"At last! An up to date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written" Bill Oddie 20020614 "A natural history version of Fever Pitch... Reading it may even make you want to try out this strangely addictive past time for yourself" Guardian 20020614 "Intensely readable, very funny and highly enlightening" New Scientist "With a mixture of well-chosen anecdotes and self-deprecating humour, Cocker succeeds in making event he most hardened cynic appreciate his passion. Birders is a stylish work in a long tradition of fine writing on the subject" Guardian "The best account yet of the "tribe" and its wonderful, unworldly passions" The Times
