By 1900 Britain’s red kites had been driven to extinction; now, these magnificent raptors can be seen wheeling on thermals over much of the UK. In the face of wildlife loss, Tom Bowser tells the inspiring story of how his parents Lynn and Niall rewilded their Perthshire farm, restoring its populations of kites, osprey, red squirrel and dragonflies.
Shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award
Red kites were once Britain's most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they'd been wiped out in Scotland and England following centuries of ruthless persecution. When some reintroduced kites began roosting on their 1,400-acre farm at Argaty in Perthshire, Tom Bowser's parents, Lynn and Niall, decided to turn their estate into a safe haven. They began feeding the birds and invited the world to come and see them, learn about them and fall in love with them.
A Sky Full of Kites is the story of the Argaty Red Kite project, and the re-establishing of these magnificent raptors to Scotland, but it is also much more than that. Ill at ease with the traditional rural values of livestock farming, Lynn and Niall's son Tom, who returned to work on the farm after a career in journalism, reveals his passion for nature and his desire to dedicate his family's land to conservation.
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