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LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023

Footprints in the Woods is John Lister-Kaye''s charming account of a year spent with otters, badgers, weasels and pine martens. This family - Mustelidae - all live in the wild at Aigas, the conservation and field study centre in the Highlands that he calls home.

With fifty years of experience living side-by-side with these creatures and the patience of a true naturalist, John reveals the lives of these elusive animals: sometimes red in tooth and claw, but often playful, familial, curious and surprising.

Footprints in the Woods

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    A Paperback by Sir John Lister-Kaye

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      Publisher Canongate Books
      Published 1 April 2024
      ISBN-13 9781838858803
      978-1838858803
      ISBN-10 1838858806
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Ethology and animal behaviour

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE
      SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD
      A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023

      Footprints in the Woods       is John Lister-Kaye''s charming account of a year spent with otters, badgers, weasels and pine martens. This family - Mustelidae - all live in the wild at Aigas, the conservation and field study centre in the Highlands that he calls home.

      With fifty years of experience living side-by-side with these creatures and the patience of a true naturalist, John reveals the lives of these elusive animals: sometimes red in tooth and claw, but often playful, familial, curious and surprising.

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