The jottings of a great observer of nature’s minutiae.
Book review: ‘Notes From Walnut Tree Farm’ by Roger Deakin
Nature & Place Books
Book review: ‘Watling Street’ by John Higgs
Travels through Britain and its ever-present past.
Book review: ‘Our Place’ by Mark Cocker
Can we save Britain’s wildlife before it’s too late?
Book review: ‘In Patagonia’ by Bruce Chatwin
Wandering about Patagonia with no clear plan in mind.
Book review: ‘The Last Wilderness’ by Neil Ansell
A journey into silence.
Book review: ‘The Dun Cow Rib’ by John Lister-Kaye
A very natural childhood.
Book review: ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek’ by Annie Dillard
Pulitzer-Prize-winning ruminations on the natural world.
Darwin on earthworms: small change writ large
A review of Charles Darwin's wonderful final book, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits’.
Nature Book Reader
My recommendations for some top nature reading have been included in the updated Caught by the River Nature Book Reader webzine.
Book Review: ‘60 Degrees North’ by Malachy Tallack
Around the world in search of home.