12 Birds to Save Your Life: Nature's Lessons in Happiness

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This is no ordinary ornithology, but one that portrays the very essence of each bird through a very human lens and shows us that both solace and joy can be ours by merely observing with an open eye and an open heart John Wright, author of The Forager's Calendar Charlie described to me how he preferred the word melancholy to depression in describing what he went through. ‘I think most of us suffer from it,’ he argued, ‘it’s part of the cycle, part of the human condition.’ Losing our connection with nature makes it harder to understand that: ‘we are less able to deal with it today because we are less connected to the earth moving around the sun.’ An important book, woven with the countryside and catharsis. Also instructive into which birds to look for and how to recognise their calls and song. Written by a true countryman and loving son The Field From dawn choruses to the first chiffchaff calls of spring, Charlie Corbett shows how the changing seasons can bring happy natural rhythms to times of hardship National Geographic Traveller

12 Birds to Save Your Life - Penguin Books New Zealand 12 Birds to Save Your Life - Penguin Books New Zealand

Totally absorbing and completely engaging on so many levels... Charlie has opened my eyes to the constant joy of the sights and sounds of the birds that surround us. It is a book that really will save lives Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes

Charlie Corbett (C1 1990-95) has written a book, “ 12 Birds to Save Your Life – Finding Happiness in Nature“, due to be published in June. By reconnecting with the wildlife all around him, through learning to understand, love, and begin to move with the rhythms of the natural world outside his door, Charlie discovered nature's powerful ability to heal. At a time of great anxiety and uncertainty, while coping with the untimely death of his mother, Charlie Corbett realised his perspective on life was slipping. In a moment of despair, he found himself - somewhat damp - lying on the side of a lonely hill staring up at a leaden sky, a melancholy drizzle seeping into his bones. At a time of great anxiety and uncertainty, while coping with the untimely death of his mother, Charlie Corbett realised his perspective on life was slipping. In a moment of despair, he found himself – somewhat damp – lying on the side of a lonely hill staring up at a leaden sky, a melancholy drizzle seeping into his bones.

12 Birds to Save Your Life - Penguin Books UK 12 Birds to Save Your Life - Penguin Books UK

Such is the power of these creatures to raise you from life's periodic depths. Through twelve characterful birds, Charlie show us that there is joy to be found in the very smallest of events - if we know where to look, and how to listen. From solitary skylarks to squabbling sparrows, he explores the place of these birds in our history, culture and landscape, noting what they look like and where you're most likely to meet them.Such is the power of these creatures to raise you from life’s periodic depths. Through twelve characterful birds, Charlie show us that there is joy to be found in the very smallest of events – if we know where to look, and how to listen. From solitary skylarks to squabbling sparrows, he explores the place of these birds in our history, culture and landscape, noting what they look like and where you’re most likely to meet them. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. This is no misery memoir . . . The story moves apace to its uplifting conclusion, that Nature is the best medicine Country Life