Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood By Adam Nicolson Special edition From the Walter Scott Prize-winning

From the Walter Scott Prize-winning author of The Gallows Pole comes a powerful new novel about an unlikely friendship between a young man and an older woman

Despite all of the odds

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she has only one reason to get out of bed each day: her ten-year-old son Dylan

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood By Adam Nicolson Special edition From the Walter Scott Prize-winningPublished: 09 04 2026 A feast for mind and soul, a treasure trove of insights into the enigmatic and enchanting world of the birds we share our lives with but barely notice. I have learnt so much. Every page is a thrill. Bird School has opened my eyes' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding Step into the hide for a glorious new encounter with the British wild Close to Adam Nicolsons home in Sussex, there is a forgotten field overrun by bracken and thicketed