Tom Bowser grew up on his parents' Perthshire farm. After university he worked as a teacher and then as a journalist before returning to Argaty in 2009. In 2017 he took over the running of the conservation project Argaty Red Kites, and in 2018 launched the Argaty Red Squirrels project.
A wonderful book'--Euan McIlwraith BBC TV's Landward An environmental story that gives hope, a story of a bird that was extinct doing really well on an estate that's trying to promote a different way of doing things'-- Dundee Courier An inspirational real-life story'-- Scots Magazine Imbued with the author's passion for nature, and his desire to dedicate his family's land to conservation'-- The Bookseller The story of how a farm was turned into a private wildlife reserve....hopefully more farmers will start to see wildlife as an asset, as this farm did'-- Birdwatcher Magazine This book has plenty to tell us about the birds... many of the best bits of this book are the historical references and the brief history of kites in literature and history'-- Scotland on Sunday