A sky full of kites : a rewilding story
Bowser, Tom2021
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Red kites were once Britain's most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they'd been wiped out in Scotland and England following centuries of ruthless persecution. When some reintroduced kites began roosting on their 1,400-acre farm at Argaty in Perthshire, Tom Bowser's parents, Lynn and Niall, decided to turn their estate into a safe haven. They began feeding the birds and invited the world to come and see them, learn about them and fall in love with them. A Sky Full of Kites is the story of the Argaty Red Kite project, and the re-establishing of these magnificent raptors to Scotland, but it is also much more than that. Ill at ease with the traditional rural values of livestock farming, Lynn and Niall's son Tom, who returned to work on the farm after a career in journalism, reveals his passion for nature and his desire to dedicate his family's land to conservation.
Main title:
A sky full of kites : a rewilding story / Tom Bowser ; foreword by Gordon Buchanan.
Author:
Bowser, Tom, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn Limited, 2021.©2021
Collation:
256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour, and black and white), map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781780276502 (pbk)9781780276502
Dewey class:
598.945094128598.945
Language:
English
BRN:
469359
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Animals | 598.945 BOW | Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 |