Twelvebirds.Onecountry.AwildIrelandwaitingtobediscovered.InIrelandThroughBirds,ConorO'BrientakesthereaderonanornithologicaladventurearoundIrelandinsearchoftwelveofourrarestandmostelusivebirds.Alongthejourneytheauthorexploreseverykindoflandscapeandhabitatourislandhastoofferacrossallfourseasons,fromtheremoteislesofDonegaltotheruggedmountainsofKerryandurbanparksofDublin.Throughitall,O'Brienisenchantedbycallingcorncrakes,mesmerisedbyhuntingharriers,andchasedbyangryskuas.It'sajourneythroughastaggeringarrayoflandscapesthat'llbringthereaderfacetofacewiththerichhistoryandstunningwildlifetobesavouredrightonourdoorstep.Itexploresthestoriesoftheremarkablebirdsthatlivehere:thegeniusofthejay,thesublimemimicryofthecuckoo,thenocturnalprowessofthebarnowl,whilepayingamoving,poetictributetoournaturalheritage-andawarningaboutthethreatsthatfaceit.IrelandThroughBirdsisauniqueblendofnaturalhistoryandtravelogue,makingitagreatreadforanyonewithaninterestinIreland'snaturalworld.