Ghosts in the Hedgerow: who or what is responsible for our favourite mammal’s decline

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He loves hiking up mountains, walking through woods, climbing on rocks and generally being weather-beaten outdoors. The increasing grim plight of the hedgehog in the UK landscape tells us a great deal about modern agricultural practices and collapsing biodiversity.

Tom Moorhouse sets out to investigate the evidence, and in seeking to discover the cause of this loss and how we save the species he uncovers a story full of twists, turns and uncomfortable truths about the trade-offs that exist between humans and wildlife. I wonder if the reviewers who found the book"wonderfully entertaining" and "by turns hilarious" will feel the same when we are down to the last hedgehog and then suffering the same fate as the passenger pigeon and Eskimo curlew.By turns hilarious and heart-breaking, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a triumph of accessible science writing. Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell Jaunty, scholarly, hugely entertaining, wise, deadly serious and downright fun .

Tom has written a thorough, but very readable assessment of the challenges posed by the 20th century and what we can do to help the hapless 'Hedgie'. Ghosts in the Hedgerow offers an in-depth, insightful and impossibly funny look at the plight of the hedgehog. characterising the book will depict the author holding the encased last hedgehog in a glass jar crying out did we get the DNA?

So which one of them is responsible for this crime – and for the disappearance of many many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades? A final chapter, complete with contributions from hedgehog conservation experts, equips the reader with the toolkit required to try and coax our beloved hedgehogs back.

Overall, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a thoroughly entertaining, honest and sometimes surprising read, and one that will satisfy nature enthusiasts and newbies alike. On a vital mission to bring those responsible to justice, prevent further murder and save a species, he uncovers a story full of twists, turns and uncomfortable truths about the trade-offs that exist between humans and wildlife. Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly Affair Any project that highlights the plight of hedgehogs is invaluable and GHOSTS IN THE HEDGEROW fulfils that task admirably.

Tom Moorhouse is brilliant at weaving complex ecological ideas into an easily accessible and very entertaining form – Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a delight. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The style comes with no lack of substance – the author is a respected academic and author of numerous scientific papers on wildlife conservation – everything here is backed up by solid science.