Hen Harrier - Couverture rigide

Donald-watson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0856610151 ISBN 13 : 9780856610158

Editeur : T & A D Poyser Ltd, 1977

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An acknowledged classic of narrative nature-writing, Donald Watsons The Hen Harrier was the culmination of a lifetimes study of this beautiful upland bird. A gentle, warm and wonderfully written book, The Hen Harrier stems from an age of amateur conservation, from the pen of a man who cared deeply about birds and their habitats, especially of the Scottish borders where he conducted much of his research and painting. The book was among the last of a dying breed; it would be thirty years or more before writing on our natural history would again reach the heights of accessibility to nature-lovers exemplified by Donald Watson and his peers. The book starts with Watson setting down more or less everything known about harriers which at that time often consisted of information sent by letter to the author, rather than published in a journal before moving on to the story of Watsons years studying nests in the south-west of Scotland. With a foreword by conservation champion Mark Avery, this edition of Watsons greatest work is particularly timely. The conflict between grouse-shooting interests, which has overseen the virtual extinction of the harrier as a breeding bird in England through illegal persecution, and an increasingly vocal conservationist lobby is the number one conservation issue in Britain today. Donald Watsons narrative soars like a sky-dancing harrier throughout this book. Read it, and be taken back to a simpler age of nature conservation by a true master of the art.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: T & A D Poyser Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0856610151
• ISBN 13: 9780856610158
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible