Looking for the Goshawk by Jameson, Conor Mark

Looking for the Goshawk (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472969170)

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Format: Paperback
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Looking for the Goshawk by Jameson, Conor Mark

Looking for the Goshawk

$14.00
Looking for the Goshawk by Jameson, Conor Mark

Looking for the Goshawk

$14.00
Format: Paperback
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The book traces Conor Jameson's travels in search of the Goshawk, a magnificent yet rarely seen (in Britain at least) raptor. Each episode of the narrative arises from personal experience, investigation, and the unearthing of
information from research, exploration and conversations.

The journey takes him from an encounter with a stuffed Goshawk in a glass case, through travels into supposed Goshawk territories in Britain, to Berlin - where he finds the bird at ease in the city. Why, he wants to know, is the bird so rarely seen in Britain? He explores the politics of birdwatching, the sport of falconry and the impact of persecution on the recent history of the bird in Britain and travels the length of Britain, through central Europe and the USA in search of answers to the goshawk mystery. Throughout his journey he is inspired by the writings of T H White who told of his attempts to tame a Goshawk in his much-loved book.

It's a gripping tale on the trail of a most mysterious and charismatic bird.

Author: Conor Mark Jameson
ISBN-10: 1472969170
ISBN-13: 9781472969170
Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2021
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.12w x 1.02d
By Conor Mark Jameson
By Conor Mark Jameson
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Conor Jameson works for the RSPB and has contributed to numerous wildlife magazines including the RSPB's Birds
magazine and BBC Wildlife. In 2010 he won the BBC Wildlife Nature Writer of the Year award with his article, Phantom about an encounter with a Goshawk in Berlin. His first book Silent Spring Revisited was published by Bloomsbury in spring 2012. He is currently working on a book about the collapse of the Asian vulture population and the efforts being made to save the bird.

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