8. Jamie Lafferty: An Inconvenience of Penguins

From Kings and Emperors to Macaronis and Rockhoppers, award-winning travel writer Jamie Lafferty has seen them all on a birding quest like no other. Now, Lafferty brrr-ings his penguin proficiency to Ilkley, recounting his voyages to some of the world’s most inaccessible landscapes to see all 18 species of penguin. Discover the history of our unique relationship with the world’s most popular bird, featuring cameos from human characters including Ernest Shackleton, Charles Darwin and Sir Francis Drake.

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