A Scurry of Squirrels (eBook)

Nurturing The Wild

Polly Pullar (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
240 Seiten
Birlinn (Verlag)
978-1-78885-465-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this book she shares her experiences and love for the squirrel and explores how our perceptions have changed. Heavily persecuted until the 1960s, it has since become one of the nation's most adored mammals. But we are now racing against time to ensure its long-term survival in an ever-changing world. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Polly's Perthshire farm, where she works continuously to encourage wildlife great and small, she highlights how nature can, and indeed will, recover if only we give it a chance. In just two decades, her efforts have brought spectacular results, and numerous squirrels and other animals visit her wild farm every day.

Polly Pullar is a conservationist, naturalist, writer and photographer specialising in wildlife and countryside matters. She is also a wildlife rehabilitator. She contributes to numerous publications including The Scots Magazine, Scottish Field, Scottish Wildlife, BBC Wildlife & The People's Friend.). She lives on a small farm in Highland Perthshire, surrounded by an extensive menagerie.

Autor

Polly Pullar is a field naturalist, writer, photographer and wildlife rehabilitator who grew up in Ardnamurchan. She contributes to a wide selection of publications and has written numerous books including the acclaimed A Drop in the Ocean: Lawrence MacEwen and the Isle of Muck. She is co-author of Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland. Described by the Guardian as 'arguably the most  versatile and inventive vet in the world' , Romain Pizzi has operated on a vast range of animals, from giraffes, penguins and pigeons to  tarantulas, tigers and sharks. In addition to his work at the Scottish SPCA National Wildlife Rescue Centre, he is Director of Wildlife Surgery International and has appeared on a number of TV documentaries, including Vet on the Loose and Big Animal Surgery.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2021
• Vorwort: Romain Pizzi
• Zusatzinfo: 8pp colour plates / line drawings
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: a drop in the ocean • animal lovers • animals • A Richness of Martens • books on squirrels • british nature • conservation • cute • Environment • foraging • hilarious • humans in nature • Natural History • Nature • nature gifts • Nature writing • Non-fiction • Perthshire • Photo • Pictures • Polly Pullar • Pullar • Red Squirrels • Rehabilitation • Scotland • scottish nature • scottish wildlife • Squirrel • squirrels • wildlife
• ISBN-10: 1-78885-465-9 / 1788854659
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78885-465-8 / 9781788854658