Birds, Beasts and Bedlam: Turning My Farm into an Ark for Lost Species by Derek

Description: Birds, Beasts and Bedlam by Derek Gow Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.-Guardian Gow has a fire in his belly. We need more like him.-BBC Wildlife magazineBirds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of farmer-turned-rewilder Derek Gow, who is saving Britains 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.Dereks first book, Bringing Back the Beaver, was a riotously funny and subversive account of his single-handed reintroduction of the beaver in Britain. Birds, Beasts and Bedlam, a natural successor to Gerald Durrells A Zoo in My Luggage, tells the story of Dereks rewilding journey and his work to save many more species by transforming his Devon farm into a wildlife breeding centre. He now houses beavers, white storks, water voles, lynx, wildcats and harvest mice, with the aim of releasing them into the wild one day. Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Derek Gow is the one person with the character and strength of will to defy authority, bend the rules - and save our wildlife.The radical rewilder.-The TimesDerek Gow wants his farm to be a breeding colony, a seedbed for a denuded island.-The New Yorker FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Derek Gow is a farmer, nature conservationist and the author of Bringing Back the Beaver and Birds, Beasts and Bedlam. Born in Dundee, he left school when he was 17 and worked in agriculture for five years. Inspired by the writing of Gerald Durrell, he jumped at the chance to manage a European wildlife park in central Scotland in the late 1990s before moving on to develop two nature centres in England. He now lives with his children, Maysie and Kyle, on a 300-acre farm on the Devon/Cornwall border, which he is in the process of rewilding. Derek has played a significant role in the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver, the water vole and the white stork in England. He is currently working on a reintroduction project for the wildcat. Review A larger-than-life character who writes as well as he thinks, Derek Gow has seen the future – rewilding – and it works.—Stanley JohnsonDereks passion for our native wildlife is matched by his highly pragmatic approach to helping it thrive. He gets stuff done. The story of his amazing work at Broadwoodwidger is highly entertaining but also a heartfelt plea for a wilder, more inspiring Britain.—Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallDerek Gows riotous adventures rescuing threatened species and releasing them for rewilding read like Gerald Durrell on steroids. Courageous, visionary, funny and always up for a scrap with bureaucracy and complacency, the world needs many more Derek Gows.—Isabella Tree, author of WildingA brilliant read – and the entertaining backstory of a species of human megafauna who has transformed the British conservation scene.—Benedict Macdonald, author of Rebirding (winner, 2020 Wainwright Conservation Prize)There is only one Derek Gow. Like a gruff, bearded naiad, he speaks for nature with all the force of someone who has spent a life protecting it. The trickle of good news stories coming out of British conservation nearly all owe a significant debt to Gow; he has been instrumental in the restoration of the marvellous beaver, the increase in water voles and the return of storks to English land. In Birds, Beasts and Bedlam, this fascinating man tells us about his life and how he ended up championing rewilding as a solution to our impoverished landscape. More than this, there are hilarious stories of his many interactions with animals, both wild and less than pleased, that have dotted his journey in turning sterile Devon farmland into a beautifully rewilded tapestry of faunal interactions.—Dr Ross Barnett, author of The Missing LynxA great read from a rewilding polymath. This is how its done – and youll also learn about the struggles. Nature needs more bold people like Derek Gow to restore our damaged planet.—Roy Dennis MBE, author of Restoring the WildIt is a charming, passionate and timely book. It will stir thoughts in many, and motivate them to do even small things that can have large consequences. I hope it will become a classic.—Bernd Heinrich, author of A Naturalist at LargeDerek Gows Birds, Beasts and Bedlam is charming, witty and has a "get it done" approach to the reintroduction of endangered species and restoration of natural habitats destroyed by hundreds of years of overmanagement.—Benjamin Kilham, wildlife biologist; author of In the Company of Bears Gow writes with abandon, tattling off tales with the loquacity of a folklorist, or any salty farmer worth their salt. Luckily for us, the splendor of his lifes work, and its ecologic importance, emerges as conspicuously as a bison in a raspberry bush, shaking and stomping.—World Literature TodayDerek Gows hilarious Birds, Beasts and Bedlam exposes the bureaucratic hurdles to be over-come by those trying to restore lost species.—Robin Hanbury-Tenison Review Quote There is only one Derek Gow. Like a gruff, bearded naiad, he speaks for nature with all the force of someone who has spent a life protecting it. The trickle of good news stories coming out of British conservation nearly all owe a significant debt to Gow; he has been instrumental in the restoration of the marvellous beaver, the increase in water voles and the return of storks to English land. In Birds, Beasts and Bedlam, this fascinating man tells us about his life and how he ended up championing rewilding as a solution to our impoverished landscape. More than this, there are hilarious stories of his many interactions with animals, both wild and less than pleased, that have dotted his journey in turning sterile Devon farmland into a beautifully rewilded tapestry of faunal interactions.--Dr Ross Barnett, author of The Missing Lynx Details ISBN1645021335 Author Derek Gow Short Title Birds, Beasts and Bedlam Pages 208 Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1645021335 ISBN-13 9781645021339 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-06-16 Subtitle Turning My Farm into an Ark for Lost Species Publisher Chelsea Green Publishing Co Imprint Chelsea Green Publishing Co Place of Publication White River Junction Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2022-06-16 NZ Release Date 2022-06-16 US Release Date 2022-06-16 UK Release Date 2022-06-16 Illustrations Black-and-white illustrations throughout Edited by James J. 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