Bird Talk… 29 Poems to Give Us Joy and to Celebrate Our British Birdlife.

My latest poetry book is out and available in the store.

All the pictures are mine, drawn from birds I have actually seen.

A lovely present for those that love to see birds!

The cover picture features three birds found sitting in a field nearby on a hot sunny day during lockdown — friends for the afternoon.

The poems are written in first person, either from the view of the bird (if birds could talk our language) or from myself observing. Most of them were written during lockdown, when there was plenty of time for communication — albeit hidden out of sight, but usually having offered food to encourage them near. Then there were our walks along the riverbanks around Henley on Thames, where I would try the Merlin App on my phone to identify those I couldn’t see but only hear.