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The Fresh and the Salt
The Story of the Solway
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Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife; human activity too is profoundly influenced by their waters and shores. The...
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Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year.The Fresh and the Saltis abeautifully written natural history of the Solway Firth, one of the largest estuaries in Europe, told through the people whose lives are linked to the firth and the enormous wealth of wildlife that call it home.
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Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year
Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife; human activity too is profoundly influenced by their waters and shores.
The Solway Firth - the crooked finger of water that both unites and divides Scotland and England - is a beautiful yet unpredictable place and one of the least-industrialised natural large estuaries in Europe. Its history, geology and turbulent character have long affected the way its inhabitants, both human and non-human, have learnt to live along and within its ever-changing margins.
Lingard's scientific knowledge of the area and its multitudinous inhabitants is delivered in riveting prose. This is deep and beautiful natural history writing - BBC Countryfile Magazine
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781780278490
Publisher: Birlinn General
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Birlinn Ltd
Edition: New in Paperback
Illustration: Maps; 8 Plates, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 305g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Ann Lingard spent her childhood in Cornwall. After living and working in various places including Cambridge, Glasgow, Oxford and Oregon, she and her husband now manage a smallholding in North-west Cumbria, within sight of the Solway Firth. Having left academia and research to write and broadcast, she has subsequently written and spoken a great deal about the countryside and shore.
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