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Since recording this chat in 2020, Jonathan has become a dear friend. He loves music and the arts, he's funny & charismatic, so learned & yet down to earth & modest. We have loved getting to know him. I hope you enjoy listening back to this interview, the 3rd installment of Into the Birds available Backstage now.
https://www.thejoyformidable.com/pages/backstage-songs/
Jonathan Elphick is a Welsh natural history writer, editor and consultant. He is an eminent ornithologist a qualified zoologist; Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He is author of The Birdwatcher's Handbook: A Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland;[1] Birds: The Art of Ornithology[2] and The Natural History Museum Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds,[3] which received Bird Watching Magazine's 'Best Bird Reference Book of the Year'; as well as co-author of the Encyclopedia of Animals;[4] the RSPB Pocket Birds; A Unique Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe with Jonathan Woodward[5] and The National Parks and other Wild Places of Britain and Ireland, with photography by David Tipling.[6]
He has also been consultant, editor or author on a variety of other books, articles and CD-ROMs including Coastline with Greenpeace and the BBC production of The Realms of the Russian Bear.
Jonathan's most recent book is available to preorder now (2024)
This is the gift size edition ar
The book features early, skillfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures.
This reduced size edition is chunky yet portable, and retains the lavish finish of the original gift book. The outstanding selection of images from the unrivaled collection at the Natural History Museum includes exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous bird artists ever published including Audubon, Lear, MacGillivray and Gould.
