Birders

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 *