Wild City: Encounters With Urban Wildlife

Wild City is a wonderful book that opens your eyes to what is there and what might be. It is a reminder that we are never alone and that our cities and towns are teeming with animals. Florence Wilkinson takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban species and how nature is adapting to human-engineered environments in unexpected and ingenious ways. The book offers a manifesto for city wildlife, suggesting how we can take action to protect the often-overlooked residents who live alongside us.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

A good nature book is one that broadens your perspective and reveals what you may have missed while also showcasing the beautiful potential that lies ahead. This book is truly excellent.

John Lewis-Stempel's Wild City is a delightful and pertinent reminder that we are never truly alone. Tristan Gooley praises the book as being as radiant and hopeful as a dandelion emerging through a crack in the pavement. Hannah Bourne Taylor's Wild City is an engaging guide to the hidden and not-so-hidden wonders of the real urban jungle, as well as the efforts being made to assist them.

Stephen Moss believes that when you think of wildlife, you immediately think of the countryside, but our cities and towns are teeming with animals such as foxes, badgers, bats, and red squirrels. He has learned all about this from Florence Wilkinson's Wild City.

Martha Kearney's Wild City is a beautifully written reminder of the importance and benefits of protecting urban wildlife. She hopes that in addition to campaigners and nature lovers, politicians are reading this book because we need nature, and nature needs us more than ever.

Alastair Campbell highlights the presence of badgers, water voles, black country bats, peregrine falcons, and mosquitoes in Brighton's most exclusive postcode, Glasgow, and London Underground. Florence Wilkinson's Wild City takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban species. What we might see if we only take the time to look, and how nature is adapting to human-engineered environments in unexpected and ingenious ways.

As more and more of our planet is urbanized, we humans still feel a primal pull to connect with our wilder.

Weight: 434g
Dimension: 143 x 223 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398701854