A rustle in the hedge is followed by scuffling noises. Then a loud, high-pitched trilling blasts out. With a nervous flick of the wings, a little brown bird with grey-blue markings on its head shows itself, a hedge sparrow.
02 March 2017, The Tablet
Glimpses of Eden
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