Jim Emerton is a lifelong lover of the wilderness and the creatures of
the countryside. Though he is best known for his prowess as a breeder of
racing pigeons, Jim is also a great enthusiast for wildlife and in his
day was a keen wildfowler. In this book he recalls the joys of an
innocent childhood in the Lincolnshire Wolds spent watching and
sometimes hunting for the wild birds and animals that fascinated him and
some of the great country characters he came to know. He also reflects
on the new and more philosophical perspective on nature and the wild
which the years have given him.