Chris Packham's Wild Side of Town : Getting to Know the Wildlife in Our Towns and Cities

by Chris Packham

This is a new, reformatted, redesigned edition of a title written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham. This book is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation. It is an educational and striking guide to the full range of wildlife that can be found in all manner of urban habitats in our towns and cities. Increasingly, wildlife is finding a home in our built-up, concrete and noisy cities. Urban sites such as canals, disused railway embankments, reservoirs, rubbish tips and inner-city gardens are becoming popular abodes for a huge number of species. This book is at once a source to the best urban sites in Britain and the different habitats that exist there, and a revealing field guide to the wildlife inhabiting these city locations. Beautiful illustrations, stunning photographs and informed reference material combine with this popular author's entertaining style to bring a novel look at wildlife away from the countryside.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Chris Packham is a British naturalist and TV presenter and is well known for his many BBC television series since the days of The Really Wild Show through to Springwatch. He is an award winning photographer and writer, whose career has revolved around promoting public awareness of wildlife and conservation for more than 25 years. He continues to be a part of pioneering natural history television, such as Secrets of our Living Planet, Inside the Animal Mind and Operation Iceberg.

Reviews

[George Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

First review on Good reads, I hope you see this CP

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic photographs, very informative- not without Chris's witty/hilarious narration which comes alongside. Worth a read if you want to become more knowledgeable of the nature in your town/city!