' Bird-watchers are tense competitive selfish shifty dishonest distrusting boorish pedantic unsentimental arrogant &
- above all
- envious'. So says Bill Oddie & he should know! It's a tough environment out there on marsh & moorland & this scurrilous little classic is a must for all devoted birders & twitchers (and as Bill relates there is a mighty difference!). with many years of hard-earned experience Bill dares to say all the things that other b's & t's will recognize as true but which they have never dared to own up or admit to even to themselves. Whether discussing the birds he's seen the birds that got away equipment apparel sightings cock-ups places to visit or people to avoid Bill's enthusiasm is infectious & his knowledge unsurpassed. This little black book is one item that no serious birdwatcher can afford to leave out of the rucksack & it will prove an essential companion when trudging the estuaries & riverbanks in torrential rain & gusty gale in search of that elusive rare beauty.