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WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022

'A beautiful inspirational tale set in an extraordinary time.' Ray Mears

'Wonderful ... they don't come much more expert than James Aldred' Lauren Laverne

What happens to nature when we are no longer there?

In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred…


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1 author picked Goshawk Summer as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

There were quite a lot of books written during lockdown, as the enforced isolation created new contexts for connecting with nature close to home.

In summer 2020 James Aldred was in the position of having a large part of the New Forest mostly to himself, and a chance to immerse himself in the company of goshawks and other wild creatures. James was filming the hawks for a BBC documentary, with many hours spent in a hide, camera pointed at the nest, watching, waiting. This gives the book some of the self-contained, moment-in-time-and-place intensity of T. H. White’s Goshawk book. 

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