The Weather Detective

As soon as we step out the door, nature surrounds us. Thousands of small and large processes are taking place, details that are often fascinating and beautiful. But we’ve long forgotten how to recognise them.

Peter Wohlleben, bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, invites us to become an expert, to take a closer look and interpret the signs that clouds, wind, plants and animals convey. Chaffinches become weather prophets, bees are live thermometers, courgettes tell us the time.

The Weather Detective combines scientific research with charming anecdotes to explain the extraordinary cycles of life, death and regeneration that are evolving on our doorstep, bringing us closer to nature than ever before. A walk in the park will never be the same again.

THE MOMENT WE step out of the door and stroll through the garden or a nearby park, we are surrounded by nature. Thousands of processes, from the minute to the gargantuan, are unfolding all around us, and they are fascinating and beautiful to behold – if only we open up our senses and take notice of them. – Peter Wohlleben, Forester and Author