"This chuckle-inducing and thought-provoking account of former farmer now rewilder Derek Gow is incredibly special."
At times provocative, often humorous, always fascinating, wander through the life of a rewilder and discover new thoughts forming and a little joy. Derek Gow’s work to save native species and return them to the wild is eye-opening. He writes with a heartfelt yet cheerful abandon, thoughts and feelings spill onto the page and reach out.
It feels as though his words are him, you can feel his intense passion for his work. Along the way Derek Gow introduces other passionate leading figures of this world and the various stories had me blurting with laughter. His journey to rewilding his Devon farm has been long and sometimes torturous, particularly when being savaged by somewhat feisty animals and battling the bureaucrats.
Working with and saving animals is often painful, there is a stark reality to be found within this book, death is faced head on. If you’re looking for fairytales and sugary sweet happy endings, look elsewhere. If you want to learn, discover, explore, become excited by the possibilities that rewilding offers then you will find plenty on offer.
I fell in love with this LoveReading Star Book, these thoughts, this much needed passion for our land and animals. Birds, Beasts and Bedlam is refreshingly bold and filled with gutsy energy, it’s also a hugely inspiring read.
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of farmer-turned-rewilder Derek Gow, who is saving Britain’s much-loved but dangerously threatened species, from the water vole to beaver, wildcat to white stork, and tree frog to glow worm.
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Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of farmer-turned-rewilder Derek Gow, who is saving Britain’s much-loved but dangerously threatened species, from the water vole to beaver, wildcat to white stork, and tree frog to glow worm. Derek tells us all about the realities of rewilding; how he reared delicate roe deer and a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, moved a raging bison bull across the country, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat, returned honking skeins of graylag geese to the land and water that was once theirs, and restored the white stork to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree.
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam features in the following genres: Nature and the natural world: general interest, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Environmental management, Conservation of the environment, Mathematics and Science, Biology, life sciences, Life sciences: general issues, Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning, The environment, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Star Books, Recommendations
Paperback, Hardback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam was written by Derek Gow and published by Chelsea Green Publishing an imprint of Chelsea Green Publishing UK
Birds, Beasts and Bedlam has 208 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.
