Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War and adaptation

and adaptation

and Nicola's lyrical words capture the simple loveliness that is everywhere

With over 240 stunning wildlife photographs

They heal us

Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War and adaptationWinner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War 'If it weren't for the birds, what a hell it would be' During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort and interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches bird watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular