Wild Words

Over the centuries, words have a played a special part in shaping and defining our relationship with the natural world, from the carefully crafted wildlife notebooks of Gilbert White to the intense beauty of Helen Macdonald. They have given us the tools to find ways of describing the magic of those moments of wonder when we watch a bird of prey hovering as it hunts for prey or taking a walk through a colour-rich haymeadow in the summer.Importantly these books have also been vital in capturing ou