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The Peregrine

by J.A. Baker · 1967

★★★★★ 5/5 · ALLO'S PICK
A year spent following peregrine falcons across the English countryside, transforming the act of watching into something close to mysticism. The most obsessive nature writing ever committed to paper.
Allo's take
Baker didn't just watch birds — he tried to become one. The prose is so concentrated it reads like poetry. Robert Macfarlane calls it the greatest nature book in English.
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