Download or read book Discovering Hedgerows written by David Streeter and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hedgelands written by Christopher Hart and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing "Delightful . . . Hedgelands is a merry exposition on the history and biology of these unique ecosystems, and a very good argument as to why we should re-engage with the hedge."—The Wall Street Journal "Hart’s passion for the potential that resides here is intoxicating. Occasionally an environmental solution comes along that is so breathtakingly simple you can’t believe that not everyone is already doing it."—Sunday Times "[A] joyously readable book— it riffs along like breeze in the hedgerow."—John Lewis-Stempel in Country Life On this joyous journey around the wild edges of Britain, celebrated author Christopher Hart takes us through the life, ecology and history of the humble countryside hedge and how it is inextricably woven into our language, landscape and culture. Hedges – or hedgerows – have long been an integral part of the British landscape. An ancient, human-made boundary, hedgerows have become a critically important haven for wildlife and are now being recognised as one of the greatest ‘edge’ habitats on Earth. Britain boasts 400,000 kilometres of hedgerows, but has lost 50 per cent of them since the Second World War and their slow deterioration today is becoming a huge threat to the ecosystem. In Hedgelands, Christopher Hart shares the history of the hedge, highlighting the hawthorn and hazel of ancient hedgerows, and reveals its abundance of wildlife, from the elusive dunnock to the iconic nightingale, the industrious hedgehog to the miniscule harvest mouse. He demonstrates how this true environmental hero and powerful climate ally can help rebuild species-rich, resilient havens for birds, mammals and insects. Hedges play a vital role in mature woodland, grassland and even wetland, all of which can offer us much-needed ecological diversity and carbon sequestration. Through rewilding a patch of land in southwest England, Christopher shows us how easy, joyful and rewarding it is to restore even the smallest stretch of hedge. Whether you live in the country or the city, Hedgelands shares how simple actions can make a huge difference to the future of our precious hedges – and environment. “What’s good for us is good for nature, and what’s good for nature is good for us. And nowhere is this more true than in the bustling, flourishing, flowering, fruiting and altogether glorious native British hedge.”—Christopher Hart
Download or read book Hedgerow History written by Gerry Barnes and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxbow says: For many years hedges have been the most common field boundary in rural Britain, providing a stock-proof barrier, a field boundary and a haven for wildlife. Despite this, they are rarely studied in any detail in landscape archaeology. The authors of Hedgerow History rightly argue that hedges, as an essential feature of the landscape, their origins and development, are as worthy of study as any other part of the landscape. Their book focuses on the species content and diversity of hedges, how these came about and how they changed over time. The introduction provides the background to hedges in Britain, the development of field boundaries, changes in fields and farming, especially the impact of enclosure, hedgerow management, and methods of dating hedges. In an attempt to evaluate the pioneering work of Hooper and Pollard in the 1960s and 1970s, and gain insights into the diversity of hedges and the possible human and animal reasons for it, Barnes and Williamson carried out a detailed survey of hedgerows in Norfolk. Finding 61 shrub species among the Norfolk hedgerows, they attempt to tie this data in with evidence on geology, soils, climate, woodland, enclosure, farming practices and historical factors, as an indicator of the processes of continuity and change that have taken place in the wider landscape.
Download or read book The Field Guide to Fields written by Bill Laws and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative yet informal guide to the role played by fields in the modern landscape--their history, natural history and folklore--includes 300 color illustrations and practical information on sheep-shearing, drying wild herbs, flora and fauna and much more.
Download or read book Discovery written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Batsford Companion to Local History written by Stephen Friar and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic A-Z of British local history, archaeology, architecture and topography, covering every aspect of our heritage. This book should prove of interest to amateur historians, ramblers, browsers and professional historians. Stephen Friar is a writer and former head teacher who specializes in the topics of heraldry and local history. He is also the author of A New Dictionary of Heraldry.
Download or read book Foraging written by John Lewis-Stempel and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to finding and preparing food from hedgerows, parks, fields, woods, rivers and seashore. Aimed at the beginner, it also has a wealth of tips for the enthusiast, and, unlike other books on wild food, covers foraging in the urban environment as well as the countryside. The book shows the reader 'Where, How and When' to find the best edible berries, leaves, flowers, mushrooms, seaweed, shellfish and snails, with clear and full instructions on what is safe to eat. Foraging covers the 100 wild foods that are good to eat, fun to find, easy to identify - and will make a healthy difference to your diet and your bank balance. The book is organised by environment so when taking a walk, gardening, or having a day out you know how to gather a hedgerow harvest, a field feast, a seaside salad. Each entry features one species, and fully explains its looks, exactly where in the habitat it will be found, when it is ripe to eat, its alternative names, its history, how to harvest it, its culinary uses. There are full instructions too on preparation of each plant/fungi/animal, along with recipes for its use. Comfrey fritters, hazelnut pate, nettle beer,sorrel soup, dandelion coffee, blackberry jam....
Download or read book The American Botanist written by Willard Nelson Clute and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Clare Society Journal 8 1989 written by John Goodridge and published by John Clare Society. This book was released on 1989-07-13 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official Journal of the John Clare Society, published annually to reflect the interest in, and approaches to, the life and work of the poet John Clare.
Download or read book Molly s Maze Discovery written by Carmen Allen and published by Own Image. This book was released on 2021-02-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What lies hidden in the hedge maze… and what if you find it? Princess Molly likes to follow the King’s rules. Well… most of the time. Rule #9: ‘The hedge-maze behind the palace is out-of-bounds for children under the age of thirteen.’ Molly goes in anyway. (Wouldn’t you if you’d discovered a secret map of the maze with a mysterious letter X’?) Molly’s love for adventure leads her friends, Suzie, Walter and Rich, into a scary underground tunnel and later into the woods where they become hopelessly lost. That is, until they are found… by the wrong people. Two men have been sent by the nasty Mr and Mrs Furrows to bring the children back to live in the village orphanage. Now Molly and her friends are on the run. Will Molly be able to outwit the two men with the King’s magical powers? If she can’t, they may never get home safely to the palace. Join Molly on her adventure and discover the hidden message of the story – mistakes may cause problems, but they will never stop you from being loved by the King.
Download or read book The Hedgerows Heaped with May written by Stephen Moss and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of everything the countryside means to us, from a hundred years of the Telegraph’s archive. The Telegraph is, as its former editor Max Hastings identified, more than any other national broadsheet the newspaper of the countryside, which over the years has been written about in its pages by such distinguished writers as J.H.B. Peel, John Betjeman and W.F. Deedes, alongside eminent modern naturalists like Richard Mabey and even unlikely proponents of the rural life like Boris Johnson. This anthology is no bland celebration of bucolic idyll, but rather an exploration of everything that the countryside represents to the British. For some it means the reintroduction of long-lost wildlife such as the red kite, or ancient crafts like thatching. For others it means jouncing along a green lane in a four-wheel-drive Range Rover. To the Prince of Wales, his new town of Poundbury is the countryside while subjects as diverse as crop circles, second homes, Mad Cow Disease and polytunnels are all flashpoints in the modern debate about what, and who, the countryside is for. Hugely varied, by turns funny and provocative, this is an essential exploration of a central aspect of our national identity.
Download or read book The Discovery of Britain Routledge Revivals written by Esther Moir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain. It focuses, neither on foreign tourists coming to Britain, nor on British tourists travelling abroad, but on British people exploring their native land in the three centuries from 1540 to 1840. During this period, it became a popular pastime amongst gentlemen of leisure to travel for weeks, even months, in discovery of their own country and this book describes both the pleasure taken by tourists of Britain and the hardships they endured. Tracking these journeys over three centuries, the book presents a changing English landscape, a changing economy, and a change in people’s tastes as the interests and concerns of the tourists evolve over the timeframe covered.
Download or read book Discovering Green Lanes written by Valerie Belsey and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the essential handbook for anyone interested in green lanes. Valerie Belsey shows how to identify them on the ground, how to recognise them on antique maps, and how to locate documents and other records which will reveal who used them in past times. She also discusses their ecological value, the current controversy about who should be able to use them, and how to get involved in restoring and protecting lanes in your area. Discovering Green Lanes includes useful contact information, key dates in highway history and sample survey forms for recording wildlife in your local green lane.
Download or read book Shadow Woods A Search for Lost Landscapes written by Ian D. Rotherham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow Woods: a search for lost landscapes is intended to view ecology and landscapes in a somewhat different way from that which we normally do; to effectively view the countryside through a different lens. Considering ancient woods and treed countryside, the intention is to raise awareness about our ecological and landscape origins and through this to open up new possibilities and exciting opportunities. It is suggested that we need to understand the past to inform the present, and from this knowledge we can influence the future The author also introduces a number of key issues and ideas that are new - shadow woods, ghost woods, lost woods, eco-cultural landscapes, cultural severance, grubby landscapes, ecological filtration, biodiversity time-capsules, futurescapes, and more. This edition, revised in march 2018, contains updated figures / diagrams.
Download or read book Wildlife Conservation on Farmland Volume 1 written by David W. Macdonald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using more than 30 years research from the author team at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), this volume reveals how agricultural systems and wildlife interact, presenting examples from scales varying from landscape to microcosm, from populations to individuals, covering plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals. It demonstrates the essential ecosystem services provided by agricultural land, and discusses the implications of agricultural development for natural habitats and biodiversity.
Download or read book Isha and the Hedgerow Folk written by Malvika Dekhane and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a girl Isha aged eleven and the hedgerow-folk - the little free-beings like mongoose, rats, hedgehogs and little birds living in and around the hedgerows. The story revolves around their problems, how they face them and solve them together. It also stresses the importance of family, family-values and love for Nature. Isha’s happy family comprises her parents Mihir and Rajeshwari, baby brother Neil and granny Indi. While returning from a vacation their car meets with an accident. Several mishaps follow. These include Rajeshwari going into coma; Indi suddenly slipping into deep sleep; an attempt on Isha’s life; kidnapping of Neil, to mention a few. A foul play is suspected. Who is behind all this? A very disturbed Isha meets the hedgerow-folks and befriends them. They unite to investigate. The situation worsens when the villains want to oust the family from their house. The villains also want to remove the hedgerow and make the hedgerow-folk homeless. How do Isha & the hedgerow-folk deal with the grim situation? Hedgerows are part of Earth’s lungs. They are an important habitat. They should be preserved.
Download or read book Discovering Northumberland written by Thomas H. Rowland and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
