The Biggest Twitch
Helm (Verlag)
978-1-4729-1860-4 (ISBN)
Most people dream of packing in their humdrum city life, selling up and heading off into the unknown for a life of adventure. For Ruth Miller and Alan Davies this dream became a reality, albeit with a twist; they decided to pack in their jobs, sell their house and take on the ultimate birder's challenge.
This book is the story of their great expedition, searching for birds from Ecuador to Ethiopia via Argentina, Australia and Arizona. We follow this birding odyssey as they ratchet up the species and the stamps in their passports, sharing in amazing birding experiences such as monkey-hunting Harpy Eagles in the Brazilian rain forest, seedsnipes in the Peruvian highlands and lekking bustards in South Africa, all leading to the ultimate question - will they break the magic 4,000?
Written in an accessible style, this book will be of great interest to birders, readers of travel literature, and to people who simply enjoy a good adventure!
Ruth Miller and Alan Davies are self-confessed birding obsessives from North Wales. Alan is currently warden of the RSPB reserve at Conwy. Ruth is a marketing consultant, and former Head of Trading for the RSPB. They dedicated one year of their lives to beating the birder's world record and smashing the seemingly impossible target of 4,000 species in a single calendar year.
Foreword by Kenn Kaufman
Introduction
Prologue: 1 January, 4am, Arizona
Part One: New year, new world
1-3 January, Arizona, USA
4-11 January, Mexico
11-12 January, Houston, USA
12-27 January, Ecuador
Part Two: African adventure
29 January-1 February, North Wales
2-26 February, Ethiopia
26-27 February, Kenya
27 February-16 March, Ghana
Part Three: European springtime
17-18 March, UK
19-25 March, Cyprus
26 March-12 April, Spain
Part Four: Back across the pond
13-16 April, Texas: Part One
17-21 April, Panama
22-24 April, Texas: Part Two
25 April-1 May, California
1-6 May, Canada
7-11 May, Cape May, USA
Part Five: Europe High and Low
12-14 May, North Wales
15-28 May, Cyprus and Turkey
30 May-12 June, Finland, Estonia and Norway
Part Six: Latin reprise
14-30 June, Brazil: Part One
1-7 July, Argentina
9-14 July, Brazil: Part Two
15 July-10 August, Peru
12-25 August, UK: Bird Fair and the Bank
Part Seven: Back to Africa
26 August-10 September, South Africa: Part One
11-29 September, Zambia and Malawi
29 September-4 October, South Africa: Part Two
5-7 October, Namibia
Part Eight: End game
9 October-6 November, Australia
8-13 November, Malaysia
14 November-17 December, India
21-31 December, Southern Ecuador
Epilogue: Life after The Biggest Twitch
Verlagsort | London |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
Reisen ► Reiseberichte | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4729-1860-6 / 1472918606 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4729-1860-4 / 9781472918604 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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