{"product_id":"9780008490850_bird-school-a-beginner-in-the-wood","title":"Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A feast for mind and soul, a treasure trove of insights into the enigmatic and enchanting world of the birds we share our lives with but barely notice. I have learnt so much. Every page is a thrill. \u003cem\u003eBird School \u003c\/em\u003ehas opened my eyes' Isabella Tree, author of \u003cem\u003eWilding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStep into the hide for a glorious new encounter with the British wild\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose to Adam Nicolson’s home in Sussex, there is a forgotten field overrun by bracken and thicketed by brambles. It is the haunt of deer and many birds – nightingales, the occasional cuckoo, ravens, robins, owls and in summer the sweet-singing warblers that come north from Africa to breed in English woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe built a small shed amongst the trees with nesting boxes and bird feeders. Cocooned inside, season after season, he got to know the birds: where they nest, how they sing, how they mate and fight, what preys on them, what they are like as living things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and woven through with philosophy, literature, science and a sense of wonder, always conscious that that this is an age in which the natural world is under siege, \u003cem\u003eBird School \u003c\/em\u003epulls back the curtain on seemingly ordinary birds, taking a long, careful and concerned look at our relationship with the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eGolden threads of literary, philosophical and scientific insight run through Nicolson’s book, along with a sense that we are embarking on an adventure with him into a realm that we cannot hope to fully understand' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A worthy addition to a literary lineage that stretches back to the 18th-century writer and naturalist Gilbert White…\u003cem\u003eBird School\u003c\/em\u003e, then, is a fitting title: we should learn to rekindle our enduring love affair with birds, before they vanish from our sight' \u003c\/strong\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adam Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47275075436693,"sku":"9780008490850","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008490850.png?v=1776889997","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008490850_bird-school-a-beginner-in-the-wood","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}