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Wild City

Encounters With Urban Wildlife

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Wild City

By: Florence Wilkinson
Narrated by: Florence Wilkinson, Shazia Nicholls
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'A deeply evocative, highly descriptive and thoroughly enjoyable plunge into Britain's urban wildlife with an authentically hopeful message' Geographical Magazine

City-dwellers, it's time to meet your neighbours.

In Wild City Florence Wilkinson takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban species, from the badgers of central Brighton, to tunnel-dwelling Black Country bats to the mosquitoes found on the London Underground and nowhere else on earth.

She shares 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.

This gorgeously lyrical book invites us to celebrate the natural world, while also offering a clear-eyed glimpse into the challenges faced by urban plants and animals as cities grow and sprawl.

Florence proposes a compelling manifesto for city wildlife, suggesting how we might take action to protect the often-overlooked residents who live alongside us.

'Wild City is as bright and hopeful as a dandelion springing up through the crack between pavings' Hannah Bourne Taylor

'An enjoyable and timely reminder that we are never alone' Tristan Gooley
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Florence’s writing is beautiful and vividly captures the stunning wildlife under our noses we so often are unaware of.
Also meeting so many of the extraordinary people throughout the country who are striving to protect it.
Such an inspiring read that raises awareness and gives hope for the future of Britain’s urban wildlife.

Delightful, stunning, vivid and uplifting exploration of nature right within our towns and cities.

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