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GODS OF THE MORNING

‘I love this book. It quickens the heart with hope and wrests real beauty from keen observations of the natural world. If only we could all be as attentive to the life around us as John Lister-Kaye. No one writes more movingly, or with such transporting poetic skill, about encounters with wild creatures. Its pages course with sympathy, humility, and wisdom’

Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk

‘Gods of the Morning is an exquisitely observed account of a year in the life of a Scottish glen, backed by a deep understanding gleaned through decades of study by a working naturalist, and homing in on the struggle the local wildlife is facing in coping with weather patterns that have become more and more unpredictable’

Neil Ansell, author of Deep Country

‘The spirit of nature holds many unknowns, mysteries and magic. John Lister-Kaye questions these unknowns with perfectly crafted words, delving so deep that you can almost feel nature’s pulse’

Colin Elford, author of A Year in the Woods

‘Gods of the Morning is an extraordinary, beautiful and honest book by a writer of profound personal and scientific knowledge. Few books urge me to read them again but this is one of them’

Virginia McKenna

‘John Lister-Kaye is a rare species – a respected naturalist and a consummate wordsmith. Whether in person or on the printed page, there is no one I would rather choose to guide me through the glens in search of Scotland’s wildlife’

Brian Jackman

‘John Lister-Kaye is one of the most joyful, inspirational naturalists I know’

Kate Humble

‘Gods of the Morning is a rich treasury of secrets stolen from the Highlands, seen through the eyes of a great naturalist’

Chris Packham