A Year in the Life of the Hedge Accentor, a small bird in a small English valley. Translated from the English by Hilde Linnert. "I can't remember reading a more touching, moving book in recent years than this." Elke Heidenreich in her book recommendation for WDR 2. The story of the Hedge Accentor begins in the biting cold of January. There is nothing left to eat; everything has frozen in the snowstorm. The little bird leaves its territory, sets out on a search, and eventually finds shelter in a barn. For a year, we accompany the Hedge Accentor, from its successful survival of the icy winter to the search for a faithful companion and the arduous nest building in a hedge. Life and death are closely intertwined. All of this takes place in a small English valley. It tells of the people who live there and the animals that share their lives.