Seen by a reader of this blog in Kendal Library… 179 under the Dewey Library system is ‘Other ethical norms’ – an interesting classification of my book. Still, it’s good to see it in any library.
Category: AUTHOR: Reflections, Inglorious, Message from Martha, Remarkable Birds etc
Liverpool, last week
I spent a few days in Liverpool last week where I added Oystercatcher to my Aintree bird list and several hundred pounds to my bank balance. I spent some great time with some close friends and it was kind of them to set it up as a birthday treat for me. But I also took…
Massive payment
I’m not complaining at all – but those who seem to think that writing books (at least writing my books!) is the easy route to riches might like to help me decide how to spend these royalty payments for 2017 for Birds and Forestry, A Message from Martha and Inglorious. What this does mean…
Behind More Binoculars
Keith Betton and I were interviewed about our new book for a blog on the NHBS website. And there is a short review of the book by John Miles in BBC Wildlife magazine.
Remarkable Birds
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Remarkable Birds is being translated into Chinese, Spanish and French but you could buy the English edition for your loved ones’ Christmas presents. Available from all good bookshops including this one – Blackwells.
The Passenger Pigeon’s DNA
I’ll always be interested in anything to do with the Passenger Pigeon – the formerly most abundant species on Earth but which was driven to extinction, finally, on 1 September 1914. A new paper in Science suggests that Passenger Pigeons had a very low genetic diversity. the authors describe this as surprising but I’m not…
Behind More Binoculars – great review
The first review of Behind More Binoculars has been published by those very nice people at Rare Bird Alert UK. Here are some quotes: ‘…there is more here than light entertainment. Taken together, the interviews constitute a surprisingly revealing and valuable record of the history of birdwatching, ornithology and conservation.’ ‘myriad light touches and…
Remarkable!
The Chinese language edition of Remarkable Birds – I assume my name is on the front cover somewhere but that looks like a lot of characters for MARK AVERY – so now I am curious! For an English language version try here.
Holding a new book
My copy of Behind More Binoculars arrived in the post recently. Aren’t books lovely? And a book with a jacket illustration by Robert Gillmor is especially lovely. Pre-publication offer – Save 30% on Behind More Binoculars (and anything else ordered at the same time), from www.pelagicpublishing.com using offer code BMB30.
Passenger Pigeon day
‘On 1 September 1914, between midday and 1 pm, in the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio, a pigeon breathed her last, and with her died her species. The pigeon was known as Martha, and the species was the Passenger Pigeon. Amongst all extinctions, this example remains unusual in two respects: the precision with which…