Wild city

The badgers of Brighton’s most exclusive postcode. The water voles of Glasgow. The Black Country bats who have found a haven in old industrial tunnels. The frogs and newts which thrive in the shadow of Peterborough’s industrial estates. The peregrine falcons nesting on the ledges of tower blocks. The suburban stronghold of Britain’s endangered red squirrels. The mosquitoes found on the London Underground and nowhere else on earth. In ‘Wild City’, Florence Wilkinson takes us on a fascinating journey into why we should engage with our fellow urban species.