''This is an epic journey by a man who-s not only obsessed with birds but who has a deep spiritual connection with the planet.''David Lindo, author of How to be an Urban Birder
The (Big) Year Flew By is the tale of one avid birder-s epic, record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 continents - in just 365 days - to see 6,852 bird species, many on the precipice of extinction.
Would Arjan Dwarshuis be able to break the coveted -Big Year- record, travelling around the world, navigating shifting climate emergencies and geopolitical challenges? His incredible and perilous journey took him over uninhabited islands, through dense, unforgiving rainforests, across snowy mountain peaks and into unrelenting deserts in a single year - pursuing a single goal.
The (Big) Yea
