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

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The style comes with no lack of substance – the author is a respected academic and author of numerous scientific papers on wildlife conservation – everything here is backed up by solid science. In other words, hedgehogs may have overcome each threat individually, but together they have caused a once abundant species to dwindle over time. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Tom has written a thorough, but very readable assessment of the challenges posed by the 20th century and what we can do to help the hapless 'Hedgie'. In the book’s ‘final thoughts’ chapter, those working with hedgehogs offer insight and advice for turning the tables.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. For those with an interest in endangered species, Tom Moorhouse's Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A Hedgehog Whoddunit is a caring, amiable guide to who (and what) is responsible for the worrying decline of this cute mammal. So much more than a cuddly interpretation of the UK's favourite wild mammal snuffling through gardens, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is examines a wide range factors that affect hedgehogs in today's modern world.

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.Ghosts in the Hedgerow expertly conveys the complexities of a decline reminiscent of ‘death by a thousand cuts’, with the conclusion of (spoiler! The novel whodunnit approach ensures it will appeal to a wide audience, and once started, is difficult to put down. Ghosts in the Hedgerow offers an in-depth, insightful and impossibly funny look at the plight of the hedgehog.