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The Life of Birds (Updated Edition)

By: David Attenborough
Narrated by: David Attenborough
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A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.

BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.

David Attenborough has been watching and learning all his life. His classic book, now fully updated with the latest discoveries in ornithology, is a brilliant introduction to bird behaviours around the world: what they do and why they do it. He looks at each step in birds' lives and the problems they have to solve: learning to fly; finding food; communicating; mating and caring for nests, eggs and young; migrating; facing dangers and surviving harsh conditions.

Sir David has no equal in helping others to learn and making it exciting. His curiosity and enjoyment are infectious. He shows the lifelong pleasure that birds around us offer, and how much we miss if unaware of them.

©1998 David Attenborough Productions Ltd (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Animals Biological Sciences Birdwatching Ecology Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science

Critic reviews

‘This superb book vividly conveys the beauty of birds and the extraordinary richness of their behaviour.’ Dr. Neil Chalmers, Director, The Natural History Museum, London
All stars
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Wonderful listen as always with books written and narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
Five stars!

Wonderful

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Most interesting and with a clear message: we need to take more care of our planet and it's inhabitants, not just our self-serving interests

David Attenborough's excellent writing and verbal performance.

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Full of facts and information and read by the author himself it was easy to follow and I discovered a lot of new facts. Really fascinating.

Full of facts and information

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This was a fantastic listen, very informative and I thought quite in depth to how different types of birds go about eating, mating and their behaviours from early forms of birds to what we have present day, would recommend to anyone.

Outstanding

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Extraordinary facts and figures about birds - fascinating. One mistake about how fast a cheetah can run, I think (eighty not eight kilometres an hour??)…

I just love listening to his voice!

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