Birdsong In A Time Of Silence 9780857072795

Birdsong In A Time Of Silence 9780857072795A lyrical celebration of birdsong, and the rekindling of a deep passion for nature.'At this time of year, blackbirds never simply fly: instead, like reluctantly retired officers, they're always "on manoeuvres", and it's easy to see from their constant agitation that for them every flower bed is a bunker, every shed a redoubt and every hedge bottom a potential place of ambush'As the world went silent in lockdown, something else happened; for the first

means blending in and leaving well enough alone

and no one ever forgets

In practical thematic chapters Claire covers the crisis points where panic can hit: job interviews

When his sudden stroke makes headlines

Somehow Apollo has made it out alive

their friends and families

siblings are chosen to take part in a special otter display

Margaret Atwood was a poet

Stepping up where others had failed

Because Fallon is not only a powerful 'Uncanny' - she also has a pivotal role to play in the bloody battles ahead

Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok

through meadows and on mountain paths where familiar garden plants run wild