The lost art of reading nature's signs : use outdoor clues to find your way, predict the weather, locate water, track animals--and other forgotten skills / Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower ; with editorial contributions by Marc Williams.

"First published in Great Britain in 2014 as The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs: Their Meaning and the Art of Making Predictions and Deductions by Sceptre."

"First printing, July 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-381) and index.

Getting started -- Ground -- Trees -- Plants -- Mosses, algae, fungi and lichens -- A walk with rocks and wildflowers -- Sky and weather -- Stars -- Sun -- Moon -- A night walk -- Animals -- A walk with the Dayak part I -- City, town and village -- A city walk with invisible snakes -- Coast, rivers and lakes -- Snow and sand -- A walk with the Dayak part II -- Rare and extraordinary -- The breakthrough -- Your invisible toolbox.

Presents a compendium of information and forecasting details that can be gathered from observations about plants, animals, landscapes, buildings, clouds, stars, sun, and the moon. --Publisher's description.