Waiting for the Albino Dunnock How Birds Can Change Your Life

WAITING FOR THE ALBINO DUNNOCK is a passionate and fresh exploration of the world of birds through the seasons of a single year, written by a beginner-birdwatcher who is rooted in the landscapes of East Anglia. Although occasional journeys take the reader to truly wild places in the Outer Hebrides and Eastern Europe, the beauty of birds in ordinary experience has the power to change lives. This book describes encounters with particular birds and their extraordinary qualities, from science and wisdom traditions, ornithology and ornitheology, mythology and philosophy, to taxonomy and history, literature and folklore. Through this unique combination of prose poems, the author conveys the wider picture of what it means to be human in relationship to nature, exploring the degree to which wildness is embedded in the human psyche and how beauty is central to our mental and emotional wellbeing. WAITING FOR THE ALBINO DUNNOCK also highlights the careless damage we are inflicting on the natural world, urging readers to appreciate the beauty of birds and take actions to protect them.