A golden evocation of flora and fauna, places, people and perspectives.

Getting hold of Brush With Nature in early March was like being given an unseasonable spell of warm weather in which everything in the natural world suddenly bursts into life ... Each [essay] feels like an outing, a trip with a supremely knowledgeable yet unpompous guide to somewhere new and fascinating.

Mabey's head is filled with the sights and sounds of exploration but also with the background hum of politics, science, poetry and prose, social history and the experiences of other amateur and professional ramblers. In these essays, Mabey is generous and inclusive, the mark of a rounded writer and man.

Windrow describes the secret life of owls in a warm and highly readable style. A book to brighten up your day.

Anyone who thinks the bond between man and dog or cat is the supreme human-house pet attachment will have to reconsider after reading Martin Windrow’s touching account of the bird who changed his life, a possessive and characterful tawny owl named Mumble who was his domestic companion for 15 action-packed years.

A touching, intriguing and eccentric story... with photographs and illustrations of the beautiful Mumble. A witty, quirky and utterly charming book.

A gorgeous tale of one man and his owl... a quirky, funny, and endearingly eccentric story.

I loved this story part diary.

Georgina Ferry has produced a first rate account of his life... there is no difficult physics and the story will appeal to anyone who wants to know how science works and how exciting scientific research can be

Fascinating

Elegiac and personal… Highly recommended

A stirring tribute to the marvel of all living creatures

Entertaining and provocative

Exciting, breathless

[Girling] writes with verve and passion and he makes his case persuasively, with knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment… Brimful with facts and arguments

A thought-provoking study

A delight to read