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A sky full of kites: a rewilding story

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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 reintroduced kites began roosting on their 1,400-acre farm at Argaty, 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 leaving a career change, reveals his passion for nature and his desire to dedicate his family's land to conservation.

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Product Details
Birlinn
1788852850 / 9781788852852
eBook (EPUB)
03/06/2021
English
240 pages
Copy: 20%; print: 20%
Published in Scotland. Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.