
- 336 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Gods of the Morning
About this book
Gods of the Morning follows the year through the turning of the seasons at Aigas, the Highlands estate John Lister-Kaye has transformed into a world-renowned wildlife center. John's affection, wisdom and lyricism sings off every page, bringing the natural world around him to life: from the rookery filled with twenty-nine nests and distinct bird calls to descriptions of the winter morning light, from the wood mice and the squirrels preparing for winter to tracking a fox's path through the snow. In particular it brings John's lifelong love of birds—his gods of the morning—to the fore.In the Highland glens, bird numbers plummet as their food supplies —natural fruits and every kind of creeping, crawling, slithering or flying bug—begin to disappear. By the first frosts the hills will have emptied down to a few hardy stalwarts such as the golden eagles, the raven and the irrepressible hooded crows. Silence settles across the land. The few species that are left frequent a changed world. Soon only the buzzards and wood pigeons will hang on in the woods and the coniferous forests will be host to flocks of chaffinches, tits, siskins, and crossbills passing through.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Blackcap
- 2. That Time of Year
- 3. So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
- 4. And Then There Were Rooks
- 5. Prints in the Snow
- 6. A Swan for Christmas
- 7. The Day the Sun Stands Still
- 8. The Gods of High Places
- 9. A Dog’s Life
- 10. The Memory of Owls
- 11. The Long Wait
- 12. The Sun’s Rough Kiss
- 13. Buzzard
- 14. Comings and Goings
- 15. Nesting
- 16. Summer Night
- 17. A Day of Spiders
- 18. Gods of the Morning
- 19. Arthur and the Treecreeper
- Acknowledgements
- Praise for Gods of the Morning
- Also by John Lister-Kaye
- Copyright