Description
| Product ID: | 9781780277042 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Scurry of Squirrels |
| Subtitle: | Nurturing The Wild |
| Authors: | Author: Polly Pullar |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Animal breeding, Animal breeding, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: general interest, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Natural history, Wildlife: general interest, The Earth: natural history general, Scotland |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Birlinn Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-07-01 |
