Why read Goshawk Summer?

Book cover of Goshawk Summer: A New Forest Season Unlike Any Other

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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

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

Conor Mark Jameson

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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.

From Conor's list on The best books about the Goshawk – the "Phantom of the Forest".