The Beauty In The Beast - Couverture souple

The Beauty in the Beast is a delightful portrait of some of the UK's best-loved wild animals and birds and the colourful enthusiasts who champion their causes. Meet the water vole-woman from Shropshire, the owl-man from Somerset, Paul, the beaver-man of Perthshire, and the mid-Wales badger man. These and many others are all fabulously engaging British characters who manage to carry a deep knowledge of their chosen species within a distinctly quirky shell. Other animals making an appearance include otters, bats, dolphins, dragonflies, foxes, adders, and the very special toad. Hugh Warwick, animal enthusiast and hedgehog fanatic, writes a series of affectionate and lively homages to the animals of the British Isles, composed of fieldwork and interviews with the people who love and conserve them.

Wild things, you make our hearts sing!
Meet the water-vole woman from Shropshire, the owl ambassador from Somerset and Gordon the dancing toad man.
The Beauty in the Beast is an illuminating portrait of some of the UK's best-loved wild animals and birds and the colourful enthusiasts who champion their causes. Hedgehog champion and environmentalist Hugh Warwick writes a series of affectionate and lively homages to the creatures of the British Isles, intermingled with time spent in the field with the people who love and conserve them. Within these pages is a true sense of the magic that is found in Britain - in the wild wood, the stream and the meadow.
'Entertaining' - Independent
'Bright and breezy' - Mail on Sunday