Whenever I find myself looking at a gull and not being able to put a species level identification to it, I invariably think back to my childhood alongside the mouth of the Columbia River and lament how much of my youth was wasted in things other than learning to identify the ever-present and seemingly endless numbers of gulls in the area.
“This will undoubtedly be one of the wildlife books of the year and it is a cracking good read. You should read it.”
So declares Mark Avery in the very first line of his most recent Sunday Book Review regarding “Wilding” by Isabella Tree. A rather straight to the point recommendation, to be sure – and given Mark’s significant interest in and experience with the Rewilding movement, one that should certainly be taken to heart.
“What” you may ask, “has Mark Avery been up to recently?” It does seem like quite a long time since I’ve posted one of his Sunday Book Reviews… Well, to be honest, for his most recent two I’ve not been quite sure of how to summarize them here; they’re quite specific to British culture at a level of subtlety that perplexed even my own Anglophilic self.
Traveling on business as I have been recently, it hasn’t taken long for me to fall behind on keeping you all up to date on what Mark’s been reviewing over on his blog. As it turns out, he been quite busy indeed! He’s published three full book reviews since we last checked in on him.