Tag: Irreplaceble

Wainwright Prize 2020

by julianhoffman, posted in Conservation, Nature, Writing

Enormous congratulations to Dara McAnulty for winning the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing this week with his book Diary of a Young Naturalist and to Benedict Macdonald for winning the Global Conservation Prize with Rebirding. I'm deeply honoured and delighted that Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save our Wild Places was Highly Commended for the … Continue reading Wainwright Prize 2020

A Murmuration of Starlings

by julianhoffman, posted in Birds, Photography, Travel, Writing

Although the young man playing crazy golf wore shorts, the day was sharp and shivery on the pier. Glassy March light slid off the waves and broke into bright, glittering shards. Further out to sea, panels of dark grey rain had been hoisted against the horizon, blotting it from view. The arms of the Ferris … Continue reading A Murmuration of Starlings