The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

By Kate Bradbury Bloomsbury Wildlife, 256pp, £16.99

Gardening writer Kate Bradbury chronicles her attempt to transform the backyard of her new Brighton home into a haven for wildlife. With little money but bags of enthusiasm, she shows how even small changes can help sparrows, bumblebees and butterflies to thrive – and how cutting down a single buddleia can have devastating consequences. Despite its wealth of information, it’s more than just a gardening manual, as Bradbury highlights the loss of biodiversity and green space across the UK over the past few decades, and calls for action to help species such as the endangered nightingale. ■