Were I ever to become the man of moneyed leisure I’ve always wanted to be, I would immediately purchase an entire set of the Collins New Naturalist Series, spend an uninterupted year reading every single volume from cover to cover, and then pack myself and my family off to England where we would remain indefinitely. A man can dream, can’t he?
Peace and good bird watching.
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