Bellamy's Ireland

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Bellamy's Ireland is about the bogs, those wonderfully wet plodgy places so full of history both natural and people made, much of which is now sadly but a memory. We each have our own image of Ireland, and for naturalist and television personality, Dávid Bellamy, Ireland is first and foremost its wild boglands. Dávid Bellamy takes the reader on an adventure in exploration of these storehouses of history. He explains, in his irrepressible style, the nature of peat and bogs, and gives exuberant accounts of the various boggy habitats. Then he takes a dive under the soggy blanket in search of history and pre-history and the peaty roots of the Irish people. Finally, he has copious suggestions about how we might best exploit and preserve our precious bogland heritage. Bellamy's Ireland is a loving tribute to our sadly diminishing peatlands, a joyous celebration of turf and bogs, hummocks and hollows, domes and pools, soaks and salts, bog cotton and bog bean; but it is alsó a warning and a... Tovább

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Bellamy's Ireland is about the bogs, those wonderfully wet plodgy places so full of history both natural and people made, much of which is now sadly but a memory. We each have our own image of Ireland, and for naturalist and television personality, Dávid Bellamy, Ireland is first and foremost its wild boglands. Dávid Bellamy takes the reader on an adventure in exploration of these storehouses of history. He explains, in his irrepressible style, the nature of peat and bogs, and gives exuberant accounts of the various boggy habitats. Then he takes a dive under the soggy blanket in search of history and pre-history and the peaty roots of the Irish people. Finally, he has copious suggestions about how we might best exploit and preserve our precious bogland heritage. Bellamy's Ireland is a loving tribute to our sadly diminishing peatlands, a joyous celebration of turf and bogs, hummocks and hollows, domes and pools, soaks and salts, bog cotton and bog bean; but it is alsó a warning and a plea to us all to guard what is left of our vanishing wild boglands. "Dávid Bellamy is to be congratulated on this popular account of Irish bogs. Many readers will be surprised to learn that his interest in our bogs goes back thirty years, but every reader will enjoy his uniquely enthusiastic account of this important part of the heritage of Ireland." Dr Gerry Doyle Wildlife Advisory Council •A í / Vissza