What I love most about writing this column, as well as the ever-present excuse to pop out birdwatching (“It’s work love!”) is the fascinating people I meet from the birdwatching community. And these particular folk had some amazing stories to tell, as well as some great photos…
The Urban Naturalist 
Love the article! Great idea!
Have you come across this little gem? It sits on my shelf as a treasured gift from an A Level Greek student who went on to study Assyriology! Has there ever been a more appropriate gift?!
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Thanks Paul. What’s the little gem? sadly I can’t see it 😦
Birding Babylon – A Soldier’s Journal from Iraq. Jonathan Trouern-Trend (2006).
Absolutely! & I’ve quoted from it in the feature 🙂
🙂 Must find time to write a retrospective piece on the birds seen from my classroom…