Len Howard

«Un día, mientras acariciaba a Torzal le dije: “Bésame”. Con gran sorpresa mía se apresuró a rozar mi nariz con su pico, que es el beso del pájaro. Imaginé que esa reacción era casual, pero al día si

Enchanting and fascinating, discover the extraordinary world of Britains ordinary garden birds, related.In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden great tits, blue tits, robins, blackbirds, willow warblers and many others. Len lived the rest of her life alongside her bird neighbours, with some sleeping in her bedroom and many flitting in and out all day long.This edition contains the two books she wrote about the birds, Birds as Individuals and Living with Birds. They are studies not just of bird behaviour but of their character, intelligence, singing voices, likes and dislikes. Enchanting, life-enriching, revelatory and completely original, this is a gorgeous evocation of a life lived in intimate contact with nature and a book about birds unlike any other.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MOSSCONTAINS BIRDS AS INDIVIDUALS AND LIVING WITH BIRDSPraise for Birds as IndividualsA unique, engaging and elegant insight into the lives of our precious and magical songbirds Arthur ParkinsonIt impressed and moved me very much Steven Lovatt, author of Birdsong in a Time of Silence

«Esta tarde, antes de empezar a escribir sobre sus vidas, me acerqué a la ventana a contemplar el crepúsculo otoñal desvaneciéndose hacia el anochecer mientras se o¡a el último piar de un mirlo desde

«Un día, mientras acariciaba a Torzal le dije: "Bésame". Con gran sorpresa mía se apresuró a rozar mi nariz con su pico, que es el beso del pájaro. Imaginé que esa reacción era casual, pero al día si

«Esta tarde, antes de empezar a escribir sobre sus vidas, me acerqué a la ventana a contemplar el crepúsculo otoñal desvaneciéndose hacia el anochecer mientras se oía el último piar de un mirlo desde

Enter the secret lives of Britain s ordinary garden birds and the brilliant unconventional woman who opened her doors to them In the late 1930s Len Howard packed up her life in London bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there This was to be Bird Cottage a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden great tits blue tits robins blackbirds willow warblers and many others Len lived the rest of her life alongside her bird neighbours with some sleeping in her bedroom and many flitting in and out all day long This is the book she wrote about the birds a study not just of their behaviour but their individual personalities We learn about their intelligence emotional lives and characters their capacity for play and humour the range of their song their likes and dislikes and their bond with Len Enchanting life enriching revelatory and completely original this is a gorgeous evocation of a life lived in intimate contact with nature and a book about birds unlike any other A unique engaging and elegant insight into the lives of our precious and magical songbirds Arthur Parkinson A quiet revelation of attentiveness and sympathy It impressed and moved me very much Steven Lovatt author of Birds