book. Everyone should read this! "
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