My Bookshelf
Nature books are a great way to reconnect with our natural world. Here's some inspiration, what have you been reading?
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
By Robin Wall Kimmerer
This review is a love letter. Read this book and let love, gratitude, and wonder for the natural world wash over you.
THERE IS NO PLANET B
By Mike Berners-Lee
A book that contains some insightful analysis, but is loaded towards opinion rather than fact.
The Wren: A Biography
By Stephen Moss
A love letter to the wren – one that you can visit time and time again to learn something new about these precious little birds.
AWAY WITH THE PENGUINS
By Hazel Prior
Easy reading with an important message and a protagonist who will capture your heart, this is a book to read with a hot chocolate in front of the fire.
THE TWELVE BIRDS OF CHRISTMAS
By Stephen Moss
This is a fantastic book to dip into over the festive period – keep it close by as you wait for guests, wrap presents, and wait impatiently for the roast to cook.
SECRETS OF A DEVON WOOD
By Jo Brown
The pages are so beautiful that this book would make a great bedside of coffee table book, if only it were possible to put it down.
REBIRDING
By Benedict Macdonald
Rebirding is an in-depth look at the space we have in the UK and what we could achieve if we used just a small percentage of that space to bring wildlife back.
THE WILD PLACES
By Robert Macfarlane
I’ve only heard good things about Robert Macfarlane’s writing so let me tell you: I must have picked up the wrong book.
ELEGY FOR A RIVER
By Tom Moorhouse
An entertaining introduction to water voles and signal crayfish.
ROCK POOL
By Heather Buttivant
If you want a holiday full of wonder and new discoveries, take Rock Pool by Heather Buttivant to a rocky shore in the UK and marvel at everything she reveals to you.
FINDING THE MOTHER TREE
By Suzanne Simard
Suzanne Simard tells the story of how she and her teams made discoveries that changed the way we look at trees forever.
INGLORIOUS
By Mark Avery
Should we have an outright ban on driven grouse shooting? Mark Avery thinks so.
SKYLARKS WITH ROSIE
By Stephen Moss
Encouraging people to care about exotic, endangered animals is one thing; inspiring people to find the joy in the everyday is quite another altogether – and something Moss does very well.
WHO OWNS ENGLAND?
By Guy Shrubsole
Understanding land ownership is critical to the success of conservation action in England. Shrubsole gives us the lowdown.