BOOK OF BIRDS: A FIELD GUIDE TO WONDER AND LOSS (HB)

The WINNER of the 2026 Wainwright Prize for Illustrative Books From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words, this is a dazzling celebration of birdlife in Britain, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers. A great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost. It does not have to be this way - but we will not save what we do not love. This is a compendium of forty-nine bird species. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ It shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.