Birds in a Cage

Derek Niemann

At Warburg Germany in 1941 four British PoWs find an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment when they form a birdwatching society and embark on an obsessive quest behind barbed wire.

Through their shared love of birds they overcome hunger hardship fear and stultifying boredom. Their quest draws in not only their fellow prisoners but also some of the German guards at great risk to them all...

Derek Niemann draws on original diaries letters and drawings to tell of how Conder Barrett Waterston and Buxton were forged by their experiences as POWs into the giants of post war wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on in institutions such as the RSPB and the British Wildlife Trust.

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