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While Flocks Last
  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • ISBN: 9780552157544
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $36.99
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While Flocks Last

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An armchair birdwatcher goes on an hilarious trail of Britain's most-endangered birds.

Armed with a field guide and a half-decent pair of binoculars, Charlie Elder travels the length and breadth of the British Isles to spot forty bird species in serious decline - the UK's Red List. He looks at why their numbers have fallen, what efforts are being made to encourage their recoveries and meets experts and enthusiasts who are working to make a difference.

He also examines just why birds matter in the first place and considers the role of the birdwatcher - one species that is certainly not in decline.
  • Published: 15 December 2009
  • ISBN: 9780552157544
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $36.99
Categories:

About the author

Charlie Elder

Charlie Elder is a journalist. For the last twenty years he has worked for papers ranging from the Times of Tonga in the South Pacific and Hampstead and Highgate Express in north London to the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. He is currently chief sub-editor on The Herald in Plymouth. He lives with his wife and two daughters on the edge of Dartmoor.
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Praise for While Flocks Last

Elder is a stylish writer and his ornithological travelogue takes him on entertaining adventures to some of Britain's most remote bird sites

Stephen Moss, Guardian

Joyous... totally compelling... very funny... This book is a classic of its kind

Sunday Telegraph

A funny, enduring chronicle of a man who has rediscovered a childhood passion for birds

Countryfile

A gently humorous and accessible look at a serious subject... above all an entertaining read

Birdwatching

As he delights in each new discovery, so do we

Metro Scotland

[This] joyous account will delight twitchers and novices alike

Telegraph

One of those rare books where, though you may not care about the subject at the first page, you will by the last

Observer

A joy to read... An uplifting book, not a depressing one

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