
Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland (Hardback)
Mary Low (author), Polly Pullar (author)Published: 17/09/2012
Scotland boasts a huge and diverse range of wildlife. This informative and beautifully illustrated book is the most complete companion to Scottish animals and birds available. Themed around various habitats (mountain; bog and moor; woods; lochs and rivers; croft and farm; sea and seashore; urban), and including material on mythical beasts, it features a wealth of information on hundreds of species. As well as descriptions and biological information, the text is interspersed with much detail - historical, folklore, anecdotal and even culinary - which offers fascinating insights into the role of animals in our cultural life and the way man has interacted with them over a period of thousands of years.
Publisher: Birlinn General
ISBN: 9781841585611
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 1565 g
Dimensions: 250 x 246 x 25 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Spectacular, an enviable, glossy hardback'
-- Jim Crumley * Dundee Courier *'Deserves to sit alongside the very best of any of the recent titles published on Scotland's natural history'
* Scotland Outdoors *'Nothing short of a wonderful celebration of Scotland'
* Cothrom (Gaelic/English magazine) *'A book to treasure'
-- Sir John Lister-Kaye * BBC Wildlife Magazine *'A glorious overview of the country's wildlife, the nation's natural treasure'
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“Good”
This is a good guide to the fauna of Scotland filled with excellent photographs. There is information on the various animals and on folklore which is interesting.
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