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“If you have been still enough for long enough, your eyes will have attuned and begun to read the seasurge fluently, so you recognize the blunt curve and flourished tail of a diving otter. Home your eyes in on that portion of the sea, permit nothing else to move, and you will see the otter eel-catching, resurfacing.”It is a special privilege and a richly rewarding experience to observe a wild animal hunting, interacting with its young or its m...

In this landmark volume, Jim Crumley lays bare the impact of global warming and urges us all towards a more daring conservation vision that embraces everything from the mountain treeline to a second spring for the wolf.

With a naturalist's eye and a poet's instinct, Jim Crumley traces the Lake District's place in the evolution of global conservation and pleads the case for a far-reaching reappraisal of all of Lakeland's wildness.

Spring marks the genesis of nature's year. As Earth's northern hemisphere tilts ever more towards the life-giving sun, the icy, dark days of winter gradually yield to the new season's intensifying light and warmth. Nature responds... Jim chronicles it all: the wonder, the tumult, the spectacle of spring.

The final instalment in the acclaimed "Seasons" series, which interrogates how climate change has disrupted the natural rhythm of the seasons. It has attracted widespread praise and prize attention, Jim's passionate stance on climate chaos and the need for rewilding chimes with an increasingly eco-aware public.

The final instalment of Crumley's "Seasons" series, exploring summer's dual nature as a period of abundance and climate chaos.

The Wainwright Gold Beer Prize-nominated author of "The Nature Of Autumn" embarks on the third in his seasons quartet, passionately emphasising rewilding and urgent vigilance of climate change.

NATURE / General

Nature writer Jim Crumley reflects on the affects of Autumn upon the Scottish wildlife and landscape, while extending this into a deeply personal account of the melancholy of the season. A critically-acclaimed author in the field of species reintroduction.

2 new gift books in the series which sees renowned nature writer Jim Crumley get up close and personal with some of Britain's most loved animals and birds. The author was longlisted from the 2017 Wainwright Prize.

In the Encounters in the Wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlife - here, the kingfisher. With his inimitable passion and vision, Jim relives memorable encounters with some of our best-loved native species, offering intimate insights into their extraordinary lives.

This beautiful record, on fine paper, is Crumley's homage to these noble creatures, but it is also an elegy, a love song to one swan whose silent tragedy he watched from one season to the next.‘A small mound of white feathers lies on a tussock of grass made grey by a Highland winter. It is all the monument there will ever be to the life of a swan.’With these words, and those that follow, Jim Crumley has ensured that there will be a more enduri...

Taking in December to February, Crumley tells the story of how unfolding winter affects the wildlife of his beloved land, and paints a beautiful portrait of a moody and majestic British winter.

Focusing on the core territory in Highland Perthshire, this book is in two parts. The first is a series of personal encounters that the author had with grizzly bears, badgers, deer, otters, orchids, ospreys, and others. The second part considers how his native Scotland might achieve a thoughtful relationship with nature.

First class nature writing from an acknowledged master

A classic of Scottish nature writing and of the literature of our mountains

Crumley exploits his years of experience to paint a picture of the lives of the golden eagle and the sea eagle in Scotland after the successful reintroduction of the latter, ultimately asking what is next for the magnificent birds. The author will hold talks and events at key places of wildlife interest, and will have articles published in "BBC Countryfile" magazine.

In 1893, a humpback whale was spotted in the Tay estuary in Dundee. Although it became a celebrity, boats were dispatched to kill it, and it died in 1894, starting the debate about whale hunting.

2 new books from nature writer Jim Crumley, as he gets up close and personal with some of Britain's most iconic and loved animals. Offers insights into the extraordinary lives of the barn owl and the fox.

NATURE / Birdwatching Guides