SPOTTER'S GUIDE TO COUNTRYSIDE MYSTERIES

A companion to the Observant Walker code 95432 (signed) by the author of The Forager's Calendar. Sub-titled 'From Piddocks and Lynchets to Witch's Broom' here is a beautifully illustrated and illuminating guide which explains mysterious details about the countryside. Have you ever wondered about the masses of twigs in bare-branched trees that look like abandoned nests? Seen fuzzy red balls on roses? A stranded pond on a hilltop? A flower with black pollen rather than yellow? Wandering through a field, sitting on a beach or even pottering in our own backyard, we encounter things that make us stop and wonder. One of Britain's best-known naturalists, John Wright introduces us to the natural and unnatural mysteries, giving us the tools to identify Witch's Broom, Robin's Pincushion, Dew ponds and Hollow Ways, and also their histories, how they came to be, and where to find them. He illuminates the oddities that pepper our countryside and the pleasure of spotting and understanding them. Dozens of colour photographs organised by the field, the wood and the seashore, 240pp.
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