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'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMES
The Sunday Times Bestseller - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017
Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake…
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1 author picked The Running Hare as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is another absolute gem of a book: about the English countryside and its wildlife. It is atmospheric, evocative, authoritative, informative, fascinating, closely observed, and well-researched. It is sobering too though about how intensive agriculture is destroying our natural heritage, and it is food for thought for those of us who enjoy travelling to enjoy wildlife tourism when the key species in our own back yards are struggling so.
Lewis-Stempel is a lyrical writer: ‘Up on those dark but heavenly hills skylarks sang, otters swam in the brook, and polecats eyed up the chickens. Where our friend lived was…
From Jane's list on enjoying wildlife when travelling.
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