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About the Author:
Stephen Moss is a producer with the BBC Natural History Unit. His other books include A Bird in the Bush and A Sky Full of Starlings. He lives in Somerset, England.
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This volume, a compendium of Moss's birding columns from a decade and a half of the Manchester Guardian, gives bird enthusiasts the next best thing to birdwatching, an eloquent and insightful consideration of birds and birding. Forming an ornithological autobiography, Moss covers his childhood discovery of birds, his favorite birdwatching haunts in Britain and abroad, his time producing a birdwatching program for BBC television and his own young sons' first encounters with the natural world. Some essays are humorous (his description of geese's propensity to eat and defecate, defecate and eat interminably), others are romantic (on honeymoon in West Africa, Moss finds 60 different species "without leaving the hotel grounds"), while others ponder the impact of individual birders; one haunting essay describes the birdwatching habits of World War II prisoners of war, who kept records of redstarts and goldfinches on toilet paper. Alongside obituaries of pioneering ornithologists Max Nicholson, Guy Mountfort, and Tono Valverde, Moss ruminates on the decline of bird populations worldwide. The importance of family is the vibrant sub-current that propels the narrative; much is made of Moss's late mother, who gamely encouraged her son's interest in birds, and Moss concludes with a loving eulogy to her. In addition to its many pleasures, this book also profiles plenty of great destination ideas for birders planning their next vacation.
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- PublisherAurum Press Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1845133609
- ISBN 13 9781845133603
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'Chatty, genuine, sincere and often quite funny. They make a less-than-dedicated birder such as myself wish he had tried a bit harder' British Wildlife 'Full of good stuff if you want to settle down for a good read. An excellent stocking-filler' Bird Watching Stephen Moss's collection of 'Birdwatch' columns from the Guardian was nothing less than a birdwatching autobiography, covering his life from early coot-watching as a young boy, through teenage cycle trips to Dungeness, to adult travels around the world as a TV producer everywhere from the Gambia to Antarctica. In hardback it sold extremely well, thanks not least to its truly beautiful cover linocut illustration by Robert Gillmor, the doyen of bird artists whose jackets grace all the illustrious Collins New Naturalist volumes. Now it is re-published in paperback - retaining the glowing kingfisher on the front - to tie in with the publication of Stephen's new book for Aurum, a diary of his birdwatching year (to be published in the same miniature hardback format and with another Robert Gillmor jacket illustration). Moss writes regularly features for the Guardian in addition to his column, and gives regular lectures to birdwatching clubs and RSPB groups. Stephen Moss is a producer for the BBC's Natural History Unit, and most recently produced Alan Titchmarsh's The Nature of Britain. Past series include all Bill Oddie's Birding with Bill Oddie and Springwatch. His other books include A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching (also Aurum), Blokes and Birds and Gardening for Birds. He lives in Somerset. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001233288
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