Birdwatching is a latent passion of mine. One that’s waiting under the surface, ready one day to come out when given the opportunity. At the moment, there isn’t much opportunity, I live in the centre of the city and don’t get to spend much time just existing in nature. Luckily, it turns out that this book was pretty much written for me.

Mostly the book goes through the authors life. He uses his experiences to illustrate the joy you can get out of observing what is there around you. He didn’t grow up birdwatcher, but slowly became one over time as he discovered the fun of it. Reading this, it made me want to go on the same journey. Actually, I really hope I do.

The chapters in this book don’t let you go, the writing style is funny and engaging. The author is a sports writer for the times and this is quite clear when reading it. He has a real ability to make not very much information stretch over many pages in the best way possible.