This was quiet hard going to start with but once you got into the individual species accounts it was interesting and enjoyable. This is a thoroughly researched and detailed book and certaintly illustrates the degree to which man has been interfering with Nature especially where there is a perceived conflict of interests. I found the last chapters on modern methods of control and management very interesting. The book also manages to give all sides of the arguement without compromising on the author's own point of view. A wealth of useful information, a must read for anyone interested in the history of our countryside and man's effect on it.