Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Non-fiction: Wildlife

  • Wilding

    I visited Knepp Estate this summer for the second time, which motivated me to read the book I’d bought when I visited for the first time in 2025. A year…

  • The Arbonaut

    The Arbonaut is a memoir by Meg Lowman, a pioneer in ecology who developed techniques for reaching and studying forest canopies. Meg covers her life as a scientist and the…

  • Lion: Pride before the Fall

    Lion: Pride before the Fall is a photography book featuring the last lion prides in Africa, profits from which go to support the conservation work of Born Free. There are…

  • Eye of the Tiger

    The Eye of the Tiger is an account of the trips of the wildlife artist and environmentalist Pollyanna Pickering and her photographer and business partner Anna-Louise Pickering to India in…

  • The Way of the Wolf

    The Way of the Wolf is a book of paintings by Pollyanna Pickering, with text and photography by Anna-Louise Pickering, bought for me as a Yule present by my parents.…

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