Nature Writing

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Trees poem

Trees   Fingers down to meet green earth or grey brown Earth holding all together tapping Nature’s foundations   Arms outstretched, brimming with pride to home wild things, wild plants, wild creatures floating butterflies irresistible breaks in the foliage   Strong limbs grasp the thick embers of a burning sunset layer upon layer of fire in unreal heavens marching to the top of the world the unseen ancients   Planet Earth continues through space trees the silent messengers of time...

Dara McAnulty and Benedict Macdonald – Wainwright Nature Prize

Diaries of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty won the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing. McAnulty is the youngest ever winner of this prize. “The Diary of a Young Naturalist is a significant nature book – made all the more so because it is Dara McAnulty’s first, completed before his 16th birthday,” says Julia Bradbury, TV presenter and chair of the judging panel for the UK Nature writing category. “Our Wainwright Prize winner this year is nuanced, passionate and caring. It’s...