Ghosts in the Hedgerow

Tom Moorhouse is brilliant at weaving complex ecological ideas into an easily accessible and very entertaining form - Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a delight.

Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly Affair

Hedgehogs have been with us for millions of years, but they seem to be getting less abundant. How do we know, and why is it happening? These are important questions, easy to ask but very difficult to answer. That's partly because the issues are complex, research scanty and hedgehogs are surprisingly difficult to study properly. 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'.

Pat Morris, author, and president of the British Hedgehogs Preservation Society

A wonderfully entertaining and intriguing book. The hedgehog has found its champion.

Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs and How to Read Water

Jaunty, scholarly, hugely entertaining, wise, deadly serious and downright fun ... A triumph.

Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild, Being a Human and A Little Brown Sea

Any project that highlights the plight of hedgehogs is invaluable and GHOSTS IN THE HEDGEROW fulfils that task admirably.

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.

Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell

Moorhouse rootles out all the reasons for the tragic, resistible decline of the hedgehog, perhaps the iconic mammal of our countryside. A necessary nature book, with prose as sharp as prickles.

John Lewis-Stempel