The Running Hare. The Secret Life of Farmland (Lewis-Stempel John); Black Swan, 2017

Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life.

Written in exquisite prose, The Running Hare tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from the labouring microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet pecking at seeds to the seven-spot ladybird that eats the aphids that eat the crop. It recalls an era before open-roofed factories and silent, empty fields, recording the ongoing destruction of the unique, fragile, glorious ploughland that exists just down the village lane.

But it is also the story of ploughland through the eyes of man who took on a field and husbanded it in a natural, traditional way, restoring its fertility and wildlife, bringing back the old farmland flowers and animals. John Lewis Stempel demonstrates that it is still possible to create a place where the hare can rest safe.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781784160746
Автор(ы)	Lewis-Stempel John
Вес	0.24
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2017
Жанр	нехудожественная литература
Издатель	Black Swan
Издательство	Black Swan
Кол-во страниц	304
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	304
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Тип обложки	мягкая