This book is not only about birds – it travels beyond the peculiarities of birdwatching. But birds are the focus because they are the medium most of us can best use to communicate once more with nature. They are the most visible … they make us aware of our environment. Our environment is not just a ‘green thing’. It is the air we breathe and the quality of life we enjoy. It touches all our lives. All our beliefs. All our values …

HAVE WINGS, WILL FLY

A celebration of life and landscapes

Harvey Tyson

…It will become a natural history classic, like The plains of Camdeboo…

This is a kaleidoscope of Southern Africa – everyone should read this book.

You will be inspired as you were when you read Jonathan Livingstone Seagull

This book is a mix of the author’s life and travels, encounters with interesting people, and his fascination for birds, blending history and spicy anecdotes to give us an intriguing ‘potjie’ that is difficult to put down.