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

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As well as the goshawk nest, he also visits a fox den to film the cubs tumbling and play fighting, the lowland heath to spy the elusive Dartford Warbler and the valley mires to record the increasingly rare sight of curlews nesting.

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I wasn’t enticed by the ‘pandemic’ tag from the publisher, but it won the Wainwright Nature Prize, and it became harder not to. Greater numbers of people than usual converged upon the national park and there was a sudden, exponential backlash of disturbance levels – just as the chicks of these birds were hatching. If you are a fan of Helen Macdonald's classic book "H is for Hawk", you will fall in love with goshawks all over again in "Goshawk Summer" and appreciate the effort to bring back this majestic raptor from extinction. Aldred is a cameraman who has worked on numerous award winning documentaries and with the best in the business, i. Goshawks in the UK are often associated with large forests, often conifer plantations and this may influence their distribution in the UK, although some continental populations do breed in urban areas.I have always had a special place in my heart for birds, birdwatching, and learning as much about avian species as possible, and boy is there a lifetime of learning involved. Sharply observed, every nuance of the woodland area is investigated and brought to life, and the narrative is so finely placed it feels cinematic in quality just as though you are cocooned high above the canopy of the New Forest watching as the ancient woodland unfolds deep below you to share its innermost secrets.

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James Aldred is the celebrated author of The Man Who Climbs Trees (Allen Lane) and an Emmy Award-winning documentary wildlife cameraman and filmmaker. The tranquillity of the place during lockdown provides him with a fresh perspective of the forest but, once restrictions were lifted, people swarm to the area en masse and in unprecedented numbers. Er hat mit Sir Richard Attenborough zusammengearbeitet und hat für seine Dokumentation einen Emmy bekommen. It looks like he won’t be filming them anytime soon, but a few weeks into the lockdown he gets the permissions that he needs to undertake the filming. There were gas guns near a nest in 96/97 which caused them to desert despite getting NE to get the estate to move them.

I found it fascinating to learn about the many preparations which he has to make before he even begins to film, such as locating a suitable filming site, whilst having a constant awareness of others close by in case something goes wrong.

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Then lockdown eases, and all hell breaks loose, as beauty spots like the New Forest are inundated with visitors who perhaps don’t usually visit the British countryside. From the increase in noise, litter, risky barbeques, irresponsible drivers and dog owners, the newfound peace of the New Forest seems shattered.A year of lockdown, with the initial peace and quiet benefitting the natural world and the subsequent chaos arising from the relaxation of control. Fortunately for donkey-lovers the breeding success of donkeys is good and there are plenty of roads for them to stand in in middle of. Chronicled in Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the Forest, wildlife cameraman James Aldred is given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to film a goshawk nest during the first few months of the pandemic.