Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the Forest - WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022

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We learn a lot about Goshawks from this book and I wonder how many fewer Grey Squirrels we would have in our woods if we had a few more Goshawks. Save Swindon Diversity Summit to your collection. Share Swindon Diversity Summit with your friends. This detail reveals an intimacy, formed between the photographer and his subject, which comes across in the text and transports the reader to the hide and the unfolding drama of this Goshawk breeding attempt. This intimacy is perhaps most evident in a passage describing how the author exits the hide at the end of a filming session. Aided by a colleague who walks in below, he has to judge the sitting bird’s response and you can feel the tension growing as he plans his exit under the bird’s fierce glare. It is a wonderful moment, and one of many throughout this engaging book.

Goshawk Summer: a New Forest Season Unlike Any Other Goshawk Summer: a New Forest Season Unlike Any Other

Save Henleaze Concert Society: Summer Serenade to your collection. Share Henleaze Concert Society: Summer Serenade with your friends.Despite the envy, the author has written an excellent book. All the effort from himself and all those that assisted him in his endeavours should be applauded. The other emotion I mentioned at the beginning was that of joy. Because it was a joy to read such a well-written and well-documented account of one of Britain's rarest predators. Save Keith James 'Songs of Yusef - Cat Stevens' to your collection. Share Keith James 'Songs of Yusef - Cat Stevens' with your friends. Amidst the fragility and the fear, there was silver moonlight, tumbling fox cubs, a calling curlew, and of course, the soaring Goshawks – shining like fire through one of our darkest times. A Goshawk summer unlike any other.

Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the

Goshawk Summer tells of wildlife cameraman James Aldred's experience in the spring & summer of 2020 in the New Forest, UK. He is there to monitor and note breeding goshawks for a documentary during the pandemic at a time when the public are quarantined so there is minimal human intrusion. Goshawk Summer: a New Forest Season Unlike Any Otherby James Aldred (Elliott & Thompson, London, 2021). To be able to get a glimpse into the workings and existence of this fabulous and fascinating predictor was just breathtaking. This is a secretive bird that is harder to visualize and study just by its own behavior, habitat, and nature. I loved being able to take a glimpse into this complex and beautiful bird. During the many highs and lows that flowed through the narrative, you could feel the tension, anxiety and joy of his experiences with this beautiful creature. (And plenty of other natural wildlife into the bargain). The timeline gives the reader a marvellous insight into the habits of this beautiful bird, and the authors' diary is an excellent read.British Trust for Ornithology, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, Tel: +44 (0)1842 750050 Fax: +44 (0)1842 750030 James Aldred filmed a family of goshawks in the New Forest over the course of the summer in the middle of a global pandemic.