Matthew Oates has worked for the National Trust for ever and is one of the country’s leading experts on butterflies. With this book, he becomes a leading writer about them too. The book is a celebration of British butterflies and is an account of butterfly days going back for over fifty years. Do you remember…
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Sunday book review – Queen of the Sky by Jackie Morris
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This is another book that I approached with some hesitation. It’s the story of the rescue and rehabilitation of a Peregrine that fell into the sea between the Pembrokeshire coast and Ramsey Island. I wondered whether it might be a bit soft and fluffy for me –…
Sunday book review – The Moth Snowstorm by Michael McCarthy
Nice cover! This is a book about loss – and about joy, and about wonder, and about hope. There’s a lot about the loss of nature over the last few decades and the author mixes this with memories of personal loss. A love of nature can be a support and strength during one’s life. And…
Sunday book review – On a Wing and a Prayer by Sarah Woods
This is a lovely book. I did wonder whether I was going to enjoy the travels of a lone woman through the rainforests of central and South America in search of lots of things including Harpy Eagles – but I very much did. Sarah Woods now works for the RSPB, which I didn’t realise until…
Sunday book review – Undiscovered Owls by Magnus Robb and The Sound Approach.
What a hoot! This is a book about owls and owl sounds – it’s a Sound Approach Guide after all. It’s a very smart-looking and well-written book. And I found myself surprised by how much it gripped my interest. The description of the discovery of the new species, the Omani Owl, is a very good…