Description
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 HampshireIn 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
