BIRD SCHOOL: A BEGINNER IN THE WOOD (PB)

Close to Adam Nicolson’s home in Sussex, there is a forgotten field overrun by bracken and thicketed by brambles. It is the haunt of many birds. This gorgeous book charts his attempt to encounter birds, to engage with a marvellous layer of life he had previously almost ignored. He wanted to look and listen, to return to ‘bird school’ and see what it might teach him. Beautifully written and woven through with philosophy, literature, science and a sense of wonder.