Pack soup, cheese and a copy of iHow To See Naturei by the Bard of Wenlock Edge and Guardian diarist. John Vidal pWith a title taken from the 1940 Batsford book, this is nature writing for the modern reader. Evans weaves historical, cultural and literary references into his writing, ranging from TS Eliot to Bridget Riley, from Hieronymus Bosch to Napoleon. pIt is a book both for those that live in the country and those that don't, but experience nature every day through brownfield edge lands, transport corridors, urban greenspace, industrialised agriculture and fragments of ancient countryside. pThe essays include the The Weedling Wild, on the wildlife of the wasteland ragwort, rosebay willowherb, giant hogweed and the cinnabar moth Gardens of Light, about the creatures to be found under moonlight pipistrelle bats, lacewings and orb-weaver spider The Flow, with tales from the riverbank, estuaries and seas, including kingfisher, minnow, otter and heron. The Commons looks at meadowland w