An Unnatural History of Britain

From scorpions to snakes and eagle owls to wallabies, nature writer Kevin Parr sets out to find the myriad naturalised species living and breeding across the British Isles. Most people have no idea that we have scorpions, Aesculapian snakes, eagle owls, wallabies, and many more unusual non-native species living and breeding in the British Isles.

In An Unnatural History of Britain, nature writer Kevin Parr travels the length and breadth of the country seeking out these rare creatures and exploring the myths and folklore which have emerged around them along the way.

Author: Kevin Parr is a writer, fisherman, and naturalist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Rivers Run (2016), which was longlisted for the inaugural Richard Jefferies Prize for Nature Writing. He is a monthly columnist for BBC Countryfile Magazine and the angling correspondent for The Idler magazine and has written for the Daily Telegraph and Independent. Kevin lives in West Dorset with his wife and a colony of grass snakes a few strides from his garden gate.

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