{"product_id":"9780857527011","title":"Elegy For a River : Whiskers, Claws and Conservation's Last, Wild Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Moorhouse, Tom, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 25\/03\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Doubleday,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Transworld Publishers Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Conservation of wildlife \u0026amp; habitats, Wildlife: mammals, The countryside \u0026amp; country life\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857527011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eWater voles are small, brownish, bewhiskered and charming. Made famous by 'Ratty' in The Wind in the Willows, once they were a ubiquitous part of our waterways. They were a totem of our rivers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, however, they are nearly gone. This is their story, and the story of a conservationist with a wild hope: that he could bring them back. Tom Moorhouse spent eleven years beside rivers, fens, canals, lakes and streams, researching British wildlife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuite a lot of it tried to bite him. He studied four main species - two native and endangered, two invasive and endangering - beginning with water voles. He wanted to solve their conservation problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wanted to put things right. This book is about whether it worked, and what he learnt - and about what those lessons mean, not just for water voles but for all the world's wildlife. It is a book for anyone who has watched ripples spread on lazy waters, and wondered what moves beneath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr who has waited in quiet hope for a rustle in the reeds, the munch of a stem, or the patter of unseen paws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39546543571097,"sku":"9780857527011","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780857527011.jpg?v=1616428389","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780857527011","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}