Conservationist and naturalist John Lister-Kaye, founder of the
Aigas Field Centre, writes about his life in the glens, the
wildlife that surrounds him and the primeval magical exchange that
takes place between man and nature once so central to ancient
civilisations. He describes finding the ruined nineteenth-century
estate that is to become Aigas, taking it over and turning it into
a going concern as an Educational Centre, and his own personal
motivation, following the Torrey Canyon oil spillage and natural
disasters in the 1960s, to become a conservationist. Interspersed
within the narrative detail are engaging and enlightening
descriptions of flora and fauna. John Lister-Kaye carries the
reader very effectively into the minute worlds he observes and
backs up keen scrutiny with facts and figures. SONG OF THE ROLLING
EARTH is a notably entertaining and enlightening addition to the
canon of naturalist writing that includes Gavin Maxwell's RING OF
BRIGHT WATER, Henry Williamson's TARKA THE OTTER and the works of
Gerald Durrell.
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