Tim Dee has been a birdwatcher for more than fifty years. His books include The Running Sky, Four Fields, and Landfill. He edited Ground Work, and with Simon Armitage, co-edited The Poetry of Birds. His most recent book is Greenery: Journeys in Springtime.
‘No bird could ever be seen by our naked eye as Bou shows it, but every flying bird actually moves in that way.’
‘A nightjar is a dusty carpet whose pattern has absorbed into it every tread.’
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