SINGING LIKE LARKS (PB)

This charming volume explores the rich and varied presence of birds in British folk song. Along with many birds themselves, ornithological folk songs are something of a threatened species. Melodies have been largely lost to the passage of time, and lyrics are now tucked away in archives - yet these songs are more than a part of our ‘heritage’: they are repositories of wisdom and experience built over generations. Combining folklore, verse and nature writing, this book opens a rare window into times, tunes and birds gone by.