Walking with Birds - An Exploration of Wildlife and Landscape in a Cumbrian Valley

Walking with Birds – An Exploration of Wildlife and Landscape in a Cumbrian Valley

Colin Whittle

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This book explores the wildlife, especially birds, of one of the most magnificent and popular Lake District valleys, close to the coast of Morecambe Bay. It is a culmination of over 50 years involvement with wildlife. It is also a personal narrative concerning the rediscovery of one’s place in the natural world in an age of an ever increasing alienation of people from nature and its processes. The text is complimented by beautiful watercolours by the author of some of the places and moods he describes.

Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book Award.

Publication date: 30 July, 2015

Category: Birds and Birdwatching

Paperback

RRP: £9.99

ISBN: 978 1908241 351

Extent: 304 pages

Reviews

Artist and writer Colin Whittle has combined impressive visual and descriptive talents to produce this ornithological delight.

The Westmorland Gazette

This is a highly personal journal of birdwatching, but as well as being an engaging and enjoyable read throughout, it’s proof that close attention to a local patch can teach you a huge amount about birds and birding… It’s also illustrated by the author with 16 beautiful watercolours of the wildlife and landscape, making it a great book for dipping in and out of in quiet moments out in the field.

Bird Watching Magazine

Colin Whittle

Colin Whittle originally studied English Literature. In his youth he developed an interest in the outdoors and natural history. After some years working in forestry he became a free-lance lecturer in natural history studies in the West Midlands, as well as throughout Cumbria for the Extra-Mural Studies departments of both …

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