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This is a lively, entertaining and informative account of the author's quest over 17 years, and before his 30th birthday, to record 500+ species of the birds found in Britain and Ireland. Complemented by his own photographs and splendid paintings and drawings, he recounts car crashes, stormy sea crossings, plane convoys and even a coastguard rescue during his travels in pursuit of avian rarities. If you thought the simple pleasure of birdwatching - now one of the fastest-growing recreational activities in the world - couldn't be described as 'extreme', you should read this book.
From the Author
I would like to respond to the invaluable feedback readers
have offered through reviews both in the general birding press and on the
Amazon website. Though the book appears to have been well-received there
has been more than one referral to its length, with suggestions it could
have been longer!
When compared to titles such as the Big Year by Mark Obmascik and Arrivals
and Rivals by Adrian Riley yes it is a little on the short side but my
intention when writing this book was to bring together both prose and
artwork - it is as much a gallery for my brush-strokes as it is for my pen.
It is designed to be short so as to hold interest to the end without
compromising quality for the sake of quantity, or scaring off those with
only a passing interest in birds, who have little interest in twitching
themselves. The book is priced a shade higher than those titles already
mentioned as it contains many colour plates, a feature which always boosts
production costs, and inevitably, publication price. My end result is a
work which - I sincerely hope - reaches out to the non-birding community as
much as it does the twitchers and indeed other birders.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have written
reviews and offered their opinions - I am delighted that most feedback has
been overwhelmingly positive.
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This is a lively, entertaining and informative account of the author's quest over 17 years, and before his 30th birthday, to record 500+ species of the birds found in Britain and Ireland. Complemented by his own photographs and splendid paintings and drawings, he recounts car crashes, stormy sea crossings, plane convoys and even a coastguard rescue during his travels in pursuit of avian rarities. If you thought the simple pleasure of birdwatching - now one of the fastest-growing recreational activities in the world - couldn't be described as 'extreme', you should read this book.
From the Author
I would like to respond to the invaluable feedback readers
have offered through reviews both in the general birding press and on the
Amazon website. Though the book appears to have been well-received there
has been more than one referral to its length, with suggestions it could
have been longer!
When compared to titles such as the Big Year by Mark Obmascik and Arrivals
and Rivals by Adrian Riley yes it is a little on the short side but my
intention when writing this book was to bring together both prose and
artwork - it is as much a gallery for my brush-strokes as it is for my pen.
It is designed to be short so as to hold interest to the end without
compromising quality for the sake of quantity, or scaring off those with
only a passing interest in birds, who have little interest in twitching
themselves. The book is priced a shade higher than those titles already
mentioned as it contains many colour plates, a feature which always boosts
production costs, and inevitably, publication price. My end result is a
work which - I sincerely hope - reaches out to the non-birding community as
much as it does the twitchers and indeed other birders.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have written
reviews and offered their opinions - I am delighted that most feedback has
been overwhelmingly positive.
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