Twitching by numbers: A birder's account of his hectic life as he chases rare species across Britain and Ireland

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Peter Just finished reading. This book provides a fascinating detailed insight into the life of one the UK's top Twitchers covering the years from 1999 upto the present date covering over 200 twitches over this period and the stories behind each one. The passion that Garry has for his love of his family and twitching are second to none. It also contains some fantastic illustrations all done by the author. An easy reading style that is hard to put down. A top read for anyone interestedin birds , and will certainly help to motivate aspiring list keepers. Fantastic. But sections of soon came under the notice of feminist Lucy McRobert who, like him, is both a birder and a writer - but on a different wavelength and at the primmer end of the literary spectrum.

In the wake of the uproar, Mr Bagnell (55), an accountant, of Southwater in West Sussex, has both apologised for any upset he has caused and indicated that he now intends to rewrite his book, self-censoring the sections that have caused such offence. Twitching by Numbers: twenty-four years of chasing uncommon birds round Britain and Eire by Garry Bagnell is self printed.

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The book takes you through the various twitching adventures in the British Isles and aspects of my private life. I met an individual at work who introduced me into his hardcore world of Birdwatching called "Twitching".

Twitching by numbers: a birder’s account of his hectic life as he chases rare species across Britain and Ireland(revised edition) This was my first book and I didn't expect to get complaints about my single life between 2000 to 2002 (Chapter 2 to 4). I decided to remove the offending passages and rewrite these early years and republish as "Twitching by A birder's hectic life as he chases rare species across Britain and Ireland".The story starts in 1999 just after my 32nd Birthday and I've just ended my 18-year love affair with watching private jets around the world.