Continuing our selection of the very best titles available through NHBS:
The Urban Birder
by David Lindo
What?
A personal account of a life’s passion for birds, seeded in the urban sprawl of 1960s London.
Why?
Urban environments are attractive to a diverse selection of bird life, with the patchwork mix of
gardens and parks, rivers and reservoirs creating unique ecosystems.
David Lindo has a passion for birds and in the Urban Birder he tells his story from growing up in London to adventures in Brooklyn, Hollywood and beyond. Throughout weaves the thread of his main crusade which is to encourage “urbanites to realise that there is a whole world of wildlife under their noses in the world’s cities.”
This entertaining autobiography has a simple message and is a great read, and as more people migrate to towns and cities it will become increasingly important that people learn to live alongside their avian neighbours, following David Lindo’s lead and becoming urban birders.
Who?
From the author’s website:
“I am David Lindo and I am The Urban Birder — writer, broadcaster, speaker and bird guider. My whole vibe is about getting urbanites to realise that there is a whole world of wildlife under their noses in the world’s cities.
I was a twitcher in the womb and was born clutching for a pair of binoculars. An interest in wildlife and in particular watching birds was a natural thing for me to get into, despite being surrounded by non-birders and having no mentors in my north London neighbourhood…” – read more on www.theurbanbirder.com.
David Lindo will be signing copies of The Urban Birder at Birdfair on Saturday 20th