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9780715321812

Life With Birds

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  • ISBN13:

    9780715321812

  • ISBN10:

    0715321811

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-10-15
  • Publisher: F & W Media Inc
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Summary

*Written by a well-known and respected birdwatching professional and editor of Birds magazine *An insightful and passionate look at rural England from a birdwatcher's perspective *Includes author's beautiful and captivating illustrations throughout From the editor of Birds magazine comes this delightful account of birdwatching in rural England. My Life With Birds tells the story of how Rob Hume came to love birds and birdwatching. Covering his childhood years, his travels over the world, his time at RSPB, and his meetings with leading conservationists, the book is also filled with fascinating illustrations. As well as writing with insight and passion about birds, Hume paints pictures of a lost rural England and a changing countryside. His gentle humor and wisdom permeate every page, making the book a must-read for everyone who cares about birds, conservation, and the countryside.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6(2)
Beginnings — Brooks and Byways 8(16)
Secrets and Magic in Essex 24(13)
Ladybirds and Libraries 37(15)
A Television World of Adventure 52(15)
Board Rulers and Beanstalks 67(7)
North to the Highlands 74(15)
Chasewater — Wildfowl, Waders and Spoil Heaps 89(18)
Putting in the Hours 107(19)
Gulls and Great Grey Shrikes 126(11)
Swansea and the Gower 137(18)
Join the Club 155(7)
Summer on the Berwyns 162(13)
Merlins and Mid-Wales 175(16)
Scilly in the Seventies 191(18)
Real Work at Last: the RSPB 209(11)
Paste-ups and Personalities 220(11)
Lammergeiers and Griffons in the Pyrenees 231(12)
Stetsons and Whooping Cranes in Texas 243(14)
California in a Wet January 257(16)
Wild Africa 273(26)
Swans on the Nile 299(15)
The Double Rasp 314(5)
Further Reading 319

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