Go Birding

Birdwatching often starts with the pleasure of feeding birds in the garden and putting a name to them. This book takes amateur birdwatchers one step further... make your birdwatching even more interesting and enjoyable by becoming an active field worker.With the help of Tony Soper you can Go Birding! too.Tempt more birds to your bird table and join in a national bird-feeding survey.Learn about the nesting behaviour of your garden birds and record their successes and failures for posterity. Join the merry band of twitchers. Be the first to see a rarity and get your name in the ornithological journals. Keep track of migration patterns and train to become an authorised bird ringer. Monitor bird numbers... map their distribution. The television series and this book are based on the work of the British Trust for Ornithology, the national ornithological research body which has led the field of research into British birds for over 50 years. Lavishly illustrated, Go Birding! is for those who want to contribute something to our understanding of birds.