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Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
4.0
Like a lot of people, I spent a lot of time walking during lockdown, especially through nature. With less traffic on the roads and confined to the local area, I spent a lot of time on the roads, pushing into the surrounding countryside. I also installed a bird feeder in the garden and enjoyed the daily visits from the birds, trying to identify them as they squabbled over the seeds.
I definately felt more tuned into nature, and had a deeper understanding of the surrounding natural world. Nothing though, on the scale of 14 year Dara McAnulty, who wrote this book in the form of diary entries between one spring equinox and the next. As he’s autistic, Dara feels different from the others in his school and he finds refuge in nature, because ‘ 'Wildlife never disappoints like people can. Natura has a purity to me, unaffected.’
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I definately felt more tuned into nature, and had a deeper understanding of the surrounding natural world. Nothing though, on the scale of 14 year Dara McAnulty, who wrote this book in the form of diary entries between one spring equinox and the next. As he’s autistic, Dara feels different from the others in his school and he finds refuge in nature, because ‘ 'Wildlife never disappoints like people can. Natura has a purity to me, unaffected.’
Full review here