Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• THE FACE OF ENGLAND
• JANUARY
• ANTICIPATIONS OF SPRING
• THE FENS IN FROST
• WHERE NORFOLK IS SUPREME
• EAST COAST MIGRATIONS
• AFTER THE HUNT
• FEBRUARY
• A CLOSER SEASON
• A PROLIFIC WORLD
• PLUM AND BARLEY
• SECRETS OF FLIGHT
• THE THIRSTY BEE
• A LONDON DIVER
• MARCH
• THE LAST OF THE ELM AGE
• TWO SPRINGS
• THE MARCH HARE
• A BEDFORD SANCTUARY
• ECCENTRIC TASTES
• "TURN BUT A STONE"
• BUILDING TASTES
• APRIL
• MILLENARY THRUSHES
• BIRDS VERSUS FLOWERS
• EWE AND LAMB
• WHERE THEY SLEEP
• RESTOCKED RIVERS
• THE GREEN HAND
• THE FAITHFUL RAVEN
• TIRED TRAVELLERS
• MAY
• A COMPARISON OF SPRINGS
• THE BITTERN BOOMS AGAIN
• FROST INFLUENCES
• COMPETING NIGHTINGALES
• OXFORD GARDENS
• A GULL'S NURSERY
• JUNE
• BLIGHT AND BLOOM
• A BOTANICAL LINKS
• NEW-MOWN HAY
• THE PERFECT SANCTUARY
• TWO WESTERN WOODS
• THE EAGLE'S VIEW
• A FURTIVE MOTHER
• THE QUIETEST BROAD
• A SOUTHERN YARROW
• JULY
• A FAMILY OF FIVE
• A BUTTERFLY NURSERY
• WHERE THE BEE SUCKS
• HEATH LOVERS
• THE MOWER'S ART
• FRIENDS OR ENEMIES?
• A THIRSTY WORLD
• AN UNTIMELY HAPPY
• AUGUST
• GARDEN SCENTS
• WASPS AND QUEENS
• A BIRDS' PARADISE
• SEASIDE SHELLS
• A FUSHSIA CRADLE
• A BEES' FESTIVAL
• SCENIC ROSES
• SEPTEMBER
• SEPTEMBER STUBBLES
• TWO-AND-TWENTY SWALLOWS
• SECRETS OF ATTRACTION
• A SEPTEMBER FEN
• INVINCIBLE HARVESET
• PROPHETIC INSECTS
• SUCCESSIVE SANCTUARIES
• A HYMENOPTEROUS GIANT
• A FORLORN HOPE
• OCTOBER
• GONE!
• A DESERTED GARDEN
• THE GLORY OF HAMPSHIRE
• FORGOTTEN HOARDS
• ST. LUKE'S SUMMER
• OCTOBER'S SPRING
• SOUTHERING BIRDS
• PICKING APPLES
• NOVEMBER
• OBEYING THE FROST
• CROW AND CROSSBILL
• TOOLS OF THE TRADE
• THE COUNTRYMAN'S NOVEMBER
• THE FASHION IN ALIENS
• THE PILLAR OF OUR LANDSCAPE
• THE FINCHES'S SECRET
• DECEMBER
• VAGROM ALIENS
• A MURMURATION OF STARES
• THE BIG BIRD'S RETURN
• CHRISTMAS FOOD
• THE BIRDS OF ST. JAMES'S
• THE HUNGRIEST ANIMAL
• INDEX