Writers and scientists celebrate UK's 67 most endangered birds

Book aims to raise awareness of conservation - and some much-needed funding

From stories about capercaillies strutting around like "cocksure" hedge fund managers to corn buntings shrieking like old fruit sellers, Britain's nature writers, artists and scientists have flocked together to create an illustrated book celebrating 67 of the country's most endangered birds.

Red Sixty Seven is an elegy to the growing number of British birds on the "red list" of highly vulnerable species drawn up by conservation scientists for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).