Birdsong made a big impression on me earlier this year, so I’ve wanted to get acquainted with the feathery neighbours ever since. As soon as the opportunity turned up, Silvia and I attended the Guided Dawn Chorus at Tommy Earley’s farm.
When I first heard of the fact that spring in Ireland starts on 1st February, I couldn’t quite believe it. Why, Belarusian word for February – люты (luty) – literally means ruthless, fierce – meaning the frosts that usually reign over Eastern Europe on this month. So planting definitely doesn’t come up to my mind when I think of February…