Looking for the Goshawk

A Quest in Search of an Elusive Bird of Prey

Looking for the Goshawk drar Conor Jameson på jakt etter hønsehauken. Hver episode skrives ut fra personlig erfaring, etterforskning og avdekking av informasjon fra forskning, utforskning og samtaler.

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Varenummer: 824104 Kategori:
Utgivelsesår:2018-02
Antall sider:368
Fotos - illustrasjoner:Ingen
Innbinding:Heftet
ISBN:9781472969170
Språk:Engelsk
Serie:Natural History Narratives
Forlag:Bloomsbury Publishing
Forfatter:Conor Mark Jameson

Looking for the Goshawk traces Conor Jameson’s travels in search of the Goshawk, a magnificent yet rarely seen (in Britain at least) raptor. Each episode of the narrative arises from personal experience, investigation, and the unearthing of information from research, exploration and conversations.

The journey takes him from an encounter with a stuffed Goshawk in a glass case, through travels into supposed Goshawk territories in Britain, to Berlin – where he finds the bird at ease in the city. Why, he wants to know, is the bird so rarely seen in Britain? He explores the politics of birdwatching, the sport of falconry and the impact of persecution on the recent history of the bird in Britain and travels the length of Britain, through central Europe and the USA in search of answers to the goshawk mystery. Throughout his journey he is inspired by the writings of T.H. White who told of his attempts to tame a Goshawk in his much-loved book.

It’s a gripping tale on the trail of a most mysterious and charismatic bird.

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