I AM AT BEST AN ACCIDENTAL BIRDER: any notable avian sightings I’ve managed — Falklands steamerduck, albino jackdaw — have been by-products of expeditions with rod and line, so a book aimed at hardcore twitchers or one freighted with ornithological stats and Linnaean Latin is never going to be my cup of tea. Fortunately, Patrick Galbraith’s engaging debut volume will appeal to the layman as much as to the committed naturalist, being a quirkily enjoyable journey through a slightly netherworldly version of Britain, where certain species are now struggling to survive.
A bird-lover’s lament
May 26, 2022
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