Sappi Tree Spotting: Lifer List. 2012. illus. 120 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

A new addition to the popular series that is designed toenhance this fast-growing eco-hobby in southern Africa. The Tree-spotter can record memorable meetings with trees, or be they by Habitat, Ecozone or Biome, or even by Province or holiday/recreation destination. It has long been a habit of birders to gloat of 180 species in Kruger ticked off over one long weekend in summer, now Tree Spotters can compete on equal terms. Over the past decade there has been a movement in southern Africa to rationalise the common names of both birds and trees. This initiative has culminated into the Lifer List, a comprehensive list that for the first time has been agreed upon by all eight authors, a group of highly qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, representing the five organisations that have endorsed the list.