Hardback | 160 pages | 150 x 150mm
Publication September 2025 | ISBN 9781802587470
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Content: Spooky, nocturnal creatures heavily associated with vampires and witchcraft, bats are the only true flying mammal. With 17 different species across the UK, bats are crucial to insect control and pollination.
This book explores many of the species living in the UK looking at their physiology, as well as the threats to bats and their inclusion in myth and legend.
- The Puffin Book
- The Badger Book
- The Hedgehog Book
- The Robin Book
- The Red Squirrel Book
- The Bee Book
- The Owl Book
- The Fox Book
- The Hare Book
- The Native Pony Book
- The Beaver Book
- The Otter Book
- The Water Vole Book
- The Frog Book
- The Crow Book
- The Butterfly Book
Hugh Warwick is an ecologist and writer. In April 2014 Reaktion Books published his illustrated monograph on the iconography of the hedgehog and his later book Linescapes (2017) investigates the impact that the lines we make have on the capacity of wildlife to thrive. Hugh is also the author of The Hedgehog Book, published in September 2020. In addition to writing, Hugh has also engaged in public speaking, from primary schools to postgraduate research groups via the WI and Wildlife Trusts. Hugh is based in Oxford.