Every time I see a new book about birdwatching in the local Library I cannnot resist borrowing it.
The only trouble is they are mostly rubbish.
I have just borrowed a new birdwatching autobiography which might interest the author's closest friends and relatives but to an outsider it is just another self indulgant load of codswhallop.
Come to think of it I have only read one decent bird book which was called,I think,'To see every Bird in the World.'
I think the difference was that the author was basically writing about his Dad's story to twitch thousands of birds.It was written in a thoughtful,entertaining and manner.It was more about his father's obsession with birdwatching rather than the author blowing his own trumpet.
Maybe future bird authors should read this before embarking on another endless list of their own acheivements and how many birds they have seen.
They might then understand what makes a good entertaining read.
The only trouble is they are mostly rubbish.
I have just borrowed a new birdwatching autobiography which might interest the author's closest friends and relatives but to an outsider it is just another self indulgant load of codswhallop.
Come to think of it I have only read one decent bird book which was called,I think,'To see every Bird in the World.'
I think the difference was that the author was basically writing about his Dad's story to twitch thousands of birds.It was written in a thoughtful,entertaining and manner.It was more about his father's obsession with birdwatching rather than the author blowing his own trumpet.
Maybe future bird authors should read this before embarking on another endless list of their own acheivements and how many birds they have seen.
They might then understand what makes a good entertaining read.
