Wintering

A Season with Geese

Stephen Rutt

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ELLIOT & CLARK PUBLISHING
01 June 2020

Mathematics & Sciences; The natural world, country life & pets; Wildlife: birds & birdwatching

In the autumn of 2018 Stephen Rutt and his partner moved to a house near the Solway Firth in Dumfries. As they settled into their new home thousands of pink-footed geese were arriving on the Firth from the Arctic Circle to make it their winter home. The arrival of huge flocks of geese in the UK is one of the most evocative and powerful harbingers of winter; a vast natural phenomenon to capture the imagination.

And so begins an extraordinary odyssey. From his new home in the north to further afield in wide open spaces of the south, Stephen traces the lives and habits of five of the most common species of goose in the UK. With an expert eye and clear, elegant prose he paints perfect portraits of these large, startling, garrulous and cooperative birds.

But this is also a compact and beautifully written study of the place the goose has in our culture, our history and, occasionally, on our festive table. A vivid tour of the inbetween landscapes they inhabit and a celebration of the short days, varied weathers and long nights of the season during which we share our home with these birds.

By: Stephen Rutt
Imprint: ELLIOT & CLARK PUBLISHING
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781783964543
ISBN 10: 1783964545
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 June 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Contents; Introduction 1; 1 Pink-footed Geese 11; 2 Barnacle Geese 37; 3 Greylag Geese 77; 4 Brent Geese 101; 5 White-fronted Geese 129; 6 Bean Geese 153; Acknowledgements 175; Bibliography 179; Notes 185; Index 191

Stephen Rutt is a birder, freelance nature writer and book reviewer whose work has appeared in Earthlines Magazine, Zoomorphic, The Harrier, Surfbirds, BirdGuides and The East Anglian Daily Times. His first book The Seafarers, which received the Roger Deakin award, was born during the seven months he spent at the bird observatory on North Ronaldsay in the Orkneys. He lives in Dumfries.

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Wintering

A Season with Geese

Stephen Rutt

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