在这部隐居惊悚片中,在微风吹拂的萨福克泥滩上，一群鸟儿嘎吱作响，Roy Tunt徘徊其中，他是一个患有轻度强迫症的猎鸟者，看上去有点未老先衰。这一天，他的隐居生活中突然闯进了一个陌生的逃亡者，简短的介绍后，Roy Tunt发现他们能做些共同的交易，但警方的追捕让他们的关系走在了悲剧的边缘。
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have 'twitched' the entire British List. Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company. Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra's portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny. As the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge driving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.
