This is a celebration of one of the Peak District's most secretive and enigmatic animals - the brown hare. Illustrated with over 100 colour photographs, this book gives a unique insight into the life, habitat and history of a much loved, yet threatened, species.
This is a celebration of one of the Peak District's most secretive and enigmatic animals - the brown hare. Illustrated with over 100 colour photograph...
The water vole is one of Britain's most endangered mammals. Popularised as 'Ratty' in The Wind in the Willows, it is a cherished resident of our waterways. But this once ever-present mammal is now in danger. In The Water Vole, Christine Gregory tells the story of the water vole, principally through its history in the waterways of Derbyshire.
The water vole is one of Britain's most endangered mammals. Popularised as 'Ratty' in The Wind in the Willows, it is a cherished resident of our water...
The South West Peak is a lesser-known part of the Peak District stretching from Lyme Park in Cheshire in the north to Onecote in Staffordshire in the south, and from Macclesfield in the west to Buxton in the east. This landscape area includes tracts of high moorland, fertile valleys, wooded cloughs, picturesque villages and tiny hamlets. The farmers of the South West Peak are the people who have made the landscape what it is today, and it is their personal accounts of working in this often challenging land that form the basis of The Land That Made Us. Edited by local author Christine...
The South West Peak is a lesser-known part of the Peak District stretching from Lyme Park in Cheshire in the north to Onecote in Staffordshire in the ...