Book description
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine
mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history. This edition
is exclusive to newnaturalists. com
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine
mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history, including
relict and specialised animals and plants. Here are animals in really
large numbers: St. Kilda with its sea-birds, North Rona its seals, Islay
its wintering geese, rivers and lochs with their spawning salmon and
trout, the ubiquitous midges! This is big country with red deer,
wildcat, pine marten, badger, otter, fox, ermine, golden eagle, osprey,
raven, peregrine, grey lag, divers, phalaropes, capercaillie and
ptarmigan. Off-shore are killer whales and basking sharks. Here too in
large scale interaction is forestry, sheep farming, sport, tourism and
wild life conservation. 'The Highlands are a great wildlife area, and
this finely illustrated volume in the New Naturalist series is an
excellent guide to their natural riches.'
The Scotsman
'Together these two experts have produced a magnificently detailed
account of the abundant wild life of the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland. This is just the book for an intelligent reader to pack on his
next visit to the North.'
The Church Times
'This is simply crammed with information, made real and alive by the
author's ecological approach. Nothing is observed in isolation. Again
and again they reveal, in terms of cause and effect, relationships I had
puzzled over or, indeed, had never guessed at.'
The Listener
'There is no question at all of the value of the book as a mine of
information on the natural history and ecology of the Highlands, and it
is certainly essential reading for anyone who is interested in these
subjects. The book is finely produced and illustrated.'
The Times Literary Supplement
