Book description
For the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye, one of Britain's best-known
nature writers, has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a
Scottish glen up to a small hill loch. Each day brings a new observation
or a unexpected encounter - a fragile spider's web, an osprey struggling
to lift a trout from the water or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on
her nest - and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in
a journal. Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, John
Lister-Kaye's new book encourages us to look again at the nature around
us and to discover its wildness for ourselves. It also forges wonderful
connections between the most unlikely of subjects: photosynthesis and
the energy cycle, Norse mythology, weasels and perfume, and the
over-population of our planet. At the Water's Edge is a lyrical hymn to
the wildlife of Britain, and a powerful warning to respect and protect
it.
