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Nature Tales: Encounters with Britain's Wildlife at Amazon

Ten per cent of all proceeds go to The Wildlife Trusts in support of all their fantastic work for flora and fauna across the UK since its formation as the Society for Promotion of Nature Reserves in 1912. Find out more at www.wildlifetrusts.co.uk

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Nature Tales is a charming collection of encounters with the natural world from historic greats to modern household names, from Wildlife Trusts supporters to leading naturalists, such as: Andrew Lack, Bill Oddie, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton, Chris Baines, Chris Beardshaw, Colin J. Martin, Colin Tudge, David Lack, Dorothy Wordsworth, Dominic Couzens, Edmund Selous, Edward A Armstrong, Edward Grey, Edward Thomas, Eric Ennion, Francis Kilvert, Gavin Maxwell, Geoffrey Grigson, George Montagu, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gilbert White, Henry Eliot Howard, Henry Williamson, John Alec Baker, John Aubrey, John Buxton, John Clare, Jules Pretty, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Cocker, Miriam Rothschild, Nan Shepherd, Richard Jefferies, Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin, Ronald Lockley, Ruth Padel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Simon Barnes, Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir John Lister Kaye, Sir Joseph Banks, Stephen Moss, Thomas Gray, Tim Dee, William Cobbett, Nick Baker, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and Paul Evans. Including beautifully drawn illustrations, Nature Tales is a charming celebration of Britain's wildlife and countryside.

Quotes by contributors Bill Oddie and Steve Backshall:

Conservationist, broadcaster, writer and vice president of The Wildlife Trusts, Bill Oddie OBE, said:
“British wildlife comes in an infinite variety. So do encounters. Some are accidental, others are planned. Some are expected, others are a complete surprise. Some are dreams come true, others have never even entered the observer's - please forgive the inevitable expression - wildest dreams. This fantastic collection is not only about wildlife, it is also about the human emotions that wildlife inspires. Enjoy these encounters vicariously, then get out and experience your own.”

Naturalist and television presenter, Steve Backshall, said:
“As a kid I was inspired more than anything by writers who managed to make natural history, and the wild, exotic world come to life. Authors like Jack London, Willard Price and Wilbur Smith, who created impossible missions and wondrous characters that made me yearn to be experiencing their adventures for myself. 

“Later in life it was the real life tales of Gerald Durrell, Charles Darwin, Sir David Attenborough and Alfred Russell Wallace that caught my imagination, and cemented the certainty that such achievements and experiences need not be merely fiction. To be thought worthy of inclusion in a work that contains such giants, is one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to me!”