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  1. At last - a naturalist with a kind word for Sitka spruce

    At last - a naturalist with a kind word for Sitka spruce

    IS this a first - a wildlife writer with a kind word for Sitka spruce forests? In his far-reaching and thoroughly entertaining book, Wild Galloway, Ian Carter offers a different perspective on a habitat with few friends - among either wildlife or humans. "On a stifling July day, it will be...
  2. Revisiting The Hen Harrier by the late Don Scott - an esteemed writer-ornithologist who didn't pull his punches

    Revisiting The Hen Harrier by the late Don Scott - an esteemed writer-ornithologist who didn't pull his punches

    VERY few commentators on wildlife are bold enough to criticise conservation bodies in public - at least not too forcefully. An exception was the late Don Scott, a passionate writer-ornithologist, who had no compunction about throwing a few powerful punches in directions where he felt they were...
  3. Birding Under The Influence - Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery

    Birding Under The Influence - Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery

    AN alert against interfering with nature has been sounded by an American ornithologist. From installing nestboxes to introducing or re-introducing species, organisations and individuals often like to experiment in the belief that they are doing good. But Dorian Anderson warns: "Ecosystems do...
  4. At The Very End of The Road by Phillip Edwards

    At The Very End of The Road by Phillip Edwards

    ANY birder who lives near an estuary will immediately identify with Phillip Edwards, author of At The Very End of The Road. The book's cast of characters is familiar - knot, dunlin, curlew, redshank, grey plover, merlin, shelduck, little egret and many more. The setting is unspecified but it...
  5. Book review: Finding W.H. Hudson - The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save The Birds

    Book review: Finding W.H. Hudson - The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save The Birds

    "I SOMETIMES wonder if Hudson was ever actually able to switch off from bird protection and relax . . ." So comments Conor Mark Jameson midway through in his illuminating study, Finding W.H. Hudson - The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save The Birds. The observation is understandable. Hudson...
  6. Book review: A World on The Wing - The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

    Book review: A World on The Wing - The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

    SUCH is the ever-quickening decline in bird populations that their migration is now "a shadow of what it once was". So writes American birder Scott Weidensaul in his important book, A World on The Wing - The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. But he quickly adds: "That shadow is still mighty...
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