A Life In Nature

''The Patron Saint of Conservation'' Sir David Attenborough

''Peter Scott was a huge influence on my childhood...Later on in life I had the good fortune both to meet and to interview him, and he remains, for me, a hero. His knowledge, his kindness to me and his generosity of spirit have remained an influence in my own sphere of natural history....To meet one''s heroes can sometimes be a let-down. That was most certainly not the case with Peter Scott.'' Alan Titchmarsh

A Life In Nature is a portrait of Peter Scott collected from his own conversations, articles and broadcasts including thoughts on on Conservation, expeditions to Lapland and Africa, his travels in Europe and much more.

This republished edition has a new foreword by the former Chairman of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, explaining Sir Peter Scott''s legacy and how he is one of the most important names in conservation and nature, and how his thoughts on our planet are more rele