"Bird Life at Home and Abroad" is a wonderful little volume full of anecdotes and observations related to bird watching across the globe. These musings and recollections are highly readable and interesting, and are not to be missed by fans of ornithology or nature writing. Contents include: "The Flamingo in France", "Provence in Autumn", "The Mere", "The Shore", "Hautes-Pyr n es", "Basses-Pyr n es", "In the Bay of Biscay", "The Shetlands", "Boxie...