THE SEABIRD’S CRY
£9.99
Adam Nicolson, Collins
The Shiants are a small group of islands in the Minch, four miles off the south-east coast of Lewis, north of Skye. They are one of the most important seabird breeding colonies for seabirds in Europe. Adam Nicolson first visited the Shiants, which belonged to his father, when he was a boy: the impact of 300,000 birds was unforgettable: ‘Beauty and perfection, death dissolution and life, suffering and triumph: it was all here.’ When he was 21, Nicolson’s father gave him the islands as a gift. This astounding book focuses on ten species: fulmars, puffins, kittiwakes, gulls, guillemots, cormorants and shags, shearwaters, gannets, razorbills and albatrosses. Nicolson combines his personal passion and observations with up-to-date research and a deep sense of poetry. It…
