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Having seen a few threads about general birding reads, I thought I'd give my favourite...
My all time favourite birding read is Best Days with British Birds. It was published in 1989 by British Birds magazine and is a collection of many legendary birder's best days out birding in Britain.
There is a very bizarre one from Bill Oddie in New York (British Birds...?), a very moving one from David Glue about his first day back in the field after become wheelchair bound, great tales of rarity finding at Porthgwarra by Steve Madge and at Cley by Steve Gantlett, and the definitive account of the legendary 1983 seawatch at St.Ives by Andrew Harrop, plus loads and loads more.
But the best of all comes from top twitcher Steve Webb and his account of his infamous, sublimely lucky and truly gut-busting twitch from Scilly to Fair Isle in October 1980... He went for Yellow-browed Bunting and just happened to arrive when Brunnich's Guillemot and Pine Bunting were found.
It's out of print and very tricky to get hold of, but if you ever see it BUY IT.
Anyone else read it?
My all time favourite birding read is Best Days with British Birds. It was published in 1989 by British Birds magazine and is a collection of many legendary birder's best days out birding in Britain.
There is a very bizarre one from Bill Oddie in New York (British Birds...?), a very moving one from David Glue about his first day back in the field after become wheelchair bound, great tales of rarity finding at Porthgwarra by Steve Madge and at Cley by Steve Gantlett, and the definitive account of the legendary 1983 seawatch at St.Ives by Andrew Harrop, plus loads and loads more.
But the best of all comes from top twitcher Steve Webb and his account of his infamous, sublimely lucky and truly gut-busting twitch from Scilly to Fair Isle in October 1980... He went for Yellow-browed Bunting and just happened to arrive when Brunnich's Guillemot and Pine Bunting were found.
It's out of print and very tricky to get hold of, but if you ever see it BUY IT.
Anyone else read it?
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