Owl Sense

'Her softness took my breath away. Deadly beauty. She turned her face towards me. The owl's massive facial disc produces a funnel for sound that is the most effective in the animal kingdom' Owls have captivated the human imagination for millennia. We have fixated on this night hunter as predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom, something pretty to print on a tote bag or portent of doom. Darlington sets out to tell a new story. Her fieldwork begins with wild encounters in the British Isles and takes her to the frosted borders of the Arctic. In her watching and deep listening to the natural world, she cleaves myth from reality and will change the way you think of this magnificent creature. A Bbc Radio 4 Book Of The Week Longlisted For The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018 A Guardian Book Of The Year 2018 The Owl Has Captivated The Human Imagination For Millennia; As A Predator, Messenger, Emblem Of Wisdom Or Portent Of Doom. Owl Sense Tells A New Story. On 'owl Walks' With Her Teenage Son, Benji, Miriam Darlington Begins A Quest To Identify Every European Species Of This Elusive Bird. From Britain She Travels To Spain, France, Serbia And Finland, And To The Frosted Borders Of The Arctic. Along The Way, However, Benji Succumbs To A Mysterious And Disabling Illness, And Miriam's Endeavour Soon Becomes Entangled With The Search For His Cure. Bringing The Strangeness And Magnificence Of Owls To Life, Owl Sense Is A Book About Wildness In Nature But Also In The Unpredictable Course Of Our Human Lives.