An extraordinary, inspiring book about a lifetime of observing birds, already acclaimed as a classic.
Beginning in summer with clouds of breeding seabirds in Shetland and ending with nightjars like giant moths in the heart of England, Tim Dee maps his encounters with birds over four decades of tracking them around the world. He tells of familiar but near-global birds like sparrows, starlings and ravens, and exotic species, like electrically coloured hummingbirds in California and bee-eaters in Africa. Dee restores us to the primacy of looking, and takes us outside, again and again, to marvel at what is flying above us.
- ISBN10 1784871141
- ISBN13 9781784871147
- Publish Date 5 May 2016
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 March 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Vintage Classics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English