The Nature of Autumn

About this book

In autumn nature stages some of its most enchantingly beautiful displays yet its also a period for reflection melancholy even as the days shorten and winters chill approaches. Taking in September to November Jim Crumley tells the story of how unfolding autumn affects the wildlife and landscapes of his beloved countryside. Along the way Jim experiences the deer rut finds phenomenal redwood trees in the most unexpected of places and contemplates climate change the death of his father and his own love of nature thus painting an intimateand deeply personalportrait of a moody and majestic British autumn.