WILD LIFE OF WOOD AND SPINNEY. By Ian Niall.
1971 1st edition. Ppvi,88,ad. B/w illustrations by Lynnette Hemmant. Sage boards.
"Since early boyhood [Ian Naill] has spent much of his time in exploring country places." Ian Niall gives us the benefit of a lifetime's observationto explain what is to be seen in woods and copses, and why it is where it is. A good read as always. Chapters include; the nature of trees; buzzards in the wood; keeper's kingdom; the quick red fox; owls in the wood; the badger's domain; some tenants of the trees; the ways of the woodcock; hunters and hunted. This is one title in a set of four: Wild Life of Field and Hedgeside, Wild Life of Moor and Mountain, Wild Life of River and Marsh, and, Wild Life of Wood and Spinney.
"Since early boyhood [Ian Naill] has spent much of his time in exploring country places." Ian Niall gives us the benefit of a lifetime's observationto explain what is to be seen in woods and copses, and why it is where it is. A good read as always. Chapters include; the nature of trees; buzzards in the wood; keeper's kingdom; the quick red fox; owls in the wood; the badger's domain; some tenants of the trees; the ways of the woodcock; hunters and hunted. This is one title in a set of four: Wild Life of Field and Hedgeside, Wild Life of Moor and Mountain, Wild Life of River and Marsh, and, Wild Life of Wood and Spinney.
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| Author | Niall (Ian). [Pen-name of John Kincaid McNeillie (1916-2002)]. |
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| Book Code | 27555 |
| ISBN | 043495392X / 043495392X. |
| Book Description | Ex school library, usual stamps but clean copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1971 |
| Publisher | William Heinemann. |
| Place | London. |