The Waterlands (follow a raindrop from source to sea)

The Waterlands has been described as ‘a masterpiece’, as the author explores how water falls to the earth from the sky as raindrops, and splashes into hillsides to merge with rivers, to reach the sea.

This is the story of one of the world’s most miraculous substances: water. Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse landscapes:

River sources in the upland moors
Saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries
Serene and spectacular lochs
Crystal-clear chalk streams
Blanket bogs and peat

On this epic journey, you’ll join the raindrop to discover how water shapes the land and shapes our lives – and how we shape it in return. Beautifully blending geography, ecology, climate writing and social history, this is an urgent call to protect our planet’s most essential resource.

You’ll never look at a raindrop the same way again!

This is a book that leaves you looking at rain, rivers and land itself with fresh wonder and responsibility. Ruby Free (conservation biologist)

In an age of floods, droughts, polluted rivers and shrinking lakes, this imaginative retelling of the water cycle beautifully illuminates the vital importance of water and wetlands to all life on earth. Julian Hoffman

Heartening evidence of how quickly our wetlands can start to bounce back, once left to their own devices. Birds and insects return, grass grows longer and trees take root. Financial Times