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

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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. In the book’s ‘final thoughts’ chapter, those working with hedgehogs offer insight and advice for turning the tables. So which one of them is responsible for this crime - and for the disappearance of many many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades?

The increasing grim plight of the hedgehog in the UK landscape tells us a great deal about modern agricultural practices and collapsing biodiversity. This astute book overthrows the trope of the cutesy hedgehog featured on mugs and cushions, purveying this resilient creature as a fighter, with far more to their story than first meets the eye. His work has focussed on the conservation ecology of water voles, the management of signal crayfish, hedgehog conservation and the impacts of wildlife. Tom Moorhouse sets out to investigate the evidence, and in seeking to discover the cause of this loss and how we save the species he uncovers a story full of twists, turns and uncomfortable truths about the trade-offs that exist between humans and wildlife. British hedgehogs sadly face a myriad of threats, with the format of a whodunnit allowing Moorhouse to investigate each ‘suspect’ in turn; the badger, the farmer, the driver… The list goes on.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Who or what is responsible for the disappearance of so many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades? 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.Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly Affair Any project that highlights the plight of hedgehogs is invaluable and GHOSTS IN THE HEDGEROW fulfils that task admirably. They have some surprising fans – Moorhouse tells us that Dolly Parton is a fan of the hedgehogs of Kirtlington.

He loves hiking up mountains, walking through woods, climbing on rocks and generally being weather-beaten outdoors.Tim Rice, lyricist, author and host of the Get Onto My Cloud podcast By turns hilarious and heart-breaking, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a triumph of accessible science writing. Tom Moorhouse is brilliant at weaving complex ecological ideas into an easily accessible and very entertaining form – Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a delight. Ghosts in the Hedgerow offers an in-depth, insightful and impossibly funny look at the plight of the hedgehog. Alan Wiseman in "The World Without Us" provides the answer for Tom Moorhouse and A Hedgehog Whodunnit "We Dunnitt" as we continue to eradicate species from the planet.