Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the Forest - WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022

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Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the Forest - WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022

Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the Forest - WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022

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Written during the national lockdown at the start of the pandemic last March, Goshawk Summer: a New Forest Season Unlike Any Other is the tale of wildlife cameraman James Aldred watching a pair – and eventually a family – of goshawks during the spring and summer of 2020.

Goshawk Summer: A New Forest Season Unlike Any Other

The book is written as a diary of his time on the filming project, from meeting forestry staff to find the ideal filming location, through installing the hide over several days, and then from incubation to fledging of the Goshawk chicks.

Unfortunately, while many reported this as the public’s increasing appreciation for our natural landscapes, Aldred has a different opinion.

Goshawk Summer: a New Forest Season Unlike Any Other Goshawk Summer: a New Forest Season Unlike Any Other

In early 2020, wildlife filmmaker James Aldred was commissioned to make a documentary following the lives of a family of Goshawks in the New Forest – the place of his childhood. Here in Wales we have 4 local territories 2 regularly used and breedi8ng successful most years when the local pheasant keepers leave them alone. He has collaborated with Sir David Attenborough on numerous projects including Life of Mammals, Planet Earth and Our Planet and been nominated for BAFTA/RTS awards many times. Along with showing joy at the way in which nature flourished in the New Forest during the first lockdown - 'Nature's been given the space to unfurl her wings and they are shimmering' - Aldred laments about the behaviour of many people when the first restrictions were lifted, destroying fragile habitats, and leaving the national park strewn with litter.To be able to get a glimpse into the workings and existence of this fabulous and fascinating predictor was just breathtaking. If I wasn't already fascinated in Aldred's subject - the goshawk - Macdonald's quote alone would have drawn me to pick this up. Being such an unusual and terrifying time, and working in a place so close to his heart, makes his story very personal and affecting.



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