BIRDS, BEASTS AND BEDLAM

Dubbed the 'Radical Rewilder' by The Times, Gow's book is sub-titled 'Turning My Farm into An Ark For Lost Species'. He recounts how he raised a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat, and restored the ancient white stork to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree. After a Shetland ewe captured young Derek's heart, he grew up to become a farmer with a passion for ancient breeds, but when he realised how many of our species were close to extinction, even on his own land, he tore up his traditional Devon farm and transformed it into a rewilding haven for beavers, water voles, lynx, wildcats, harvest mice and more. The story of his amazing work at Broadwoodwidger is highly entertaining and inspiring as tells his riotous adventures rescuing threatened species and he really knows how to get things done. 200pp, line art.