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

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They have some surprising fans – Moorhouse tells us that Dolly Parton is a fan of the hedgehogs of Kirtlington. By turns hilarious and heart-breaking, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a triumph of accessible science writing. characterising the book will depict the author holding the encased last hedgehog in a glass jar crying out did we get the DNA?

Ghosts in the Hedgerow offers an in-depth, insightful and impossibly funny look at the plight of the hedgehog. 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. Any project that highlights the plight of hedgehogs is invaluable and Ghosts in the Hedgerow fulfils that task admirably.Also there were too many asterisks in the text with the explanation at the bottom of the page which got to me fairly quickly, Some of these were not related to the plot and again just puns. He loves hiking up mountains, walking through woods, climbing on rocks and generally being weather-beaten outdoors. Overall, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a thoroughly entertaining, honest and sometimes surprising read, and one that will satisfy nature enthusiasts and newbies alike. The novel whodunnit approach ensures it will appeal to a wide audience, and once started, is difficult to put down. I generally enjoyed it and it’s an easy read however there were too many horrible puns in the book which got annoying after a while.

Ghosts in the Hedgerow expertly conveys the complexities of a decline reminiscent of ‘death by a thousand cuts’, with the conclusion of (spoiler! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.So which one of them is responsible for this crime – and for the disappearance of many many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades? Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild, Being a Human and A Little Brown Sea A wonderfully entertaining and intriguing book. 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.