The Barley Bird: Notes on the Suffolk Nightingale

Richard Mabey is possibly one of the UK’s best-loved nature writers. Currently based in Suffolk, Richard focuses on the Nightingale, the species that greeted him, many years ago when he first moved to the county. A bird of myth and folk-lore, poetry and art, Richard weaves his own experiences of Nightingales in Suffolk and further a-field, with the writings of others. A beautiful and thoughtful little book.

Book reviewed by Su Gough