Urban birding is fast becoming ornithology鈥檚 new rock 鈥檔鈥� roll. Birds and birding have never been cooler鈥攁nd urban birding is at the cutting edge.
How to Be an Urban Birder is the world鈥檚 first guide to the art of urban birding鈥攚hich is so easy and great fun! Here, urban birding pioneer David Lindo tells you everything you need to know about birds and birding in towns and cities in the UK.
- Includes a brief history of urban birding in the UK
- Covers the best places to look for birds in towns and cities
- Helps you get to know your urban birds
- Gives useful tips on how to attract birds to your garden
- Explains what gear you need and how to go about being an urban birder
- Features hundreds of cool images and illustrations of birds in urban settings
"A good read and well priced. . . . I鈥檓 sure many of you will enjoy it."鈥擩ohn Miles, Birdwatching Magazine
"After sparking a U.K. birding movement over the past decade, Lindo is now bringing his message to the international stage with his new guide How to Be an Urban Birder, published in August. At 200-plus pages, the book is a satisfying and accessible read for beginner birders everywhere, and is packed full of photos, illustrations, tips, tricks, and anecdotes."鈥擝ryony Angell, Audubon
"I heartily recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to learn more about the wildlife immediately around them, even if you live in a suburb or a small village, this book will enrich you contact with nature and teach you how to find and see creatures you never even thought might be close by."鈥擭ick Brown, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
"Anyone looking for an urban nature manual will enjoy David Lindo鈥檚 How to Be an Urban Birder."鈥擯atrick Barkham, The Guardian
"An enjoyable and engaging introduction to the birding opportunities of even the most unlikely looking urban venue. . . . The content is refreshingly up to date too, with lots of handy hints about internet resources, smartphone apps, sound recording, phone-scoping etc. . . . The urban focus is the book鈥檚 USP, aiming to widen the birdwatching demographic beyond its traditional white, male, middle class, suburban and rural constituencies. If we are to retrieve any sort of connection with the natural world then the engagement of the city-dwelling majority will be vital. This book might be just the necessary catalyst."鈥擜ndy Stoddart, Rare Bird Alert
"This thorough, richly illustrated guide to urban birding reveals just how easy, accessible and fun the activity can be."鈥擳om Hodgkinson, Idler
"The central message is that there is a world of interest and joy on our doorsteps, even in the middle of London or Glasgow, if you just start looking."鈥�Scottish Birds
"There is much useful information in this book for anyone starting out in the birding world. . . . It is reasonably priced, attractively produced, clearly written and will make an idea stocking-fuller for a general wildlife enthusiast of anyone making their first foray into the world of birds."鈥擟live Herbert, London Naturalist
"[This] book is a treasure trove of information."鈥擩en Brown, The Happy Birder
"Following Lindo鈥檚 advice, one can learn to open one鈥檚 eyes and see that nature is right at the doorstep in the form of urban birds."鈥�Conservation Biology
鈥淓njoy this book, and make sure you look up鈥攄eep inside all of us is an Urban Birder!鈥濃�擩amie Oliver
