A BIRD TOO FAR: Travels of a Biking Birder

5895 miles, 15 countries, 6 mountain ranges, 243 bird species, 43 "Lifers". This is a travel story, an epic tale of biking and birding across Europe, a motorbike pilgrimage through southern and eastern Europe from one birding hot-spot to the next. It is also a personal journey from one century and millennium into another. With old age seeming not too far away, Rob can see the birding seasons left in his life shrinking to just a few; time running out to see the mass migration of birds of prey across the Straits of Gibraltar, or to visit the ancient marshes and forests of Poland. He might do none of those things unless he gets on his bike - right now!REVIEWS: " One good thing about this book is that it is far from your average bird book. This really is a good thing ... the book gets into the nitty-gritty of the travel and encounters with many characters ... with some great birds - Bearded Vultures and bustards are hard to beat - and we get a good idea of what it means to a 53-year-old man to see some birds before it's too late." Rob Hume - Birdwatch Magazine"Many people seek a hook on which to hang their journey ... others just get on with it, are true to themselves, and don't seem to notice that they have produced something unique ... birding and indeed biking is only half the story ... I learned a lot and really enjoyed it." Paddy Tyson - Overland Magazine