Alvin Nicholas has a passion for wild places. His latest and most ambitious book to date leads you well off the beaten track to explore hidden secrets within woods and forests. A protected area specialist, avid traveller and writer, Alvin spent several months researching forest elephants on the Kenya-Uganda border. He's been shot at by rebels in Burundi, led safaris in South Africa and even had a spell as ranger on Hampstead Heath. He now lives with his young family in his native South Wales. In addition to managing upland nature conservation projects he spent two years biking, hiking and bivvying amidst Britain's wildest woods.Martin Cray has been involved with the wild world for over 20 years filming and photographing everything from Himalayan adventures to the wonders of nature in our own back yard. He is a frequent contributor to BBC's The One Show and a host of films produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit.

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• Foreword Introduction Into the woods Out in the wild Using this book SOUTHWEST ENGLAND 1 Cornwall & Devon 2 Exmoor & Somerset 3 The Cotswolds, Forest Of Dean & Wye Valley 4 Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire & The Isle Of Wight SOUTH & EAST ENGLAND 5 The South Downs, Sussex & Kent 6 London & The Home Counties 7 East Anglia WALES 8 Mid & South Wales 9 Snowdonia & North Wales CENTRAL & NORTHERN ENGLAND 10 Central England 11 Peaks, Dales, Moors & Wolds 12 The Lake District, Cumbria & The Northeast SCOTLAND 13 South & Central Scotland 14 Perthshire, Cairngorms & Surrounds 15 The Highlands Recording woodland wildlife Index

Alvin Nicholas has a passion for wild places. His latest and most ambitious book to date leads you well off the beaten track to explore hidden secrets within woods and forests. A protected area specialist, avid traveller and writer, Alvin spent several months researching forest elephants on the Kenya-Uganda border. He's been shot at by rebels in Burundi, led safaris in South Africa and even had a spell as ranger on Hampstead Heath. He now lives with his young family in his native South Wales. In addition to managing upland nature conservation projects he spent two years biking, hiking and bivvying amidst Britain's wildest woods.Martin Cray has been involved with the wild world for over 20 years filming and photographing everything from Himalayan adventures to the wonders of nature in our own back yard. He is a frequent contributor to BBC's The One Show and a host of films produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit.

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• Foreword Introduction Into the woods Out in the wild Using this book SOUTHWEST ENGLAND 1 Cornwall & Devon 2 Exmoor & Somerset 3 The Cotswolds, Forest Of Dean & Wye Valley 4 Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire & The Isle Of Wight SOUTH & EAST ENGLAND 5 The South Downs, Sussex & Kent 6 London & The Home Counties 7 East Anglia WALES 8 Mid & South Wales 9 Snowdonia & North Wales CENTRAL & NORTHERN ENGLAND 10 Central England 11 Peaks, Dales, Moors & Wolds 12 The Lake District, Cumbria & The Northeast SCOTLAND 13 South & Central Scotland 14 Perthshire, Cairngorms & Surrounds 15 The Highlands Recording woodland wildlife Index

Alvin Nicholas has a passion for wild places. His latest and most ambitious book to date leads you well off the beaten track to explore hidden secrets within woods and forests. A protected area specialist, avid traveller and writer, Alvin spent several months researching forest elephants on the Kenya-Uganda border. He's been shot at by rebels in Burundi, led safaris in South Africa and even had a spell as ranger on Hampstead Heath. He now lives with his young family in his native South Wales. In addition to managing upland nature conservation projects he spent two years biking, hiking and bivvying amidst Britain's wildest woods.Martin Cray has been involved with the wild world for over 20 years filming and photographing everything from Himalayan adventures to the wonders of nature in our own back yard. He is a frequent contributor to BBC's The One Show and a host of films produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit.

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• Foreword Introduction Into the woods Out in the wild Using this book SOUTHWEST ENGLAND 1 Cornwall & Devon 2 Exmoor & Somerset 3 The Cotswolds, Forest Of Dean & Wye Valley 4 Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire & The Isle Of Wight SOUTH & EAST ENGLAND 5 The South Downs, Sussex & Kent 6 London & The Home Counties 7 East Anglia WALES 8 Mid & South Wales 9 Snowdonia & North Wales CENTRAL & NORTHERN ENGLAND 10 Central England 11 Peaks, Dales, Moors & Wolds 12 The Lake District, Cumbria & The Northeast SCOTLAND 13 South & Central Scotland 14 Perthshire, Cairngorms & Surrounds 15 The Highlands Recording woodland wildlife Index