Keeping The Birds Happy This Winter

Keeping The Birds Happy This Winter

My wife Liza and I live in deepest Norfolk. The view from the kitchen window, which is where I do a lot of my bird watching, looks out on to the garden. There’s an orchard we’ve planted – apples, pears, plums, a quince and a nut tree – and at the bottom of the garden...
H Is For Hawk… And Heffers

H Is For Hawk… And Heffers

Last Thursday I went to Heffers bookshop in Cambridge for a book signing of my book, A Sparrowhawk’s Lament. Sharing this event with me was Helen Macdonald who has written a cracking good best seller, H is for Hawk. About a hundred people had braved the arctic blast...