The Fresh and the Salt : The Story of the Solway

Author: Lingard, Ann

Scotland

Published on 7 March 2024 by Birlinn General (Birlinn Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 336 pages, Maps; 8 Plates, colour
197 x 129 x 27 | 304g

Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the YearFirths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife: human activity too is profoundly influenced by their waters and shores.

The Solway Firth – the crooked finger of water that both unites and divides Scotland and England – is a beautiful yet unpredictable place and one of the least-industrialised natural large estuaries in Europe. Its history, geology and turbulent character have long affected the way its inhabitants, both human and non-human, have learnt to live along and within its ever-changing margins.