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Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring

By Stephen Moss

Book information

Publisher
Saraband
Year
2021
ISBN
9781913393052, 9781913393045
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
428 kB (437912 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-03-16 09:13:42
Nature; Nonfiction; NAT043000

Description

As spring arrives, Stephen Moss's Somerset garden is awash with birdsong: chiffchaffs, wrens, robins and more. Overhead, buzzards soar, ravens tumble and the season gathers pace. But this equinox is unlike any other. As the nation goes into lockdown, Stephen records the wildlife around his home, with his fox-red Labrador, Rosie, by his side. When old routines fall away, and blue skies are no longer crisscrossed by contrails, they discover the bumblebees, butterflies and birdsong on their local patch. This evocative account underlines how a global crisis changed the way we relate to the natural world, giving us hope for the future. And it puts down a marker for a new normal: when, during that brief but unforgettable spring, nature gave us comfort, hope and joy.

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