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The British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the late summer of 1914 has been referred to as The Best British Army Ever Sent to War as it was one of the most highly trained and disciplined forces in the world. It was also the Best Birdwatching Army Ever Sent to War for among its ranks were hundreds of both amateur and professional ornithologists. When not fighting many soldiers turned to birdwatching as a way of wiling away the long hours spent on guard duty or watching over no man's land. As a result, the hobby ranked as one of the most popular past-times for soldiers at the front, on a par with smoking, writing, games, gambling, sport and shooting rats. The list of birds seen by soldiers serving in all the theaters of war was truly impressive ranging from the common like sparrows, skylarks and swallows to the exotic like golden orioles, hoopoes and bee-eaters. It was not just at the battle front that birds found themselves in the firing line but also on the home front. Birds provided inspiration for politicians, poets and painters who carried on despite the terrible conflict raging all around them. For the Foreign Secretary Edward Grey, who worked tirelessly to preserve peac

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Author

Nicholas Milton, Becky Speight, Ben Shelton

Publisher

Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781399070577

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Nature, Natural History