From the New York Times bestselling author

Around the world, birds have been struggling to survive. But the tide is turning. This is a story about optimism.

‘A joyful, life-affirming celebration of recovery. We need to hear about these miracles. We need to know we can do it, if we try!' - Isabella Tree, bestselling author of Wilding

'Fascinating . . . a reminder of what is being done to save the world's birds - and by doing so, save us' - Stephen Moss, naturalist and bestselling author of Ten Birds That Changed the World

Across the world, scientists, conservationists and ordinary people are involved in groundbreaking work to restore billions of lost birds. Together they’re tackling the hollowing out of the springtime dawn chorus and the withering away of once-great migration multitudes.

From a tiny island off the coast of Maine to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and from a hereditary estate in England to a watery wilderness in Romania where Ukrainian air-raid sirens scream at night, birds’ fortunes are being reversed.

In The Return of the Oystercatcher, renowned natural history writer Scott Weidensaul tells the uplifting story of that success and what it means for us and for our planet, too. Because a world that works for birds, in all their complexity of movement and ecological need, will work for everything else. Including people.

Illustrated with 16 pages of colour photographs and maps
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Praise for Scott Weidensaul's A World on the Wing:

'A master storyteller' - The Guardian

'A gripping journey' - The New York Times

'Offers the astonishment of birds’ travels . . . and hope for their future' - Wall Street Journal

A joyful, life-affirming celebration of recovery. We need to hear about these miracles. We need to know we can do it, if we try! -- Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
A gutsy ornithologist and a gifted writer . . . and a particularly hopeful and timely message for all of us. -- Noah Strycker, author of Birding Without Borders
Compelling and compulsive - Weidensaul's elegant writing offers much needed hope for nature restoration. -- Jack Cornish, author of The Lost Paths
At a time of doom and gloom, this fascinating book is a reminder of what is being done to save the world's birds - and by doing so, save us - from America's finest nature writer. -- Stephen Moss, author of Ten Birds That Changed the World

Scott Weidensaul is one of the most respected natural history writers in the US, and the author of nearly thirty books. He is an active field researcher specializing in bird migration, co-director of Project Owlnet and co-directs Project SNOWstorm, studying the migration of snowy owls. He has received numerous awards, including the Audubon Award for Environmental Writing, and has been honoured as a prestigious fellow of the American Ornithological Society. Weidensaul is a highly sought-after speaker at universities, museums and birding festivals. His book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The Return of the Oystercatcher is his latest book.