After Dark

Combining nightwalking and nightlife, in After Dark award-winning nature writer John Lewis-Stempel takes us out into the night to discover a world normally hidden from view, its rarely seen spectacles and curiosities.

"Lewis-Stempel's greatest gift remains his prose, with all its vividness and energy." Daily Mail

"An enticing paean to the night." Geographical

"Britain's finest living nature writer." The Times

The north star has just switched on, and the lane up to the wood is lit by the moon. At night, the normal rules of nature do not apply. The senses become reordered and nocturnal creatures emerge to reclaim the countryside.

Few walk by night, into that other place. Everything is different. In place of bees, glow worms. Instead of commuting cars, the sky-traffic of migrating fieldfares. Hares box under the light of the moon, night-jars hunt moths, and stars stud the sky like jewels.

So, it is time to leave our lairs and join the creatures of the night.