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Birding With Bill Oddie

Birding With Bill Oddie

A practical guide to birdwatching

by Stephen Moss and Bill Oddie
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/08/2011

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There is a great deal more to birding than simply identifying species and ticking them off a list... The places, the experiences, the feelings, the fun, even the frustrations. Those are the joys."In this enjoyable and accessible practical guide, self-confessed birdwatching fanatic Bill Oddie teams up with experienced nature broadcaster and author Stephen Moss to impart a lifetime of knowledge and handy tips. Guiding you through your first steps into the world of birding with useful information on equipment, techniques and important insider hints, Bill's warm and friendly advice will help you on your very first birding trip, and his priceless knowledge of what to look out for will aid you as you develop to track the rarest birds and most treasured spectacles.Peppered with humorous anecdotes and musings, and illustrated throughout with useful colour photographs and Bill's own sketches and diagrams, Birding with Bill Oddie is the essential birding field guide, clearing the way for you to fully enjoy this most thrilling and fulfilling of pastimes.
ISBN:
9781849903080
9781849903080
Category:
Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-08-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
211x148x18mm
Weight:
0.44kg
Stephen Moss

Stephen Moss is a naturalist, broadcaster, television producer and author. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included Springwatch, Birds Britannia and The Nature of Britain.

His books include A Bird in the Bush, A Sky Full of Starlings, The Bumper Book of Nature and Wild Hares and Hummingbirds. Originally from London, he now lives with his wife and children on the Somerset Levels.

Bill Oddie

William Edgar "Bill" Oddie, OBE (born 7 July 1941) is an English writer, composer, musician, comedian, artist, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter and actor.

He became famous as one of The Goodies. A birdwatcher since his childhood in Quinton, Birmingham, Oddie has established a reputation as an ornithologist, conservationist, and television presenter on wildlife issues.

Some of his books are illustrated with his own paintings and drawings.

His wildlife programmes for the BBC include: Springwatch/Autumnwatch, How to Watch Wildlife, Wild In Your Garden, Birding with Bill Oddie, Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie and Bill Oddie Goes Wild.

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