Name: Stephen Rutt
Start: 2026-03-25T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Biggar Library, Market Road, ML12 6FX

We are thrilled to welcome naturalist and award-winning author Stephen Rutt to Biggar to talk about his latest book 'The Waterlands'. Stephen is based in Dumfries and has written extensively about birds, his book 'Wintering' is about a season with Geese and 'The Seafarers' follows birds at sea. His books are evocative and powerful testaments to the rhythms of the natural world. Please join us for what is sure to be a fascinating illustrated event.
£6
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Delving into the natural rhythms and miraculous power of water, 'The Waterlands' follows a raindrop as it falls to the ground in the Lowther Hills of Scotland and travels through the landscape to the Firth of Clyde. On its journey it flows through river sources in the upland moors, to river end in the saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries of Britain. However, the movement of water through a landscape is not a two-dimensional linear journey. Some will get diverted into other wetlands including lochs, bogs and marshes. Rutt follows these water diversions, investigating their under appreciated beauty, where unique ecosystems flourish – and where water is, of course, central to their existence.