Kingdom of Daylight: Memories of a Birdwatcher, Peter Steyn, Penguin Random House, ISBN: 9780620742566
IN this autobiographical account of a lifetime spent observing, researching and photographing birds, Peter Steyn shares experiences that span 70 years.
His story starts and ends in Cape Town, but in between readers will glimpse the 17 years he spent in Zimbabwe, a time he recounts as his most productive in terms of ornithological research, his worldwide travels in a quest to study birds, his regular spells as a lecturer on cruise-ship voyages, trips from the Arctic to the Antarctic and to remote Southern Ocean islands and to several Indian Ocean islands and St Helena. To top it all off he includes his travels to the USA, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Ethiopia – all in pursuit of birds.
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The memoir captures the author’s great enthusiasm for birds and their role in shaping his life and experiences. The book is well illustrated and features more than 400 photographs taken during Peter’s lifelong journey with birds.
His passion for birds began at an early age, which saw him develop into both an expert bird photographer and author of nine books and numerous popular and scientific articles on the subject.
His published research on birds of prey, in particular, has been widely acclaimed. He has received the prestigious Gill Memorial Medal ‘for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the knowledge of southern African birds’ and the Steven Piper Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to raptor conservation and research.
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