Part natural history book, part travel book this is informative, fascinating , funny and atmospheric. Horatio Clare takes the reader on his journey following migrating swallows, who travel from Wales to South Africa twice a year, although his journey is probably slightly more complicated and involves a few more mishaps than the birds he is trailing. A lovely book that will entertain and inform.
A journey of 6,000 miles across two continents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the expedition of a lifetime. By trains, cars, buses, motorbikes, trucks, canoes, planes, one camel and three ships, Horatio Clare followed migrating swallows (Hirundo rustica) from reed beds outside Bloemfontein, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May.
| Primary Genre | Travel |
A journey of 6,000 miles across two continents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the expedition of a lifetime.
A Single Swallow features in the following genres: Travel, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
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A Single Swallow was written by Horatio Clare and published by Vintage
