Biggest Twitch

Ruth Miller and Alan Davies are self-confessed birding obsessives from North Wales. Alan is currently warden of the RSPB reserve at Conwy. Ruth is a marketing consultant, and former Head of Trading for the RSPB. They dedicated one year of their lives to beating the birder's world record and smashing the seemingly impossible target of 4,000 species in a single calendar year.

• Foreword by Kenn KaufmanIntroductionPrologue: 1 January, 4am, ArizonaPart One: New year, new world1-3 January, Arizona, USA4-11 January, Mexico11-12 January, Houston, USA12-27 January, EcuadorPart Two: African adventure29 January-1 February, North Wales2-26 February, Ethiopia26-27 February, Kenya27 February-16 March, GhanaPart Three: European springtime17-18 March, UK19-25 March, Cyprus26 March-12 April, SpainPart Four: Back across the pond13-16 April, Texas: Part One17-21 April, Panama22-24 April, Texas: Part Two25 April-1 May, California1-6 May, Canada7-11 May, Cape May, USAPart Five: Europe High and Low12-14 May, North Wales15-28 May, Cyprus and Turkey30 May-12 June, Finland, Estonia and NorwayPart Six: Latin reprise14-30 June, Brazil: Part One1-7 July, Argentina9-14 July, Brazil: Part Two15 July-10 August, Peru12-25 August, UK: Bird Fair and the BankPart Seven: Back to Africa26 August-10 September, South Africa: Part One11-29 September, Zambia and Malawi29 September-4 October, South Africa: Part Two5-7 October, NamibiaPart Eight: End game9 October-6 November, Australia8-13 November, Malaysia14 November-17 December, India21-31 December, Southern EcuadorEpilogue: Life after The Biggest Twitch

There are casual birdwatchers and there are twitchers who'll fly halfway around the world to spot a cactus wren. Davies and Miller are the latter...entertaining anecdotes with real honesty...even non-bird-buffs may be inspired to get out the binoculars.