Irish bird habitats book one for the shelf

THERE are not as many books about birds in Ireland as there are about birds in Britain.

Irish bird habitats book one for the shelf

Britain is a bigger country and the British are particularly obsessed by ornithology. But we do have a long and proud tradition of bird publications.

In fact, the first regional natural history in the English language was Ireland’s Natural History by Gerard Boate, which was published in 1652. It was largely intended as a guide for Cromwell’s planters to the new lands they were acquiring.

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