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The Running Hare
The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland | John Lewis-Stempel
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The Sunday Times Bestseller from the winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015. Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life. Written in exquisite prose, The Running Hare tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from the labouring microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet pecking at seeds to the seven-spot ladybird that eats the aphids that eat the crop. It recalls an era before open-roofed factories and silent, empty fields, recording the ongoing destruction of the unique, fragile, glorious ploughland that exists just down the village lane. But it is also the story of ploughland through the eyes of man who took on a field and husbanded it in a natural, traditional way, restoring its fertility and wildlife, bringing back the old farmland flowers and animals. John Lewis Stempel demonstrates that it is still possible to create a place where the hare can rest safe. Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society White Horse Bookshop Prize 2016
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Helen19
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#boundtogetherjune #wild not my normal type of read but I did enjoy this one!

OriginalCyn620 Cute cover! 4y
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rockpools
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Audiobook and autumn sunshine. I seem to have inherited huge numbers of ants, along with my my two new apple trees.

And I've got a real love-hate-thing going on with this Lewis-Stempel chap. I'll let you know how that works out 🤔