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A risky wander around Britain ’s great home ground
Christopher Hart
Paperback
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Longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing“Delightful . . .Hedgelandsis a spanking exposition on the history and biota of these unique ecosystem , and a very good controversy as to why we should re - engage with the hedge . ”—The Wall Street Journal“Hart ’s passion for the potential difference that shack here is intoxicate . Occasionally an environmental solvent comes along that is so breathtakingly wide-eyed you ca n’t believe that not everyone is already doing it . ”—Sunday Times“[A ] joyously clear volume — it flick along like breeze in the hedgerow . ”—John Lewis - Stempel inCountry LifeOn this joyous journey around the angry edges of Britain , celebrated author Christopher Hart takes us through the life , bionomics and history of the humble countryside hedge and how it is inextricably weave into our terminology , landscape and civilization . hedge – or hedgerows – have long been an integral part of the British landscape . An ancient , homo - made bound , hedgerow have become a critically authoritative haven for wildlife and are now being realise as one of the greatest ‘ edge ’ habitats on Earth . Britain tout 400,000 klick of hedgerows , but has lost 50 per penny of them since the Second World War and their slow deterioration today is becoming a Brobdingnagian menace to the ecosystem .
InHedgelands , Christopher Hart shares the history of the hedge , highlighting the hawthorn and hazelnut of ancient hedgerows , and reveals its abundance of wildlife , from the elusive dunnock to the iconic nightingale , the gumptious Erinaceus europeaeus to the miniscule harvest home mouse . He demonstrates how this honest environmental hero and powerful climate friend can help rebuild coinage - fat , resilient havens for birds , mammalian and insects . Hedges play a vital function in mature woodland , grassland and even wetland , all of which can offer us much - needed ecologic diversity and carbon paper segregation .
Through rewilding a patch of land in southwest England , Christopher shows us how leisurely , elated and rewarding it is to restore even the smallest stretch of hedge . Whether you live in the country or the city , Hedgelandsshares how unproblematic actions can make a vast divergence to the futurity of our precious hedge – and surroundings .
“ What ’s good for us is good for nature , and what ’s effective for nature is good for us . And nowhere is this more true than in the bustling , flourishing , flowering , fruiting and on the whole splendid aboriginal British hedge . ”—Christopher Hart
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