Ireland's Wildlife Year

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Ireland's Wildlife Year is a superbly illustrated survey of the four seasons in the Irish natural environment. It traces the development of plants and trees, the movement of birds and animals and the changing face of the Irish landscape over a calendar year. There is nothing understated about the seasonal change in Ireland. In countries nearer the equator and in more temperate zones, changes of season can be subtle to non-existent. Not so in these northerly latitudes. The country is sufficiently far from the equator for seasonal change to be unmistakeable. This book, driven by the brilliant nature photography of Carsten Krieger, tracks the changes as they affect plants, trees and shrubs, bird and animal life and the general landscape and natural environment. The photographs are complemented by accessible texts which survey the different elements of the Irish natural year. All the contributors are outstanding experts in their fields. Eric Dempsey writes about birds; Declan Doogue and flora; and Professor Tom Hayden of UCD about fauna.