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Cley has been described as'the Mecca of
ornithologists for the last 140 years', and Billy Bishop was
warden of the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust Nature Reserve at Cley
from 1937, eleven years after it had been started, until his
retirement in 1978. His memoirs are a fascinating account of a
world which has changed dramati- cally, from the days of the
Gentleman Gunners whose great objective in life was to shoot the
rarest birds for their collection, but who had an unrivalled
knowledge of their subject, to the modern methods of conservation
and management of habitat. Billy Bishop has some marvellous
stories to tell, both of past characters, gunmen and wildfowlers,
and of the birdwatchers and photographers of today. But his book
is also the story of the successful creation of a superb reserve,
and of the many unusual birds which have been seen there. A
checklist of the birds sighted at Cley, with brief notes on their
rarity, is included, as are extracts from his diary as warden,
with the highlights of forty years' work, including the return of
lost breeding species such as the black- tailed godwit, the
avocet and the bittern, and the story of how an injured bittern
which he had rescued helped to solve the vexed question of how
bitterns boomed. This delightful book will be a must for the bird-
watcher, but will also appeal to a much wider audience.
Hardback;Line drawings and frontis by Wilf Garfit.1983.133pp.b/w plts,sketches and maps.Vg in d/w £19.50 to order by telephone dial +44 (outside UK) (0) 1665 713954
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