Synopsis

Renowned author Robert Macfarlane undertakes a journey to uncover the surprising landscapes and natural history of Essex, demonstrating that there is much more to the county than its familiar image of fashionable footwear and fast cars. For a year, Macfarlane traverses the region’s peculiar and powerful scenery – from areas scarred by industry to lonely beaches and untamed woodlands. He observes vast murmurations of starlings over the Thames, peregrine falcons at Tilbury Power Station, water