Tales of City Birds: a love letter of sorts

I get woken up at 4am by geese having a scrap

Photo: Kitiara Pascoe

We live our lives in the company of birds. They hop around the table legs of street cafes, shit on our cars and soar overhead.

There’s possibly no type of wild animal we see more often and perhaps that’s why I love them so much. They’re just always around.

They’re such a part of our everyday lives that sometimes we don’t even notice them until something draws our attention, like a startling piece of birdsong above us in the park, or a seagull dive-bombing your sandwich.

Tales of City Birds

I’ve lived in Exeter twice and in four different houses all around the city. As a result, I feel like I’ve experienced possibly the entire spectrum of the city’s birds.

And trust me, there’s a lot.

Photo by Mehdi Sepehri on Unsplash

The Bookshop

The first time I really got up and personal with one of these omnipresent creatures in Exeter was at my old job in a bookshop.

I was opening up at 9am one rather lovely Saturday morning. As I opened the double…