Look and look again! This is the advice from the author to us as we attempt to understand the complexities of the natural world, with wildlife unfolding unceasingly through the seasons, and with us − of course − an integral part of it.

This is a book that seeks to encourage us to develop a different ‘take’ on the supposedly normal view of nature. When we consider nature we tend to concentrate on the familiar and the well-known, whilst meanwhile hosts of smaller creatures buzz, run, crawl and glide past us, largely unaware of us as we are of them. Discovering them and their interactions with each other and their environment is intriguing and overwhelming and is enlightening in showing us our place in, and our connection with, the natural world.