'The Observer's Book of Birds'
October 11th 2021 'The Observer's Book of Birds' was my first bird book. I still have it – minus the dust-jacket but carefully wrapped in brown paper. It has been with me since May 1964. I know this because I wrote dates in the index, next to the birds’ names, and the earliest dates are from May 1964 - for example: “Nuthatch 20/5/64”.
I used to pore over the pictures in this little book and dream o
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