- Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 Oct 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140057161
- ISBN-13: 978-0140057164
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #100 in Books > Science & Nature > Nature > Countryside
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
A pleasant read, but deals. except for a brief trip abroad, with a year of walks around the Isle of Man. Tells you rather more about the island than it does about the country-side.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Year of Plants and Birds in Britain
19 Aug 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This pleasant nature diary contains observations by John Adams of birds, plants, weather and insects on the Isle of Man. As he rambles about with his dog, Tetter, and varied visitors, he records his day-to-day viewings.
A few times in the year, he journeys to the Lake District, London, Denmark, and Australia, and continues his nature journal in those places.
The sketches of the plants and scenes (by John Lawrence) add some color and helped me visualize the many unfamiliar plants. Eventually the book becomes a bit tedious, but that may be from my recent reading of May Sarton's journals which combine nature and her personal insights. Adams sticks strictly to the nature and does not inject his personality which may disappoint readers of his bestsellers, Watership Down, etc.
A few times in the year, he journeys to the Lake District, London, Denmark, and Australia, and continues his nature journal in those places.
The sketches of the plants and scenes (by John Lawrence) add some color and helped me visualize the many unfamiliar plants. Eventually the book becomes a bit tedious, but that may be from my recent reading of May Sarton's journals which combine nature and her personal insights. Adams sticks strictly to the nature and does not inject his personality which may disappoint readers of his bestsellers, Watership Down, etc.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Nature
7 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
The birds, animals, and wildflowers or the Isle of Man are vividly described and brought before the reader's eye. The author is out in all weathers, missing nothing of the pageant of the months, the seasons, and even of the stars. For him, the most ordinary day discloses something exciting. Written at an adult level with some lovely illustrations.
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