{"product_id":"cuckoos-lea","title":"The Cuckoos Lea - Michael J. Warren","description":"\u003ch4\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds conjuring powerful identities for people in ancient landscapes. What are their stories and secrets? How did people encounter birds over a thousand years ago?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eThe Cuckoo's Lea\u003c\/strong\u003e, Michael J. Warren sets out on the trail of these ghosts. Captivated and guided by the secrets of place names, he finds their stories entangled with his own explorations of places through birds all across England. The past is hauntingly and movingly present on timeless marshes where curlews cry, where goshawks are breeding again for the first time in centuries, through silent cuckoo-woods lost under concrete sprawl, in the winter roosts of corvids and an owl village that vanished centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving together early literature, history and ornithology, this book takes readers on a journey far into the past to contemplate the nature of place and to discover a fascinating heritage that matters deeply to us now when so many places and their birds are threatened or already gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Wildlife (June 2025)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781399412070\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14.22 x 2.67 x 22.35 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":55087765029249,"sku":"BOOKCUCKO","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0152\/9113\/files\/Books-TheCuckoosLea-01.webp?v=1767096223","url":"https:\/\/www.thebrokedownpalace.com\/products\/cuckoos-lea","provider":"The Brokedown Palace Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}