Deeper Into the Wood : a year in the life of an amateur naturalist, by the author of critically acclaimed 'A Wood of One's Own'

Author: Ruth Pavey

Somerset

Published on 19 May 2022 by Duckworth Books (Duckworth) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 256 pages
197 x 128 x 21mm | 218g

In the late 1990s, Ruth Pavey bought four acres of scrub land above the Somerset Levels. She devoted the next two decades to improving the land into a lush wood; a haven for birds, insects and all manner of wildlife. Beneath the shade of the trees, she now reflects on the fate of her wood.

Deeper Into the Wood recounts a year in the life of an amateur naturalist working with wildlife experts to interpret the language of the land with the aim of preserving the wood for generations to come. Lyrically told stories of local people and regional history are accompanied throughout by Ruth’s beautifully hand-drawn illustrations.