Dominic Couzens is a British birder, author

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 and journalist

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 specialising in avian

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 and natural history

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 subjects.

He contributes regularly to Bird Watching

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and BBC Wildlife

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magazines; and is also a professional field trip

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 guide. His books The Secret Lives of Garden Birds, The Secret Lives of British Birds, and The Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife all received praise, with the former selected by The Guardian

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as one of the best wildlife books of 2004, an accolade also received by the Secret Lives of British Birds, and the latter picked as one of best new nature books of Spring 2008 by The Times

The Times

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