Like many of my generation, my early teenage interest in birds was nurtured on a diet of 'Nature Parliament' and 'Look'. I remember listening enthralled as Peter Scott related tales from his recent visits to East Africa, while James Fisher endeavoured to cap them with some of his extensive North American bird knowledge. The early 'Look' programmes, in black-and-white of course, introduced millions to na

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