Nature Book Reader June 2020 - Flipbook - Page 26
A Nature Book Reader
MATHEW CLAYTON
Mathew
Mathew Clayton
Clayton commissioned
commissioned the
the Caught
Caught By
By The
The River
River book
book
Birds
ofIbiza
Ibizaby Sarah
by Sarah
Nechamkin
Birds of
Nechamkin
When
When II first
first went
went to
to Ibiza
Ibiza
with
with two
two friends
friends in the late
’90s,
’90s, we stayed
stayed in aa little
little
pension
pension just set back from
Salinas
Salinas beach. Although in
the
the middle
middle of nowhere
nowhere it
had
had aa bar
barthat
that was
wasopen
open24
24
hours
hours aa day.
day. We
We had
hadfun.
fun. We
We
didn’t
didn’t get much sleep. I have
been
been back
back every
every summer
since
since but as II have
have got
got older
older
my
my interest
interest in the island’s
nightlife
nightlife has been replaced
by
by an
an interest
interest in its
its wildlife.
wildlife.
A
Acouple
couple of
of years
years ago
ago II
discovered
discovered this wonderful
wonderful
book.
book. I own
own aacouple
couple of
of
British
British bird guides but find
them
them incredibly
incredibly uninspiring
uninspiring
with
with dull
dull photos of hundreds
of
of birds
birds that
that to my
my untrained
untrained
eyes
eyes look
look much the
the same.
same.
Not
Not so
so with
with this
this book.
book. Only
Only
26
26 birds
birds are
are included,
included, all
beautifully
illustrated with
with
beautifully illustrated
the
the delicate
delicate paintings of the
Ibizan
Ibizan landscape by Sarah
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Nechamkin, a former student
of Henry
Henry Moore and Graham
Sutherland. The words are
ably provided by Martin
Davies and it is his faultess
faultess
publishing house The
Barbary Press that put the
book out. Part guide book,
part art book, and offering
a unique
unique vision of the natural
world – it
it is
is the
the sort
sort of
of
book no major
major publishing
house would ever have the
imagination to publish.
publish.
Further Reading
Waterlog
by Roger Deakin
Our Animal Friends
by Alice and Martin Provensen
