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Spring returns and with it the birds. But it also brings throngs of birders who emerge, binoculars in hand, to catch a glimpse of a rare or previously unseen species or to simply lay eyes on a particularly fine specimen of a familiar type. In a delightful meditation that unexpectedly ranges from the Volga Delta to Central Park and from Charles Dickens's Hard Times to a 1940s London burlesque show, Jeremy Mynott ponders what makes birds so beautiful and alluring to so many people. Princeton Shorts are brief selections taken from influential Princeton University Press books and produced exclusively in ebook format. Providing unmatched insight into important contemporary issues or timeless passages from classic works of the past, Princeton Shorts enable you to be an instant expert in a world where information is everywhere but quality is at a premium.

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Now Kate \"Springwatch babe\" Humble, Dan \"son of Peter\" Snow and Steve \"Look at me in my Speedos\" Backshall are going back for a three-part special called Britain's Lost World (BBC1). As they approach by boat, they really push the Lost World bit of their little adventure. \"It's like coming to another world,\" says Kate, as primitive-looking gannets, silhouetted against the sky, fly overhead. \"It's like mother nature's final frontier,\" says Steve. Dan describes it as a \"truly eerie place to arrive at\". There's no mention of the permanently manned MoD radio tracking station there.