Takahe. Bird of Dreams. UK & Timber Press USA

UK & Timber Press USA

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Beautiful and original colour illustrations and fine line drawings make this book especially attractive

A concise account of the 1863 invasion

Hamlyn Octopus Publishing Ltd

Takahe. Bird of Dreams. UK & Timber Press USAAlison Ballance. The interesting story of the rediscovery and then recovery of a bird thought to be extinct. Dr Geoffrey Orbell made the remarkable find of a small population in a remote valley in the Murcheson Mountains of Fiordland in 1948. Since then the challenging recovery programme has brought the population up to 500 birds. Potton & Burton, Nelson, 2023. ISBN 9781988550473 Hardback with dust jacket. AS NEW condition.