Birds, Beasts and Bedlam
Turning My Farm into an Ark for Lost Species
Seiten
2022
Chelsea Green Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-1-64502-133-9 (ISBN)
Chelsea Green Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-1-64502-133-9 (ISBN)
'A do-er, not a dreamer, Gow has become one of our most outspoken rewilders.' Countryfile Magazine
‘In this warm and funny autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.’ Country Life
‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ Guardian
‘Courageous, visionary, funny.’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain’s most colourful rewilder, Derek Gow. How he raised a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat and restored the ancient white stork to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree.
After a Shetland ewe captured a young Derek’s heart, he grew up to become a farmer with a passion for ancient breeds. But when he realised how many of our species were close to extinction, even on his own land, he tore up his traditional Devon farm and transformed it into a rewilding haven for beavers, water voles, lynx, wildcats, harvest mice and more.
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam is the story of a rewilding maverick and his single-minded mission to save our wildlife.
‘In this warm and funny autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.’ Country Life
‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ Guardian
‘Courageous, visionary, funny.’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain’s most colourful rewilder, Derek Gow. How he raised a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat and restored the ancient white stork to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree.
After a Shetland ewe captured a young Derek’s heart, he grew up to become a farmer with a passion for ancient breeds. But when he realised how many of our species were close to extinction, even on his own land, he tore up his traditional Devon farm and transformed it into a rewilding haven for beavers, water voles, lynx, wildcats, harvest mice and more.
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam is the story of a rewilding maverick and his single-minded mission to save our wildlife.
Derek Gow is a farmer, nature conservationist and the author of Bringing Back the Beaver and Birds, Beasts and Bedlam. Born in Dundee, he left school when he was 17 and worked in agriculture for five years. Inspired by the writing of Gerald Durrell, he jumped at the chance to manage a European wildlife park in central Scotland in the late 1990s before moving on to develop two nature centres in England. He now lives with his children, Maysie and Kyle, on a 300-acre farm on the Devon/Cornwall border, which he is in the process of rewilding. Derek has played a significant role in the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver, the water vole and the white stork in England. He is currently working on a reintroduction project for the wildcat.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.06.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Black-and-white illustrations throughout |
| Verlagsort | White River Junction |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 399 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64502-133-5 / 1645021335 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64502-133-9 / 9781645021339 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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