WORLD ON THE WING

'The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds' is the topic of the award-winning ornithologist writer's cutting edge research. He tracks some of the most remarkable flights undertaken by birds around the world. His own voyage of discovery sees him sail through the storm-wracked waters of the Bering Sea, encounter gunners and trappers in the Mediterranean, and visit a forgotten corner of northeast India, where former head-hunters have turned one of the grimmest stories of migratory crisis into an unprecedented conservation success. The miracle of birds meets the miracle of technology now that the science of bird migration has reached a golden age and here we are lucky to have such a graceful guide who communicates so much joy in the sheer act of witnessing birds criss-crossing the globe. It is a compelling and illuminating in-the-field narrative complete with maps and photographs in colour. 385pp.