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Wild City
- Author
- Florence Wilkinson
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 31 March 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Nature therapy
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What to expect
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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Details
- Author
- Florence Wilkinson
- Narrator
- Florence Wilkinson, Shazia Nicholls
- Duration
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781398701885
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Nature therapy
Synopsis
'A deeply evocative, highly descriptive and thoroughly enjoyable plunge into Britain's urban wildlife with an authentically hopeful message' Geographical MagazineCity-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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