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A common crane photographed in Slimbridge. Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes.Two species occur as wild birds in Great Britain: the common crane (Grus grus), a scarce migrant and very localised breeding resident currently being reintroduced to the country, and the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), an extreme vagrant from North America.
The Penguin History of Britain is a popular book series on British history, published by Penguin Books. It appeared in nine volumes between 1996 and 2018, with many of the individual works subsequently being republished in several editions. Its general editor is David Cannadine, who also contributed a volume himself. Collectively, the books in ...
A History of Britain is a series of three books by Simon Schama, written to accompany his BBC television series A History of Britain. The volumes are: A History of Britain I: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC–AD 1603 (BBC, 2000, ISBN 0-563-48714-3) A History of Britain II: The British Wars 1603–1776 (BBC, 2001, ISBN 0-563-48718-6)
The History of England (Austen) The History of England (Hume book) A History of English Food; A History of Everyday Things in England; History of the Anglo-Saxons; A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James II; A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; The History of the Norman Conquest of England; A History of the Peninsular War; The ...
Cranes are very large birds, often considered the world's tallest flying birds. They range in size from the demoiselle crane, which measures 90 cm (35 in) in length, to the sarus crane, which can be up to 176 cm (69 in), although the heaviest is the red-crowned crane, which can weigh 12 kg (26 lb) prior to migrating.
The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) and the Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) that only are regular in the far eastern part of the continent.
In 1373, England signed an alliance with the Kingdom of Portugal, which is claimed to be the oldest alliance in the world still in force. Edward III died of a stroke on 21 June 1377, and was succeeded by his ten-year-old grandson, Richard II .
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain is a seven-volume series on the history of texts in the United Kingdom. It was published between 1999 and 2019 by Cambridge University Press . Bibliography