Into the Peatlands : A Journey through the Moorland Year

Into the Peatlands : A Journey through the Moorland Year

Robin A. Crawford

Språken
FörlagBirlinn
ISBN9781788851404

The peatlands of the Outer Hebrides are half land, half water. Their surface is a glorious tweed woven from tiny, living sphagnums rich in wildlife, but underneath is layer upon layer of dead mosses transforming into the peat. One can, with care, walk out onto them, but stop and you begin to sink in