Urban areas cover approximately three per cent of the world as a whole, and seven per cent of the UK. They are a distinct habitat that, in the case of large cities, can stretch across entire landscapes. As you’d expect, our largest, most diverse, most complex and influential of these habitats is to be found in London. Covering around 1,600km it’s larger in area than the Peak District, and it’s not just home to 8.6 million Homo sapiens.
It doesn’t matter how often I see a red fox, my heart skips a beat every time. I see them all the time where I live in Hanwell…
The this article in BBC Wildlife Magazine.