In pursuit of butterflies - M. R. Oates

The butterflies of Britain, in the words of one of their greatest championsMatthew Oates has led a butterflying life. Naturalist, conservationist
and passionate lover of poetry, he has devoted himself to these exalted
creatures: to their observation, to singing their praises, and to
ensuring their survival. Based on fifty years of detailed diaries, In Pursuit of Butterflies is the chronicle of this life. Oates leads
the reader through a lifetime of butterflying, across the
mountain tops,
the peat bogs, sea cliffs, meadows, heaths, the chalk
downs and great forests of the British Isles. Full of humour, zeal,
digression, expertise and anecdote, this book provides a profound
encounter with one of our great butterfly lovers, and with a
half-century of butterflies in Britain.