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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds The Natural History of an English Village

Nature Writing
By: Stephen Moss(Author)
305 pages, 12 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Vintage
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Naturalist and author Stephen Moss lives in the longest village in England – Mark, on the Somerset Levels. This watery wonderland is steeped in history: it is the land of King Arthur, where King Alfred burnt the cakes and where the last battle was fought on English soil.

This ancient country parish, dating from before the Domesday Book, has been reclaimed from the sea over many centuries. Today the landscape bears witness to its eventful past, and is criss-crossed with watery ditches and broad droves, down which livestock was once taken to market. These are now home to a rich selection of resident and visiting wildlife: rooks and roe deer; sparrows and snowdrops; buzzards, badgers and butterflies. Amongst these natural wonders are the `wild hares and hummingbirds' of Wild Hares and Hummingbirds's title: one of our most iconic mammals, the brown hare; and a scarce and spectacular visitor, the hummingbird hawk-moth.

As the year unfolds, Moss creates an intimate account of the natural history of his parish. He witnesses the landscape as it passes from deep snow to spring blossom, through the heat haze of summer to the chill winds of autumn; from the first hazel catkins to the swallows returning from Africa; the sounds of the dawn chorus to the nocturnal mysteries of moths.

But this is not simply the story of one small corner of the West Country; it also serves as a microcosm of Britain's wider countryside. At a time of uncertainty – as our landscape and wildlife face some of the greatest changes in recorded history – it reveals the plants and animals that will adapt and thrive, and those that may struggle, and even disappear, from our lives.

This is a very personal celebration of why the natural world matters to all of us, wherever we live. Wild Hares and Hummingbirds is nature writing at its finest, expressed through the natural history of one very special place.

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Biography

Stephen Moss works at the BBC Natural History Unit where he has produced programmes including Springwatch, Autumnwatch and The Nature of Britain. Author of the 'Birdwatch' column in the Guardian, his other books include The Bumper Book of Nature, Birds and Weather, A Bird in the Bush and This Birding Life. He lives in Somerset with his wife and five children.

Nature Writing
By: Stephen Moss(Author)
305 pages, 12 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Vintage
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"delightful, soothing and informative [...] This rural ramble round and about a village in the company of this expert naturalist is best enjoyed in monthly mouthfuls"
Daily Mail, Peter Lewis

"An enchanting book, Wild Hares And Hummingbirds is a combination of celebration for what is and regret for what is passing. It is elegiac."
Daily Express, Peter Burton

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