At the Water's Edge: A Personal Quest for Wildness

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For the last 30 years nature writer?John Lister-Kaye has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small lake. Each day brings a new observation or an unexpected encounter?a fragile spider’s web, an osprey struggling to lift a trout from the water, or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on her nest?and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in a journal. Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, John Lister-Kaye encourages a second?look?at?nature?and?discovery of its wildness. He?also forges wonderful connections between the most unlikely subjects, from photosynthesis and the energy cycle to Norse mythology, weasels, and the overpopulation of the planet. At the Water’s Edge is a lyrical hymn to wildlife and a powerful warning to respect and protect it.

Naturalist and conservationist John Lister-Kaye is the author of eight books on wildlife and the environment, including Song of the Rolling Earth. He has served prominently in the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Nature Conservancy Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. In 2003 he was awarded an Order of the British Empire for services to nature conservation.?He runs the Aigas Field Centre in Scotland.