Egg-mimicry is one of the cuckoo's clever ways; another is the female's striped undercarriage, like a sparrowhawk's, which help drive dunnocks and warblers away from their nests long enough ... read more
Before the publisher released the sub-title, we believed that finally, after several years hanging out with different birds in various damp and uncomfortable places, this well-loved nature-w... read more
JLS's approach to sheep and shepherding is both practical and lyrical - he, the shepherd, sometimes lies down to sleep with his sheep. Interesting too are his ideas about what constitutes go... read more
Another short delightfulness from JLS, following his Secret Life of the Owl, The Glorious life of the Oak and others. He and these slim yearly productions are becoming an institution.
"We think about history coming down to us; but creation, generally, builds upwards, layer on layer...". JLS is a farmer as well as one of our foremost writers of nature, and here he takes hi... read more