How to read the landscape / Patrick Whitefield.
Material type: TextPublisher: East Meon : Permanent Publications, [2014]Edition: New editionDescription: ix, 226 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781856231855 (pbk.)
- 1856231852 (pbk.)
- Living landscape
- QH77.G7 W45 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing the landscape -- History of the landscape -- Rocks and the soil -- Climate and microclimate -- Wild animals and how to recognise their signs -- Niches: how plants and animals make their living -- Succession: how landscapes change through time -- Trees as individuals -- Woodland -- Grassland -- Heath and moor -- Water in the landscape -- Hedges and other boundaries -- Roads and paths.
"According to an ICM poll, 77 percent of UK adults, or about 38 million people, say they walk for pleasure at least once a month. It is remarkable, therefore, that no one has written about the landscapes they{u2019}re walking through and enjoying . . . until now. Patrick Whitefield has spent a lifetime living and working in the countryside and twenty years of that taking notes of what he sees, everywhere from the Isle of Wight to the Scottish Highlands. This book is the fruit of those years of experience. In How to Read the Landscape, Patrick explains everything from the details, such as the signs that wild animals leave as their signatures and the meaning behind the shapes of different trees, to how whole landscapes, including woodland, grassland, and moorland, fit together and function as a whole. Rivers and lakes, roads and paths, hedgerows and field walls are also explained, as well as the influence of different rocks, the soil, and the ever-changing climate. There{u2019}s even a chapter on the fascinating history of the landscape and one about natural succession, how the landscape changes of its own accord when we leave it alone. The landscape will never look the same again. You will not only appreciate its beauty, it will also come alive with a whole new depth of appreciation and understanding."--Publisher description.