Richard Nairn has spent a lifetime studying - and learning from - nature. When an opportunity arose for him to buy a small woodland filled with mature native trees beside a fast-flowing river, he set about understanding all its moods and seasons, discovering its wildlife secrets and learning how to manage it properly. Wildwoods is a fascinating account of his journey over a typical year. Along the way, he uncovers the ancient roles of trees in Irish life, he examines lost skills such as coppicing and he explores new uses of woodlands for forest schools, foraging and rewilding. Ultimately, Wildwoods inspires all of us to pay attention to what nature can teach us. &nbsp; 'A book to inspire anyone who wants Ireland to grow more Irish trees.' Michael Viney &nbsp; 'A welcome portal into a nearly lost habitat' Catherine Cleary, Irish Times Weekend Review 'Fascinating' Paddy Kehoe, RTÉ 'Nairn has a good style of writing that comfortably combines the conversational with the educational. Within a few pages, I felt myself drawn into the natural world he describes.' Tony Canavan, Books Ireland

Wild Woods: The Magic of Ireland’s Native Woodlands

Biographies & Memoirs

Nairn, Richard

Professionals & Academics

Gill Books

‘A great read – whatever part of the coast you visit’ – Éanna Ní Lamhna\n‘A brilliant and timely odyssey around our precious, precarious shores’ – Professor John Brannigan, University College Dublin\n‘An exhilarating journey right around our coastline’ – Paddy Woodworth, journalist and author\n‘An intimate, inspiring and lovely read about Ireland's shorelines: its places and spaces’ – Professor Robert Devoy, lead editor of The Coastal Atlas of Ireland\nFollowing the Irish coast in a clockwise direction, acclaimed ecologist Richard Nairn travels by boat, on foot, and sometimes by air to visit the best remaining wild places, including islands, cliffs, beaches and dunes.\nThe result is a unique mix of nature, history, science and a reflection on the author’s personal experiences of exploring Ireland’s coast. By viewing the Irish coastline from the sea, and featuring excellent drone photography, Richard gains a unique perspective on the island. And along the way, he recalls a lifetime spent studying nature.\nWild Shores highlights the magic of Ireland's coastline and is a lovely armchair read and can even be used as a travel guide.

Wild Shores: The Magic of Ireland’s Coastline

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Richard Nairn is an ecologist who has been visiting waterways around Ireland for over half a century, fascinated by how they enrich our lives. Here, he sets out to explore Ireland’s rivers, lakes, wet woodlands, ponds and canals, starting with the Avonmore River in his own county of Wicklow.\nFrom source to sea, Richard submerges himself in the wildlife, history and people connected to our waterways. Detailing encounters with dragonflies, dippers, otters and great flocks of migratory waterbirds, he finds himself awestruck by the sense of a lost wilderness he discovers.\nHistorically, our waterways were treated with respect, yielding valuable resources vital to everyday life, but now they are under serious threat. Wild Waters is a love letter to Ireland’s rivers and lakes, a reminder of what we stand to lose, and a powerful case for the role that well-managed waterways can play in the future.

Wild Waters: The Magic of Ireland’s Rivers and Lakes

Acclaimed ecologist's second nature memoir brings you on a fascinating journey around Ireland's coastline.Following the Irish coast in a clockwise direction, acclaimed ecologist Richard Nairn travels by boat, on foot and sometimes by air to visit the best remaining wild places, including islands, cliffs, beaches and dunes.The result is a unique mix of nature, history, science and a reflection on the author's personal experiences of exploring Ireland's coast. By viewing the Irish coastline from the sea, Richard gains a unique perspective on the island. And along the way, he recalls a lifetime spent studying nature.'A great read - whatever part of the coast you visit.' Éanna Ní Lamhna, author of Our Wild World and Wild Dublin'A brilliant and timely odyssey around our precious, precarious shores.' Professor John Brannigan, University College Dublin'An exhilarating journey right around our coastline.' Paddy Woodworth, journalist and author of Our Once and Future Planet'An intimate, inspiring and lovely read about Ireland's shorelines: its places and spaces.' Professor Robert Devoy, lead editor of The Coastal Atlas of Ireland

Wild Shores: The Magic of Ireland's Coastline

Memoirs

Bolinda Audio

Future Wild: Nature Restoration in Ireland

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

New Island Books

In this comprehensive, up-to-date review of the bird communities of all the habitats in Ireland, a team of the most experienced ornithologists in Ireland brings together descriptions of the habitat types and the typical bird species they support. Habitat management and bird conservation concerns are also fully addressed.

Bird Habitats in Ireland

Sports & Outdoors

Field Guides

Collins Pr

Weaving the kindred strands of history and nature, the authors tell the fascinating story of Dublin's bay. The development of the port city has been mirrored by major changes in the coastal environment. Learn how the creation of Dublin Port caused the formation of Bull Island, or how the cockles and mussels immortalized in `Molly Malone' caused typhoid outbreaks. This new book authoritatively explains the bay's importance to the past, present and future of Dublin and Ireland.

Dublin Bay: Nature and History

History

JEFFREY, DAVID

Goodbody, Rob

Europe

Collins Books

Wicklow, on the doorstep of Ireland's capital, is a vast and varied wilderness of mountains and bogs, forest and farmland, rivers and lakes, sea-cliff and beach. Together, the make the county of Wicklow one of the best surviving wild areas of Europe. This illustrated book explores in detail each of the major habitats Wicklow has to offer, and tells the dramatic story of its geological past, and its history of human habitation. Readers will also find a gazette of wild places in Wicklow worth visiting, listing wildlife to look out for, and directions on how to get there.

Wild Wicklow: Nature in the Garden of Ireland

Crowley, Miriam

Nature & Ecology

UNKNO

Ireland's Coastline: Exploring Its Nature and Heritage

A comprehensive account of the natural and human history of the Irish coastline

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