Rhythms of Nature

Wildlife and Wild Places Between the Moors

Ian Carter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2022
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78427-356-9 (ISBN)

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After a career in conservation, Ian Carter moves to a secluded farmhouse tucked away in the low hills of mid-Devon between Exmoor and Dartmoor. Here he tries new approaches to connecting with the local countryside – from following streams wherever they may lead, to night-time rambles or simply rewilding the garden.

Time outdoors is always well spent. It raises the spirits, sparks the imagination and, as research increasingly shows, measurably improves our physical and mental wellbeing. Rhythms of Nature celebrates this fundamental relationship with the natural world, and considers some ways we might rediscover it.

After a career in conservation, Ian Carter moves to a secluded farmhouse tucked away in the low hills of mid-Devon between Exmoor and Dartmoor. Here he tries new approaches to exploring the local countryside. He learns the edible species, follows streams (wherever they may lead) and slips unseen through private estates. He experiments with rewilding the garden, goes on night-time rambles and watches the changing seasons in super high definition.

Following on from the author’s acclaimed Human, Nature, this engaging and thought-provoking book offers simple suggestions for how to enliven a sense of wonder in our surroundings. A paean to the ‘neglected’ and untidy places that can enrich our lives, it will appeal to anyone wishing to develop a deeper connection with wildlife or who has a desire to seek out the wilder corners of our landscape.

Ian Carter worked as an ornithologist with Natural England for 25 years but now spends his time watching and writing about wildlife. He wrote The Red Kite’s Year and The Hen Harrier’s Year (forthcoming) with wildlife artist Dan Powell. His latest book – Human, Nature – is also published by Pelagic.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

HOME TURF

House guests

Growing the lawn

Garden rewilders

Dabbling in management

To feed or not to feed

The turning of the Earth

VENTURING OUT

Signs of life

Fellow-travellers

Wild browsing

WAYS OF SEEING

Reminders of wilderness

Wild nights out

Going with the flow

The gentle art of tramping

CONNECTIONS

Tragedy on the common

Fleeing humanity

Rain, forest

Green unpleasant land

The amateur naturalists

Wintering

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2022
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 178 mm
Gewicht	314 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
ISBN-10	1-78427-356-2 / 1784273562
ISBN-13	978-1-78427-356-9 / 9781784273569
Zustand	Neuware