By the author of The Kingfisher, The Puffin and The Living River, this book focuses on a variety of birds: great spotted woodpecker, snipe, rook, robin, reed warbler, puffin, mute swan, moorhen, long-tailed tit, kingfisher, jay, black-headed gull, grey heron, great tit, great crested grebe, Canada goose, cormorant, chaffinch and buzzard.;The book takes the reader on a journey looking at different birds, how they survive and what humans can learn from them. Reflective text accompanies the photographs.