This Birding Life: The Best of the Guardian's Birdwatch

by Stephen Moss

Stephen Moss's Birdwatch column for the Guardian has, over the years, included nostalgic reminiscences on birdwatching as a child, accounts of birding expeditions to places as far-flung as St. Kilda and even Antarctica, stories of birding on his honeymoon in Gambia, details on the birds on his garden feeder, and the recent introduction of his toddler son to birds. The best of these Birdwatch columns are collected into a beautiful miniature hardback, tastefully designed and illustrated with line drawings, and together they build into a touching and fascinating chronicle of how one person's hobby has endured and evolved and in turn enriched a whole life.

Genres: Birds, Nature, Nonfiction, Essays, Natural History

216 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

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Stephen Moss is a naturalist, broadcaster, television producer and author. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included Springwatch, Birds Britannia and The Nature of Britain. His books include The Robin: A Biography, A Bird in the Bush, The Bumper Book of Nature, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds and Wild Kingdom. He is also Senior Lecturer in Nature and Travel Writing at Bath Spa University. Originally from London, he lives with his family on the Somerset Levels, and is President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My second Stephen Moss book after enjoying Wild Hare's and Hummingbirds. Not quite as good but a lovely themed collection of his Guardian birdwatch newspaper articles and great to dip in and out of. Chapter's 1 to 4 were the most enjoyable for me, maybe because I am just starting to enjoy birding myself or maybe because I'm not really interested in birding abroad and the last two chapters seemed to lack cohesion.

[Cheryl Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful chronicle of Stephen Moss's birding life - with places and birds familiar and unfamiliar