A Sky Full of Kites: A Rewilding Story

By: Tom Bower

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 240 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781788852852
Related ISBNs:: 9781780276502
Publisher:: Birlinn
Date of Addition:: 10/12/23
Copyrighted By:: Tom Bowser
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature, Technology, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.