Hardback published by Elliott and Thompson 29th July 2021
The woods holds its breath, the only sound the begging of chicks and the gentle breeze sieving through the trees. The forest hasn’t been this quiet for a thousand years. In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Goshawk in the New Forest, hs childhood home. He began to plan a treetop hide in a remote site that would allow hi to film the Gos net, the newly hatched chicks and the lives of these elusive and enchanting birds.
Then lockdown. And as the world retreated, something remarkable happened. The noise of our everyday stilled. No more cars, no more off-roaders, no more airplanes roaring in the skies, no one in the Goshawk woods – except James.
At this unique moment, James was granted a once in a lifetime opportunity to keep filming. And so, over Spring and into Summer, he began to record his experiences in a place empty of people but filled with birdsong and new life.
Amidst the fragility and the fear, there was silver moonlight, tumbling fox cubs, calling curlew and, of course, the soaring Goshawks – shining like fire through one of our darkest times. A Goshawk summer unlike any other.
MY REVIEW
Goshawk Summer A New Forest Season Unlike Any Other is a new book by James Aldred, who is the author of The Man Who Climbed Trees.
Goshawk Summer is filled with a lovely diary of events from the wildlife cameraman James Aldred. He takes readers through lockdown in spring 2020 at the New Forest in England, with his camera capturing a wild goshawk landing on a nest. While James is in the New Forest during Covid there isn’t a soul there apart from James.
His passion for filming all types of animals takes him to East Africa to a cheetah family, baby cubs and lions.
As we all know it was really difficult keeping children occupied during lockdown.
During lockdown, James takes his three boys out into the empty landscape bringing with them their bows and arrows with them.
There are many lovely dates set in his amazing diary inside this book that James tells readers all what he see, and all the exploring, watching and filming that he did.
James Aldred, is a well known cameraman who has worked with the famous David Attenborough.
ABOUT JAMES ALDRED
James is an Emmy winning documentary cameraman specialising in wildlife and filming at height. Passionate about filming in the rainforest canopy, he has spent the last 20 years working regularly with the BBC and National Geographic to explore and help document the wonders of this tree.
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