“As the birdsong season winds down, a few birds are still singing lustily. One of these blessed birds is the yellowhammer. Multiple-brooded, the male is seized with the need to keep going. On a summer day it might repeat its ditty 7, 000 times.”
We get to know a little bit more about the yellowhammer in the July issue of The Simple Things. For 12 months of avian delights, we’ve got three copies of A Year of Birdsong by Dominic Couzens, with illustrations by Madeleine Floyd and published by Batsford to give away.
To enter click here and answer a simple question. We’ll pick the three winners at random. Good luck!