Mabh Savage
Words and the world passing by; how it sings to me; how I clamour back.
Tag: bird books
A Bird a Day: Magpie. And My Book is Out!
If you pre-ordered The Magic of Birds, it should be winging its way to you right now. Yes, I realise that’s a terrible pun and I’m not sorry. For everyone else, the book is officially available at all good UK bookshops and retail outlets,… Continue Reading “A Bird a Day: Magpie. And My Book is Out!”
A Bird a Day: Pink-Necked Green Pigeon
Image shows a pigeon with an orange breast, pink neck, and green wings, with the caption, “When you feed the pigeons skittles instead of bread.” Funny meme about this colourful bird, which is actually a pink-necked green pigeon, Treron vernans, a male, and they’re… Continue Reading “A Bird a Day: Pink-Necked Green Pigeon”
A Bird a Day: Jackdaw
Short snippet of my book, pre-editing, about jackdaws. They’re one of my favourite corvids, and we have so many around our homes they’ve even nested in our roof before! Jackdaws are relatively small; one of the smallest UK corvids, similar in size to the… Continue Reading “A Bird a Day: Jackdaw”
A Bird a Day: Gooseing Around
My new book is out on the 9th December, and as a sneak peek, you can watch my launch video on the Moon Books YouTube and Facebook page tomorrow, the 7th December, at 6pm. For today’s bird, belatedly for the 5th, I know it’s… Continue Reading “A Bird a Day: Gooseing Around”
A Bird a Day: Terrifying Birds
What’s the scariest bird? The mystical raven? A great, ravenous eagle? The prey-impaling shrike? Wrong! The most terrifying bird is, objectively, the shoebill stork. Just… Just look at it. Add the fact that they can appear absolutely statue like until disturbed and that’s a… Continue Reading “A Bird a Day: Terrifying Birds”
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