Wild Kingdom
Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife
Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZE 2017<BR><BR>Can Britain make room for wildlife? Stephen Moss believes it can. <BR><BR>The newspaper headlines tell us that Britain's wildlife is in trouble. It's not just rare creatures that are vanishing, hares and hedgehogs, skylarks and water voles, even the humble house sparrow, are in freefall. But there is also good news. Otters have returned to the River Tyne; there are now beavers on the River Otter; and peregrines have taken up residence in the heart of London. Stephen Moss travels the length and breadth of the UK, from the remote archipelago of St Kilda to our inner cities, to witness at first-hand how our wild creatures are faring and ask how we can bring back Britain's wildlife.
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Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZE 2017<BR><BR>Can Britain make room for wildlife? Stephen Moss believes it can. <BR><BR>The newspaper headlines tell us that Britain's wildlife is in trouble. It's not just rare creatures that are vanishing, hares and hedgehogs, skylarks and water voles, even the humble house sparrow, are in freefall. But there is also good news. Otters have returned to the River Tyne; there are now beavers on the River Otter; and peregrines have taken up residence in the heart of London. Stephen Moss travels the length and breadth of the UK, from the remote archipelago of St Kilda to our inner cities, to witness at first-hand how our wild creatures are faring and ask how we can bring back Britain's wildlife.
Untertitel
Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife
H | B | T | Gramm
195 mm | 126 mm | 25 mm | 220 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-10
0099581639
ISBN-13
9780099581635
Autor
Stephen Moss
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
304
Themen
Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien
Verantwortliche Person
gemäß Art. 16 GPSR
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