HALCYON RIVER DIARIES. By Philippa Forrester and Charlie Hamilton James.

# 2010 1st edition. 4to (198 x 253mm). Colour photographs throughout, photograph end-papers. Black boards, gilt titles to spine.

# Wildlife film makers, Philippa Forrester and Charlie Hamilton James "were invited by the BBC to make a programme about a year in the life of a river... We live beside this river and Charlie has photographed the kingfishers on it since he was a boy. ...Charlie does the pictures and I do words and our children ...follow us around asking funny questions". Chapters include: Halcyon days; Field craft; Hides and camouflage; Spring flowers; Kingfisher courtship; How to tracker an otter; Ten great places to see dippers; Plight of the water vole; Gathering wild garlic; Wild garlic pesto; Filming dippers underwater; River of death; Back garden ducks; Watercress; Watercress and feta omlette; Comforting watercress soup; The bee orchid; How to build an otter holt; Sticklebacks; Flood meadow survey; Fish wars; How to film a timelapse; A moth trapping sleepover; White-clawed crayfish; Building mink rafts; Making honey; Honey cookies; electrofishing and eels; Winter blackberries; Blackberry sorbet; Blackberry cobbler; Winter duck eggs; Dutch duck egg cakes.