* A love of birdsong is universal - but there has not yet been an engaging and accessible history of how it has become a part of us, our culture and our landscape.; * Declining songbird populations make this an urgent and pressing media topic.; * Richard Smyth is an up-and-coming voice in nature writing - a historian and commentator with deep knowledge and insight into the natural world.; * For readers of Tweet of the Day, Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds, The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman.; * Will also appeal to those interested in nature, culture and the arts.; * Stunning design makes this the perfect gift or self-purchase.

A Guardian `Readers’ Choice’ Best Book of 2017; Birdsong is woven into our culture, our emotions, our landscape; it is the soundtrack to our world. We have tried to capture this fleeting, ephemeral beauty, and the feelings it inspires, for millennia.; In this fascinating account, Richard Smyth asks what it is about birdsong that we so love. Exploring the myriad ways in which it has influenced literature, music, science and our very ideas of what it means to be British, Smyth's nuanced investigation shows that what we hear says as much about us, our dreams and desires, as it does about the birds and their songs.; At a time when our birdsong is growing quieter, with fewer voices, more thinly spread, A Sweet, Wild Note is a celebration of the complex relationships between birds, people and the land; it is also a passionate call to arms lest our trees and hedgerows fall silent.