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Wonderland
Stephen Moss & Brett Westwood
From encounters with the curious black redstart, which winters on our rocky coasts, to the tiny green snowdrop shoots that are the first sign that spring might be round the corner. And from the blossom-time and dawn choruses of April and May into the abundant noisiness of summer, where days start with hawker dragonflies and drowsy bumblebees and end with glow-worms and ghost moths; to autumn when in the early morning mist of London's Richmond Park male red deer lock horns in competition for a mate.
Nature is always full of surprises - whether it's the strange behaviour of clothes moths or the gruesome larder of the strike. Distilling two lifetimes' knowledge, expert insight and enthusiasm, award-winning authors and passionate naturalists Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss take us through the year, day by day, sharing the unexpected delights that we can experience in our skies, beaches, rivers, fields, forests and back gardens. There are all kinds of adventures waiting on your doorstep, any day of the year, all you need is Wonderland.
Nature is always full of surprises - whether it's the strange behaviour of clothes moths or the gruesome larder of the strike. Distilling two lifetimes' knowledge, expert insight and enthusiasm, award-winning authors and passionate naturalists Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss take us through the year, day by day, sharing the unexpected delights that we can experience in our skies, beaches, rivers, fields, forests and back gardens. There are all kinds of adventures waiting on your doorstep, any day of the year, all you need is Wonderland.
GENRE
Non-fiction; Nature; Wildlife
UK PUBLICATION
April 2017
Non-fiction; Nature; Wildlife
UK PUBLICATION
April 2017
Praise
"A brilliant treasury."
Chris Packham, naturalist and author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
"This is very good."
Bill Oddie, television presenter and conservationist
"Inspired and friendly, Westwood and Moss and the perfect guides to nature's wonderland."
Peter Marren, journalist and wildlife writer
"A beautifully written love letter to the astonishing variety of Britain's wildlife, animal, vegetable and fungal . . . Although such an elegantly written book can be read cover to cover, it could also function as a day-to-day reference. A nice one to keep by your bedside, suggesting what to look out for tomorrow."
Sunday Times
Chris Packham, naturalist and author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
"This is very good."
Bill Oddie, television presenter and conservationist
"Inspired and friendly, Westwood and Moss and the perfect guides to nature's wonderland."
Peter Marren, journalist and wildlife writer
"A beautifully written love letter to the astonishing variety of Britain's wildlife, animal, vegetable and fungal . . . Although such an elegantly written book can be read cover to cover, it could also function as a day-to-day reference. A nice one to keep by your bedside, suggesting what to look out for tomorrow."
Sunday Times
Also by Stephen Moss
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Biography series
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Other Books by Stephen Moss
- Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart - (Bloomsbury Natural History)
- The Great British Year: Wildlife Through the Seasons - (Quercus)
- Wild Hares and Hummingbirds - (Vintage)
- Gardens Birds - (Collins)
- This Birding Life - (Aurum Press)
- Springwatch British Wild Life - (Collins)
- Natural History: 25 Extraordinary Species That Have Changed Our World - (John Murray)
- Tweet of the Day: A Year of Britain's Birds - (Saltyard Books)
- A Bird in the Bush - (Aurum Press)
- The Bumper Book of Nature - (Square Peg)
Rights Sales for WONDERLAND
World Rights: John Murray Press