Birders
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:5th Sep '02
£15.99
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The story of an obsession, and of the people who share it, by one of Britain's leading birdwatchers.
Since 1972 Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of obsessional people, almost all male, who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even occasionally their lives, to watch birds.
Since 1972 Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of obsessional people, almost all male, who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even occasionally their lives, to watch birds.
Birders is the story of this community, of its characters, its rules, its equipment and its adventures - many of which are hilariously funny, Birders is also a work of love - the story of what birds can do to the human heart.
At last! An up to date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written * Bill Oddie *
A natural history version of Fever Pitch... Reading it may even make you want to try out this strangely addictive past time for yourself * Guardian *
Intensely readable, very funny and highly enlightening * New Scientist *
With a mixture of well-chosen anecdotes and self-deprecating humour, Cocker succeeds in making event he most hardened cynic appreciate his passion. Birders is a stylish work in a long tradition of fine writing on the subject * Guardian *
The best account yet of the "tribe" and its wonderful, unworldly passions * The Times *
ISBN: 9780099289548
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 170g
240 pages