Chris Packham takes a kestrel from its nest, forming an all-consuming friendship which will eventually teach him hard lessons about love and loss.

Chris is a naturalist, nature photographer and author, best known for his BBC TV work. But in this lyrical and emotionally honest memoir, he reveals the life-events which would eventually shape him, and change him forever.

Chris brings to life his childhood in the 1970s, moving back and forth through time, to capture recent, more exposing recollections from adulthood.

Read by Chris Packham and Rachel Atkins.

Abridged by Jo Coombs
Producer: Pippa Vaughan

A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2016. Show less