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Stephen Moss on Birdscapes – "The finest book ever written about why we watch birds"

Birdscapes: Birds In Our Imagination and Experience, written by Jeremy Mynott and published by Princeton University Press, has received high praise from Stephen Moss in The Guardian: "Birdscapes is, for me, the finest book ever written about why we watch birds." "Mynott’s lightness of touch, combined with his depth of knowledge, experience and above all [...]

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Big Garden Birdwatch & Birdwatchingwatching

Radio 4′s Today Programme featured the new birding travelogue Birdwatchingwatching this morning. You can listen to the piece again online here. This weekend is the 30th Big Garden Birdwatch – the world’s biggest bird survey. This annual event provides invaluable information on species abundance accross the country and is easy for anyone to take part [...]

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