Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways write by Roy Dennis. This book was released on 2021-04-15. Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The RSPB’s Book of the Season The distinctive white-tailed sea eagle was driven to extinction in Britain more than 200 years ago, but this immense predator is making a return to our skies, thanks to Roy Dennis, an ornithologist, conservationist and arguably the driving force behind the UK’s reintroduction agenda.
The Return of the Grey Partridge
The Return of the Grey Partridge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Return of the Grey Partridge write by Roger Morgan-Grenville. This book was released on 2024-02-22. The Return of the Grey Partridge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restored to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one species, the grey partridge of the title, the managers of the estate woke up to the devastating effect modern farming methods were having on wildlife. Following the estate through the seasons of one year, the book shows how the farm of Peppering is gradually renatured: fields are divided up with hedgerows and trees, beetle banks are built across fields, the land is manured rather than fed with artificial fertilisers, and much of it is returned to pasture. Detailed descriptions of nature give a sense of this large estate coming back to life - still very much farmland, but with a rapid increase in wildlife and biodiversity. And the partridges return. Written in collaboration with the Duke of Norfolk, owner of the Arundel Estate, this moving and hopeful account shows how modern farming can work in partnership with nature to restore not only birdlife but to benefit the whole ecosystem.
The Secret Life of Birds of Prey
The Secret Life of Birds of Prey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret Life of Birds of Prey write by Chloé Valerie Harmsworth. This book was released on 2024-01-30. The Secret Life of Birds of Prey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Enter the fascinating world of the UKs birds of prey. These noble hunters, with their remarkable flying skills, good looks and mysterious ways, are amongst our most attractive and interesting wildlife. They are some of the most enigmatic and rare species too, and this book will reveal them to you. Learn about the falcons, hawks, kites, osprey and eagles that grace our skies and landscape from their impact on our culture in past and recent times, their value and uses in falconry, the history of their persecution and decline at the hands of humans, to their return to the UK through our reintroduction and conservation efforts. Admire their beauty up close with gorgeous photography and take an extraordinary peek into their secretive world. Be inspired by the moving words of people across the UK, who have described their thrilling, first-hand encounters, and discover where you can ethically experience these birds for yourself, to form an enduring connection with nature and make memories that will last a lifetime. This accessible and inspiring guide will help you to uncover the details of the habits, habitat, behaviour and diet (and much more) of our UK birds of prey, and show you how they bring delight and magic into our lives.
Cornerstones
Cornerstones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cornerstones write by Benedict Macdonald. This book was released on 2022-07-07. Cornerstones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. FINALIST IN THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2022/2023 – WRITTEN BY THE WAINWRIGHT-CONSERVATION-PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF REBIRDING. Transform your understanding of the natural world forever and discover the wild forces that once supported Britain's extraordinary natural riches, and could again. Our precious archipelago is ravaged by climate change, bereft of natural ecosystems and lies at the mercy of global warming, flooding, drought and catastrophic biodiversity loss. But could restoring species that once helped protect our islands help turn this crisis around? From familiar yet imperilled honeybees and ancient oak woods to returning natives like beavers and boars, Britain's cornerstone species may hold the key to recovering our biodiversity on land and in our seas. In Cornerstones, we discover how beavers craft wetlands, save fish, encourage otters, and prevent rivers from flooding. We learn how 'disruptive' boars are seasoned butterfly conservationists, why whales are crucial for restoring seabird cities and how wolves and lynx could save our trees, help sequester carbon and protect our most threatened birds. Benedict Macdonald transforms our understanding of the natural world forever, revealing lives that once supported extraordinary natural riches and explaining how humans – the most important cornerstone species of all – can become the greatest stewards of the natural world.
Rewilding European Landscapes
Rewilding European Landscapes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rewilding European Landscapes write by Henrique M. Pereira. This book was released on 2015-05-04. Rewilding European Landscapes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. This book proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to restore natural ecosystems via rewilding. We define rewilding as the passive management of ecological successions having in mind the long-term goal of restoring natural ecosystem processes. The book aims at introducing the concept of rewilding to scientists, students and practitioners. The first part presents the theory of rewilding in the European context. The second part of the book directly addresses the link between rewilding, biodiversity, and habitats. The third and last part is dedicated to practical aspects of the implementation of rewilding as a land management option. We believe that this book will both set the basis for future research on rewilding and help practitioners think about how rewilding can take place in areas under their management.
