Explore the secret lives of Britain's common garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them. In the late 1930s, Len Howard left her life in London, bought a piece of land in Sussex, and built a small house. This was Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to garden birds – robins, sparrows, and many others. Len spent the rest of her life close to her bird neighbors, with some sleeping in her bedroom and many coming and going all day.

This is the book she wrote about the birds – a study not only of their behavior but also of their individual personalities. We learn about their intelligence, their emotional lives and characters, their capacity for playfulness and humor, the variety of their songs, their likes and dislikes, and their connection with Len.

Enchanting, life-enriching, revelatory, and utterly original, this book is a splendid rendition of a life lived in close touch with nature and a book about birds unlike any other.

‘A unique, striking, and elegant insight into the lives of our precious and magical songbirds’ Arthur Parkinson

‘A quiet revelation of attentiveness and sympathy. It moved me and greatly impressed me’ Steven Lovatt, author of Birdsong in a Time of Silence

Pages: 208, Publication Year: 0225, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm