"MacPherson's A History of Fowling is well quoted, and the need to preserve future bones for ID is stressed, if we are to keep our knowledge increasing, especially of what we have lost"

Birdwatching Magazine - October 2023

"In fourteen readable chapters, Serjeantson offers us an elegantly produced and richly illustrated account of human behaviour with wild birds in the British Isles, with particular reference to archaeological sites from late prehistoric and historical times."

Antiquity - December 2023

"[T]his book offers a thorough evidence-based analysis of the past. Serjeantson has put a treasure trove into readers’ hands. There is no excuse for seeing the epitaph ‘there were also some bird bones’ ever again."

Ibis - May 2024

For anyone researching birds in Britain and Ireland (whether archaeologists, historians, ornithologists or ecologists), there will be much to take away from this book which must be regarded as a landmark text

Association for Environmental Archaeology

"Whether you enjoy your birds alive and fluttering, or are interested in their osteoarchaeology and ecology, there is something in this for everyone. Using the lens of these remarkable birds, it will take you from deep time to the recent past, showing the many ways that people have engaged with them, and how we continue to do so."

Current Archaeology - July 2024