A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Vibrant, fascinating, poetic - a year in living things: all the
things we love, all the things we wish we could, all the little things
we step over and never know - the best of British wildlife from two
superb naturalists and writers' CHRIS PACKHAM
From blackbirds, beavers and beetles to tawny owls, natterjack toads
and lemon slugs. Every day of the year, winter or summer, in every
corner of the British Isles, there's plenty to see if you know where -
and how - to look.
From encounters with the curious black redstart, which winters on our
rocky coasts, to the tiny green snowdrop shoots that are the first sign
that spring might be round the corner. And from the blossom-time and
dawn choruses of April and May into the abundant noisiness of summer,
where days start with hawker dragonflies and drowsy bumblebees and end
with glow-worms and ghost moths; to autumn when in the early morning
mist of London's Richmond Park male red deer lock horns in competition
for a mate.
Nature is always full of surprises - whether it's the strange behaviour
of clothes moths or the gruesome larder of the strike. Distilling two
lifetimes' knowledge, expert insight and enthusiasm, award-winning
authors and passionate naturalists Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss take
us through the year, day by day, sharing the unexpected delights that we
can experience in our skies, beaches, rivers, fields, forests and back
gardens. There are all kinds of adventures waiting on your doorstep, any
day of the year, all you need is Wonderland.
