Book recommendations

[rainmaker]

Anyone got any recommendations, please?

I'm after a novel-type book, but entirely "factual" about nature, trees, birds, flowers, all or one of the above - something entertaining, but also fascinating.

Any ideas?

Ta

Chris

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Anyone got any recommendations, please?

I'm after a novel-type book, but entirely "factual" about nature, trees, birds, flowers, all or one of the above - something entertaining, but also fascinating.

Any ideas?

Ta

Chris

Try the mike tomkies series about his adventures in the scotish highlands - "last wild place" is a good one to start with but there are about 10-15 others.

[coasty]

The american Author Roderick Haig Brown wrote some really good novel /auto biographies around the natural world although based around north america,, They are a really good read...

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Anyone got any recommendations, please?

I'm after a novel-type book, but entirely "factual" about nature, trees, birds, flowers, all or one of the above - something entertaining, but also fascinating.

Any ideas?

Ta

Chris

Any of Gerald Durrell's books (very funny) and David Attenborough Zoo Quest books - also entertaining. Can't think who wrote it but Ring of Bright Water and Jane Goodall's chimpanzee book (forgotten what it's called and can't get the embarrassed smilie to work!).

[Gill Catton]

I'm currently reading 'crow country' by Mark Cocker and it is utterly fantastic so beautifully written and all about one of our most overlooked bird the rook and its behaviour - but also snippets about our own behaviour.

I can highly recommend it

[Jez]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Anyone got any recommendations, please?

I'm after a novel-type book, but entirely "factual" about nature, trees, birds, flowers, all or one of the above - something entertaining, but also fascinating.

Any ideas?

Ta

Chris

Colin Tudges book titled The Secret Lives Of Trees (How They Live & Why They Matter) very fascinating indeed. It will make you look at the life of trees that you thought you knew!

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by tufftie

Can't think who wrote it but Ring of Bright Water

that'll be gavin maxwell -theres a sequel as well but I cant remember what its called

[rainmaker]

Cheers all.

I did consider trying to pick up all of the Willard Price ".......Adventure" books from when I were a kid, if any of you remember those!

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Cheers all.

I did consider trying to pick up all of the Willard Price ".......Adventure" books from when I were a kid, if any of you remember those!

yes I remember those! I loved them initially as a kid but then they made me feel a bit sad as I got older because they were mostly about collecting animals for zoos and grew to think animals are better left in the wild....

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

yes I remember those! I loved them initially as a kid but then they made me feel a bit sad as I got older because they were mostly about collecting animals for zoos and grew to think animals are better left in the wild....

Aye, but for the day they were close to revolutionary, and the only thing (that I knew of) that came close to getting people to show a caring attitude to animals - even if it was menagerie-esque!

And they were always good yarns

[coasty]

I dare say you have read the, But Tarka the Otter is a cracking good read , and also The man and the sea.