author
Alfred Wellesley Rees
1872–1917
A Welsh nature writer with a sharp eye for the hidden life of birds and animals, he turned close observation into vivid, story-like natural history. His best-known work invites readers into the dusk and dark of western Britain, where otters, water-voles, and other elusive creatures come alive on the page.
1 Audiobook
Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain
by Alfred Wellesley Rees
About the author
Born in Pembroke Dock on December 7, 1872, Alfred Wellesley Rees was a Welsh writer and naturalist. He published books including Ianto the Fisherman, Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain (1905), and, after his death, The Heron of Castle Creek and Other Sketches of Bird Life (1920).
His writing is remembered for blending careful observation with an easy, engaging style. Rather than treating natural history as dry cataloging, he wrote about birds and wild animals as living presences in the landscape, especially in western Britain.
Rees died in 1917. A later volume of his work was issued with a memoir by J. K. Hudson, which suggests the regard his writing inspired among readers and literary friends. For audiobook listeners, he offers a thoughtful, atmospheric window into the natural world of his time.