Beschreibung:
From central Glasgow to rural Wiltshire, a husband-and-wife team track down Britain's rarest and most enigmatic animals.'Weasely my favourite book of the year.' Dave Goulson, author of Silent EarthA COUNTRYFILE AND WATERSTONES BEST NATURE BOOK OF 2023Britain is teeming with wildlife, often in the most unexpected places. There are quarries where rare bats hangout with pot-smoking teens. In Glasgow's urban parks water voles are thriving ? without water. Our coastlines are bustling with grey and harbour seals.That's the good news. The bad news is that a quarter of British mammals are at imminent risk of extinction.Tim Kendall and Fiona Mathews take us on a safari unlike any other. Armed with binoculars, a Thermos and, regrettably, an inexhaustible supply of puns, they travel from Scotland to the Isles of Scilly in search of their elusive subjects.You'll find answers to questions you never thought to ask: