Description
Book SynopsisHow and why did our most acclaimed birdwatchers take up birding? What were their early experiences of nature? How have their professional birding careers developed? What motivates them and drives their passion for wildlife? How many birds have they seen? Keith Betton and Mark Avery, passionate birdwatchers and conservationists, interview members of the birdwatching community to answer these and many other questions about the lives of famous birdwatchers.
Following on from the success of their 2015 book Behind the Binoculars, Keith and Mark are back again, taking you behind the scenes, and behind the binoculars, of a diverse range of birding and wildlife personalities.
Behind More Binoculars includes interviews with: Frank Gardner, Ann and Tim Cleeves, Roy Dennis, Kevin Parr, Tony Marr, Tim Appleton, Tim Birkhead, Dawn Balmer, Jon Hornbuckle, Tony Juniper, Richard Porter, Bryan Bland, Carol and Tim Inskipp, Barbara Young, Bill Oddie
Trade Review...it’s a good entertaining read, and although it might be dismissed as a kind of ornithological Hello! magazine, there’s enough serious stuff about the development of conservation organisations and changes in bird populations to give it a serious edge. -- Jeremy Brock * Scottish Birds *
Sceptical at first with the concept of these books, I was won over after reading the first few interviews. There is an essential honesty at work here – one that binds together these different generations of people. Overall we get a gentle insight into some of the birding characters we may have occasionally met or heard in the media or in person, across this small world of devotees. These two volumes are a bit of a field guide themselves.
-- Barry Larking * ECOS *
Prepare to be entertained, educated but above all inspired.
-- Justin Walker * BTO About Birds *
...the interviews constitute a surprisingly revealing and valuable record of the history of birdwatching, ornithology and conservation.
-- Andy Stoddart * Rare Bird Alert *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
The interviews:
Frank Gardner
Ann and Tim Cleeves
Roy Dennis
Kevin Parr
Tony Marr
Tim Appleton
Tim Birkhead
Dawn Balmer
Jon Hornbuckle
Tony Juniper
Richard Porter
Bryan Bland
Carol and Tim Inskipp
Barbara Young
Bill Oddie
Last thoughts
Selected bibliography
Index
