The Wildlife Year : How to Reconnect with Nature Through the Seasons

The Wildlife Year will help you reconnect with nature and take a walk on the wild side, wherever you live. Nature is right on your doorstep. Whether you're in the countryside, city or somewhere in between, there is wildlife everywhere if you know where to look. And while it's trickier to find in some places than others, nature can thrive in the most surprising spaces. The Wildlife Year is a gentle introduction to the events that mark the natural cycle of the year. Best-selling author, Sally Coulthard, will inspire you to discover nature in all its glory and to seek out, observe and enjoy the wildlife around you. Explore the unique properties of the seasons. Discover more about meteorological phenomena like weather events and cloud formations. And even learn how the moon and its cycle affects the natural world. This fascinating introduction will help you identify both our best-loved, and most misunderstood, plants, birds, mammals, amphibians, and insects, with helpful information on where and when to look for them. This book is a glorious celebration of the magic that can be found in each season. Beautifully illustrated, this irresistible guide will encourage you to get outdoors and make a wonderful gift for the nature-seeker in all of us. About the Author Best-selling author Sally Coulthard has written extensively about nature, craft and outdoor living. She writes a column for Country Living magazine, called 'A Good Life in the Country', and runs a smallholding in rural Yorkshire. Her other books include The Bee Bible, The Hedgehog Handbook, The Little Book of Snow and The Little Book of Building Fires. She has previously published three books with Quadrille including, Crafted: A Compendium of Crafts Old, New & Forgotten, Superstitions: A Book of Common Folk Beliefs and Floriography: The Myths, Magic & Language of Flowers. The Wildlife Year willencourage you to reconnect with nature through each season and show you how to live a wilder life. The natural world moves in cycles and each season brings with it different behaviours and spring with new life, summer with abundance, autumn with harvesting, winter with hibernating. The Wildlife Year explores the differences between the seasons and how we can engage, observe, and enjoy the wildlife around us whether you live in a city or in the countryside. Through a series of tips and exercises to encourage you to get outside with a focus on understanding what really happens throughout the year; why they matter, and what effects they have on the plants and animals who experience the the birth, growth, maturity, and senescence of the year is a beautiful cycle that is essential to life and every season is magical in its own way. Beautifully illustrated, this irresistible guide will get you outdoors and make a wonderful present for the nature-seeker in all of us.