The Circling Sky: On Nature and Belonging in an Ancient Forest (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472272379)

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 Magazine

Author: Neil Ansell
ISBN-10: 1472272374
ISBN-13: 9781472272379
Publisher: Tinder Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d