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Jim Crumley

Watching Wildlife

Jim Crumley

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English
Saraband
05 March 2024
Complementary therapies, healing & health; Wildlife: general interest; The countryside, country life
Series: In the Moment
"""If you have been still enough for long enough, your eyes will have attuned and begun to read the seasurge fluently, so you recognize the blunt curve and flourished tail of a diving otter. Home your eyes in on that portion of the sea, permit nothing else to move, and you will see the otter eel-catching, resurfacing.""

It is a special privilege and a richly rewarding experience to observe a wild animal hunting, interacting with its young or its mate, exploring its habitat, or escaping a predator.

To watch wildlife, it's essential not only to learn an animal's ways, the times and places you may find it, but also to station yourself, focus, and wait. The experience depends on your stillness, silence, and full attention, watching and listening with minimal movement so that your presence is not sensed.

With decades of close observation of wild animals and birds, Jim Crumley has found himself up close and personal with many of our most elusive creatures, studying their movements, noting details, and offering intimate insights into their extraordinary lives. Here, he draws us into his magical world, showing how we can learn to watch wildlife well."
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Imprint:   Saraband
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 178mm,  Width: 111mm, 
ISBN:   9781913393847
ISBN 10:   1913393844
Series:   In the Moment
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jim Crumley has written more than forty books, mostly on the wildlife and wild landscape of his native Scotland, the impact of human activity on the natural world, species reintroduction, and climate change. His work has been recognised in nominations for prestigious awards including the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and Scotland's National Book Awards. Crumley is also a poet and a widely published journalist.

Reviews for Watching Wildlife

"""Scotland's foremost living nature writer."" The Courier, Scotland ""The pre-eminent Scottish nature writer."" Guardian ""Delightful ... The lyrical prose elevates Crumley's detailed descriptions of the natural world he encounters ... Readers will be transported by this immersive outing."" Publishers Weekly ""Jim Crumley ... has been our predominant writer on the natural world ... [He] is a naturalist with a great gift for observation ... His work engages us in the best ways ... We are drawn alongside him, to appreciate what he appreciates."" Kathleen Jamie, Scotland's national poet/p> ""Virtuoso writing ... Crumley's books come from an intelligence drawn from place."" BBC Countryfile"


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