The very best field guide I own - never leave home without it!

This guy defined my formative years - late nights by the radio with school the next morning...happy days. This bio more than does those years justice - a fitting tribute to a man who shaped a generation.

As it turns out we're practically neighbours. Hence a great many of the local Somerset haunts in this book are very familiar. Familiar territory aside, the book's a great read for birder or non-birder alike.

As a self-confessed bad birdwatcher I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It manages to educate the birding novice whilst at the same time poking gentle fun at the obsessives.