A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls Many of these species are

Many of these species are in grave danger of extinction

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A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls Many of these species areIt is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. One of Britain's best known naturalists, John Wright introduces us to the natural and cultural history of hedges (as well as ditches, dykes and dry stone walls) from the arrival of the first settlers in the British Isles to the modern day,