Birding: The insect apocalypse is driving bird declines

Birding: The insect apocalypse is driving bird declines

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Sunday book review – The Physics of Birds and Birding by Michael Hurben – Mark Avery

Like many biologists, I have a dose of physics-envy born out of fear of physics. At school, I could cope quite well with mechanics because that felt like snooker writ large but when it came to forces, energy and electricity it all was a bit much for me. And so it was with mixed feelings, of hope and nervousness, that I turned to this book which promised to make the physics of my main hobby more understandable. I am grateful to the author for doi…