A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching

This journey through the world of birdwatchers is "a wonderful book. . . . fascinating, often hilarious anecdotes and information" (Daily Mail, Critic's Choice).

Scholarly, authoritative, and above all supremely readable, Stephen Moss's book is the first to trace the fascinating history of how and why people have watched birds for pleasure, from the beginnings with Gilbert White in the eighteenth century through World War II POWs watching birds from inside their prison camp and all the way ...