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On the marsh: a year surrounded by wildness and wet

By Barnes , Cindy Lee , Edmund;Barnes , Simon;Wright

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Year
2019
ISBN
9781471168499, 9781471168505, 1471168492
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10708008 bytes)
Pages
339 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 c
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Homes;Natural history;Natural history--Great BritaSimon -- Homes and haunts -- Great Britain;WildlifSimon;Great Britain

Description

When writer Simon Barnes heard a Cetti's warbler sing out as he turned up to look at a house for sale, he knew immediately that he had found his new home. The fact that his garden backed onto an area of marshy land only increased the possibilities, but there was always the fear that it might end up in the wrong hands and be lost to development or intensive farming. His wife saw through the delicate negotiations for the purchase. Once they'd bought it, they began to manage it as a conservation area, working with the Wildlife Trust to ensure it became as appealing as possible to all species. For their son Eddie, who has Down's syndrome, it became a place of calm and inspiration.

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