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 Listen to Excess Baggage for 17 July 2004
BIRDING AROUND THE WORLD
17 July 2004
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig dons her binoculars and heads for the Old Moor RSPB bird reserve in South Yorkshire where her guests recount their tales of worldwide close encounters of the avian kind.
Guests:
Stephen Moss, Writer and Television producer
Stephen is a writer and television producer specialising in birds and other wildlife. He works at the BBC Natural History Unit, producing the television series 'Birding with Bill Oddie'. He writes the ‘Birdwatch’ column in the Guardian. His latest book ‘A Bird in the Bush’ ISBN: 1 85410 993 6 is published by Aurum Press.
Niall Ashdown, Comedian, writer, performer, birder
Niall is a comedian, actor, improviser and writer. He is a regular guest with the Comedy Store Players. He has been an enthusiastic birder since childhood and in 2000 Niall accompanied his father on an organised birding trip to Hungary. This trip provided the inspiration for his one man show Hungarian Bird Festival, subsequently adapted for radio.
William Fiennes, Journalist, author and amateur bird enthusiast
William Fiennes has contributed to the Observer, the Daily Telegraph and the Times Literary Supplement. His first book ‘The Snow Geese’ ISBN 0-330-37579-2 is published by Picador and is about his journey to the United States and Canada to follow the migration of the snow geese.
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Birdlife International
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