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Fledgling joys: a week in the country

Fledgling joys: a week in the country

The unlooked-for delights and wisdoms of bird-watching in the Normandy bocage

Mathew Lyons
Jun 28, 2025
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We spent last week at a gite deep in the Normandy farmlands decompressing after what has been a lousy nine months or so. I’ve written before about the landscape in this part of the world; but its lus…

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