The Living Isles: A Natural History of Britain and Ireland: Sheltering with Man
(1986)
Ever since our ancestors lived in caves we have shared our homes with wildlife. Today the cave swallow and cave spider are still living with us, as are woodworm and dry rot that came from the forest. The familiar house sparrow and house mouse came with the first farmers, while black rats, ravens and kites flourished on the waste of medieval britain. Today foxes, bats, robins and blackbirds have left the dwindling woodland and along with cuckoos, sparrowhawks and badgers, can be found thriving in suburbia. In the heart of London kestrels raise their families and wild birds feed from people's hands.
