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This book fits together a number of fox encounters into one continuous story and describes the creatures with which they share the wild glens and hills, namely the golden eagle, the pine martin and a very special wild cat.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49517711687953,"sku":"GOR001381938","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0224036971.jpg?v=1750780521"},{"product_id":"blood-is-wild-book-bridget-maccaskill-9780224036986","title":"The Blood is Wild","description":"Bridget and Don MacCaskill have been nurturing the foxes in the central Scottish Highlands for as many years as they have been observing the otters on a west-coast sea loch, which they chronicled in \"On the Swirl of the Tide\". But foxes belong to a persecuted species. While sheep farmers and gamekeepers attempted to eliminate these beautiful, intelligent and resilient creatures, the MacCaskills were busy rescuing waifs that came their way. Some fox cubs they kept, until they were fully grown, in conditions as wild as possible; others became engaging pets. This book fits together a number of fox encounters into one continuous story, and describes the creatures with which they share the wild glens and hills of the central Scottish Highlands - the golden eagles, the badgers, and a particular wildcat.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49550911832337,"sku":"GOR003722787","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49637172805905,"sku":"GOR004276262","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/022403698X.jpg?v=1751195489"},{"product_id":"wind-in-my-face-book-bridget-maccaskill-9781904445142","title":"The Wind in My Face","description":"A well-known naturalist, forester and nature photographer, Don MacCaskill died in May, 2000 while out for a walk in the forest he loved, his camera as ever at the ready. Faced with a collection of between three and four thousand transparences, his wife, Bridget felt that so many of these were outstanding examples of both a gifted photographer and a dedicated naturalist, that some should be made available to others interested in similar pursuits. It quickly became apparent that they also formed a kind of photographic autobiography of the man himself, his concern for nature and his need to try to demonstrate, through his photography, the responsibility of Man to that natural world of which he is a part. Don's 'mate' in most of his endeavours (and a keen naturalist herself), Bridget has put together a book of stunning photography, with text that gives the reader a delightful taste of Nature throughout the seasons and an appreciation of the nature photographer's tasks over the year. The whole work is complemented by the poetry of Jim Crumley, each poem inspired by one of Don's photographs. 'He was a professional forester and a brilliant self-taught naturalist and wildlife photographer.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49602040332561,"sku":"GOR004023415","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609393406225,"sku":"GOR005074410","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51436985319697,"sku":"GOR008416328","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1904445144.jpg?v=1761386420"},{"product_id":"on-the-swirl-of-the-tide-book-bridget-maccaskill-9780224032896","title":"On the Swirl of the Tide","description":"On an idyllic sea loch in a remote corner of the Scottish Highlands live several generations of a wild otter family which have been watched over and cared for through more than a dozen years by retired forester Don MacCaskill and his wife Bridget. They named the dominant male Bodach, which means \"old man\", and discovered that he kept two females and their families in a four-mile territory of coastal waters before he died, aged approximately 12. Due to living in a tidal habitat, these otters are not the strictly nocturnal animals of rivers in Devon and Cornwall, which were brought to the edge of extinction in the 1950s. The opportunites to observe and photograph their feeding, their grooming, their play and their mating in full daylight were therefore unique. This book records these observations.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49611972280593,"sku":"GOR003907330","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50958607221009,"sku":"GOR003940685","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0224032895.jpg?v=1751037475"},{"product_id":"on-the-swirl-of-the-tide-book-bridget-maccaskill-9780224036689","title":"On the Swirl of the Tide","description":"For almost two decades retired forester Don MacCaskill and his wife Bridget kept vigil over the wild otters that bred on a remote sea loch in the Scottish Highlands. They discovered much that was not known before about the animals behaviour, and shared their knowledge with Julian Pettifer for a Central Television 'Nature Watch' series. 'This is the book to leave everybody wanting a second helping' SCOTTISH WILDLIFE 'Superb photographs. The opportunities to observe and photograph their feeding, grooming, play and mating in full daylight were unique. ' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Otters have a strong appeal and deserve all the books they can get' OBSERVER 'A marvellous tale...there is much beauty in the book. 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Along the way, they are regularly joined by other wild creatures in need of the MacCaskills' help - badgers, birds of prey and a majestic golden eagle a mong them. The Blood is Wild is a touching account of the precarious existence of wildlife in the Highlands.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49620223099153,"sku":"GOR002727659","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53408458277137,"sku":"GOR005024140","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0946487715.jpg?v=1751331702"},{"product_id":"private-sort-of-life-book-bridget-maccaskill-9781870325479","title":"A Private Sort of Life","description":"Bridget MacCaskill has been observing otters for many years and studies undertaken with her late husband Don resulted in books and a film about otters and their environment. Otters are fascinating and delightful creatures but to watch them in their natural habitat requires immense patience over a long period of time and an appreciation of their way of life. For those of us who wish to know more, this book presents an intimate account of an extended otter family. It is written in the form of a story by an unseen observer and tells of the lives of two otter cubs from birth until adulthood, their relationship with their parents and the other otter family on the loch, and their interaction with some of the other creatures there. Enter Coll and Coire, Kyle and Kelpie. All the events in this book are based on actual observation, either from watching the animals themselves or by interpreting signs of their presence. The result is a book that is true to nature and not in the least sentimental.   But it conveys a serious message - we must be aware of the need to minimize pollution, disruption of habitat and other harmful intrusions if we are to benefit from the presence of these wonderful creatures. The book should appeal to everyone with an interest in otters and all lovers of wildlife and the natural landscape.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49643132387601,"sku":"GOR003828390","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1870325478.jpg?v=1761390913"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-bridget-maccaskill.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}