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“…I grew to appreciate the company of people who listen to the world. They don’t feel the need to talk all the while. They were alert to bird-cries, waves sucking on rocks, a rope frittering against a mast.”

Nature Silence Company Talking Scotland Birds Waves

Book:Findings

Source: Findings

“Knowing birds is like being fluent in a foreign language, or adept with a musical instrument.”

Language Nature Music Scotland Birds

Book:Findings

Source: Findings

“No Orkney weather lasts long, and you can see new weather coming a long way off. There are frequent scraps of rainbow. And birds. At any point you can stop walking, or pull over and lower the car window and hear the cries of peewits and tremulous curlews.”

Nature Weather Rainbow Scotland Birds Outdoors Orkney Bird Calls

Book:Findings

Source: Findings