{"product_id":"9781472946126","title":"The Hen Harrier","description":"An acknowledged classic of narrative nature-writing, Donald Watson's \u003ci\u003eThe Hen Harrier\u003c\/i\u003e was the culmination of a lifetime's study of this beautiful upland bird. A gentle, warm and wonderfully written book, The Hen Harrier stems from an age of 'amateur' conservation, from the pen of a man who cared deeply about birds and their habitats, especially of the Scottish borders where he conducted much of his research and painting. The book was among the last of a dying breed; it would be thirty years or more before writing on our natural history would again reach the heights of accessibility to nature-lovers exemplified by Donald Watson and his peers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book starts with Watson setting down more or less everything known about harriers – which at that time often consisted of information sent by letter to the author, rather than published in a journal – before moving on to the story of Watson's years studying nests in the south-west of Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by conservation champion Mark Avery, this edition of Watson's greatest work is particularly timely. The conflict between grouse-shooting interests, which has overseen the virtual extinction of the harrier as a breeding bird in England through illegal persecution, and an increasingly vocal conservationist lobby is the number one conservation issue in Britain today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Watson's narrative soars like a sky-dancing harrier throughout this book. Read it, and be taken back to a simpler age of nature conservation by a true master of the art.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141621137648,"sku":"9781472946126","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472946126_p0.jpg?v=1763599404","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472946126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}