
A complete natural history & the first large-scale survey of this unique part of the country. The borderland between England & Wales has long been a region of contention. Its distinctive geography, wedged roughly between Welsh mountains & English river beds has not only isolated this rural, sparsely-populated slice of l&, but created a unique identity. Stretching along the bordering counties with England
- Cheshire, Shropshire & Herefordshire
- the Welsh Marches are made up of a mixture of mountains & moorlands, farms & wooded river valleys. The natural history of the region is like most parts of the British Isles
- inextricably linked to the activities of man across many thousands of years. Andrew Allott brings together a wealth of material in the latest New Naturalist volume, much of which is published here for the first time. Presenting the first large-scale survey of this unique part of the country, he offers a complete natural history of the area, covering the hills, fossils, ice ages, meres, mosses, forests, streams & rivers, whilst also focusing on man's impact on the region, the changing wildlife, the impact of agriculture & the consequences of past & present industrial action.