Living with Birds
$32.58
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
17 June 2025
Summary
The follow-up to Len Howard’s groundbreaking Birds as Individuals - classic nature writing for bird lovers.
Len Howard forged extraordinary relationships with the birds in her Sussex garden during the 1950s. This groundbreaking work in bird studies is also a captivating and immersive piece of nature writing.
This bird biography tells the story of one exceptional Great Tit called Star. In opening her home to wild birds, Len Howard gained their trust and made astonishin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784879358 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784879355 |
| Author: | Len Howard |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 17 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 136mm x 205mm |
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Critics Review
Howard is one of the foremost students of animal behaviour * Guardian *
Howard seems to have stood on the brink of communication with a wild bird, something till now hardly conceivable…awe-inspiring * Observer *
Len Howard
Len Howard (1894-1973) was a British naturalist and musician best known for her studies of birds, published as Birds as Individuals (1952) and Living with Birds (1956).
In her early life, Howard pursued a career in music in London, giving music lessons, organising concerts for the children of the poor and playing the viola professionally in an orchestra under Malcolm Sargent. In 1938, she purchased a plot of land outside the village of Ditchling, Sussex, and built the house she called Bird Cottage. There she developed an intimate and unusual relationship with the wild birds in the area, providing food (including her own war rations), chasing away predators, tending to damaged nests, and allowing the birds to fly and roost throughout her home. Her musical training gave her a unique insight into the diverse character of birdsong. Howard died at Bird Cottage in 1973.
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