# Footprints in the Woods: The Secret Life of Forest and Riverbank - Hardcover

by **John Lister-Kaye** (Author)

**The elusive lives of otters, beavers, badgers, weasels and more are rendered in John Lister-Kaye's enchanting lyrical style**

_Footprints in the Woods_ is John Lister-Kaye's account of a year spent observing the comings and goings of otters, beavers, badgers, weasels and pine martens. This family - _Mustelidae_ \- all live in the wild at Aigas, the conservation and field study centre John calls home.

With the patient and meticulous care of a true naturalist, John observes and records the lives, habits and habitats of these elusive animals. Hours of careful waiting and watching in the woods and loch, the river, fields and moorland is rewarded with insight into how these animals live when unhindered by human interference; sometimes red in tooth and claw, but often playful, familial, curious and surprising.

As a boy, badgers and weasels were John's first encounter with wild animals, now he has spent fifty years living side-by side with them in the Highlands and come to know much of their ways. _Footprints in the Woods_ is the culmination of that long association with the _Mustelidae_ family, a love letter to the otters, beavers, badgers, weasels and pine martens that also call Aigas home, and a reminder of the fragility of habitat and the beauty and variety we have to lose if we don't choose to actively protect it.

### Author Biography

**Sir John Lister-Kaye** is one of Britain's best-known naturalists and conservationists. He is the author of nine books on wildlife and the environment, including _The Dun Cow Rib_, and has lectured all over the world. He has served prominently in the RSPB, the Nature Conservancy Council, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. In 2003 he was awarded an OBE for services to nature conservation. He lives with his wife and family among the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, where he runs the world-famous Aigas Field Centre.

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**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** September 12, 2023

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