Love is a Toad (a year long journey exploring wildlife)

Love is a Toad is a book where the author (who is fortunate enough to be blessed with the tremendous name of Lucy Lapwing!) traverses meadows, bogs and hedgerows with fellow nature enthusiasts, to dig down into our relationship with the natural world.

Over a year she meet blackbirds, slugs, dung beetles and toads. From a river swim to wanders through woodlands, she explores how nature makes us feel – from wild grief and anger, to soaring joy and hope. This is a prod at our connection to the natural world, exploring its complexity, in all its muddiness and messiness.

Lucy writes about nature the way we actually experience it – messy, moving, funny and deeply human. Love Is a Toad captures the feelings of being outdoors in a way I’ve rarely read before. It made me slow down, look closer, and feel more. Lucy has an extraordinary gift for turning small encounters into moments of wonder. Dr Amir Kahn

About the author

Lucy Lapwing grew up in West Lancashire, always fascinated by nature and wildlife. Now a wildlife campaigner, she works behind the scenes on BBC Springwatch. She lives on the Isle of Bute in Scotland.