I read much of it on my recent flight to and from Aberdeen and I was just in the mood for an untaxing, but entertaining, tale.Ī Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson is published by Penguin.Ī Message from Martha by Mark Avery is published by Bloomsbury. The author is a zoologist with a PhD in Australian natural history writing – perhaps the only member of that species? If you are heading out to East Africa it would while away the flight very pleasantly – but don’t order it thinking that it will help you sort out the identification of the Sokoke Pipit because it won’t. This is a light-hearted romantic comedy with a bird on a good many pages, and each chapter is named after a bird too. Will Mr Malik get the girl – or will he be given the bird? On the weekly bird walks of the East African Ornithological Society romance is stirring. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. It’s a somewhat novel novel being a story of love amongst birders. A Guide to the Birds of East Africa - Ebook written by Nicholas Drayson. This is not a Field Guide – it’s a novel.
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