BBC Wildlife Magazine

THE LOOK OF LOVE

The broadcaster, naturalist and tour guide shares the most breathtaking seasonal events in the world

NEW GUINEA IS THE SECOND-LARGEST island on the planet after Greenland, but its birdlife is best described as out of this world. Possessing an unearthly mystery, New Guinea’s birds of paradise are seldom seen by anyone apart from a handful of film crews and intrepid ornithologists.

The first European explorer to observe the birds’ranked them as “the most beautiful and most wonderful of living things”.

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