watch the birdy - Rated 
After seeing Mr. McGrath on the telly, i thought that if i saw his name in print it would be in a sunday tabloid along the lines of "Rory exposed in public park wearing nothing but a dirty mac and shouting watch the birdy".After reading this book i was pleasantly surprised.
His two main loves are his family and his hobby of "twitching". The book is very well written and the descriptions of the sight and sounds of birds are excellent.
It starts with a young Rory trying his best to get laid and falling in love. I couldn't put the book down,i wanted to see if he and JJ got together. It was obvious what JJ was upto,but when your in love, you are blind to what everybody else can see.
About three quarters through the book it got a little boring,i am not really interested in the latin name of birds or what different groups of birds are called, although very handy if your into quizes.
Towards the end Rory very cleverly gets you thinking one thing has happened but it is something else. He has a knack of keeping you guessing.
He does try to make you think that twitchers are better than trainspotters, but i think they are all the same ,just middle aged men with too much time and money and an obsession with lists.
The book is full of humour and very good descriptions of the birds that Rory sees.I think it would appeal not just to twitchers but any one who likes to see birds and who has a sense of humour, with a love story thrown in for good measure.I would have given it full marks,but i did get a little fed up with the latin.
Rory may yet still appear in a tabloid,but if he finds himself with plenty of time to spare i'm sure he could write another excellent book.
brilliant read - Rated 
brilliant read with a good twist at the end had me in stitches of laughter and i could not put it down. its a better book if you know a bit about birds. i will be looking out for any new books by Rory m
The pedant allows a proof reading howler - Rated
Rory McGrath is a self confessed pedant which comes across in this entertaining and educational book. I would have given it 5* but for the fact that the second half was a bit long, I worked out the twist long before the end (it must be obvious if I managed that!) and worst of all he spelt the eponymous Harrier as Montague's - there is no 'e', it's Montagu's tut tut tut!
Despite that it is well written, an easy read and there's some good schoolboy humour in it which did have me laughing out loud. I would have liked to know what happened to his friend Kramer who I thought was a great character.
Well worth a read, probably better if you have an interest in birdwatching.
More to this thank meets the eye - Rated
Funny; romantic; full of anecdotes and facts about British birds. And it has a huge, heartwarming twist on practically the last page, which when you've grasped it, works its way back through the whole of the rest of the book and lights up virtually everything else you've read. Highly recommended.
I can even excuse his being a Gooner - Rated
Part autobiography, part birding memoir, this is a light-hearted, funny glimpse into the world of British birdwatching as seen through the eyes of the author, a TV comedian and bird devotee. A great mix of amusing anecdotes, Linnean cleassification and tales of teenage angst, with a denoument that I guarantee will send you off smiling. An excellent book, well worth a read.
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