The Circling Sky: On Nature and Belonging in an Ancient Forest - Paperback
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In the form of several journeys, taken over a year, Neil Ansell returns for solitary walks to the New Forest in Hampshire. With beautiful observations of birds, trees, butterflies, insects and landscape, this is also a reflective memoir on childhood, on the history of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the United Kingdom, and on the Gypsies who lived there for centuries. It is also part polemic on our collective and individual responsibility for the land and world in which we live, and how we care for it. 'A wonderful guide...this is a delight of nature writing'Choice Magazine Price/ISBN etc
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The Circling Sky: On Nature and Belonging in an Ancient Forest - Paperback
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by Neil Ansell (Author)
From a 2018 Wainwright Prize shortlisted author, THE CIRCLING SKY is part childhood memoir, blended with exquisite nature observation, and the story of one man's journey over a year to one of the UK's key natural habitats, the New Forest of Hampshire
In the form of several journeys, beginning in January 2019, Neil Ansell returns for solitary walks to the New Forest in Hampshire, close to where he was born. With beautiful sightings and observations of birds, trees, butterflies, insects and landscape, this is also a reflective memoir on childhood, on the history of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the United Kingdom, and on the Gypsies who lived there for centuries - and were subsequently expelled to neighbouring cities. It is also part polemic on our collective and individual responsibility for the land and world in which we live, and how we care for it. 'Neil Ansell is a wonderful guide... this is a delight of nature writing' Choice MagazineBack Jacket
'An easy storyteller, with a companionable style. His year in the forest is painterly in its attention to colours...his knowledge of birds is formidable' Herald Magazine
'Every foray Ansell makes into the New Forest yields captivating insights' Saga MagazineIn the form of several journeys, taken over a year, Neil Ansell returns for solitary walks to the New Forest in Hampshire. With beautiful observations of birds, trees, butterflies, insects and landscape, this is also a reflective memoir on childhood, on the history of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the United Kingdom, and on the Gypsies who lived there for centuries. It is also part polemic on our collective and individual responsibility for the land and world in which we live, and how we care for it. 'A wonderful guide...this is a delight of nature writing'Choice Magazine Price/ISBN etc
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Author Biography
Neil Ansell was an award-winning television journalist with the BBC and a long standing newspaper journalist. He is the author of Deep Country, Deer Island and The Last Wilderness which was shortlisted for the 2018 Wainwright Golden Beer and Highland Book Prizes. He has two daughters and lives in Scotland.
Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN
Publication Date: November 01, 2022
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