FROM WILDFOWLING AND FERRETING TO BINOCULARS. By Erik Walkden.

2013 1st edition. Large 8vo paperback (170 x 240mm). Ppviii,264. Colour and b/w photographs.

"Apart from spending time doing National Service in Northern France in the fifties, where Eric saw buzzards for the first time, his ensuing life was mainly involved in carpentry and building his own modest house, and renovating several others. Despite this rigorous occupation every available moment was taken up by his undying passion for shooting, ferreting and longnetting. Nowadays, birding is Eric's only pursuit. Even so, this consuming and gentle, fulfilling hobby has taken him to so many enchanting nooks and crannies up and down the country and over the sea to Spain and Portugal. Mostly locations well away from the tourist honeypots, where in most cases no one else would ever dream of going, except perhaps a Birder in search of something a little bit special."