The Fresh and the Salt

Ann Lingard

The Fresh and the Salt
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birlinn General
Country
United Kingdom
Published
14 June 2024
Pages
336
ISBN
9781780278490

The Fresh and the Salt

Ann Lingard

*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR ***

Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife: human activity too is profoundly influenced by their waters and shores.

The Solway Firth - the crooked finger of water that both unites and divides Scotland and England - is a beautiful yet unpredictable place and one of the least-industrialised natural large estuaries in Europe. Its history, geology and turbulent character have long affected the way its inhabitants, both human and non-human, have learnt to live along and within its ever-changing margins.

'Lingard's scientific knowledge of the area and its multitudinous inhabitants [is] delivered in riveting prose. This is deep and beautiful natural history writing' - BBC Countryfile Magazine

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