Dominic Couzens is an award-winning nature writer with 40 books and hundreds of published articles to his name. His best-known books include The Secret Lives of Garden Birds, Britain's Mammals (WildGuides), Songs of Love and War and Save Our Species, while he contributes to magazines and newspapers, such as Bird Watching, Nature's Home, BBC Countryfile and The Guardian. Gail Ashton is an award-winning wildlife photographer, writer and illustrator specialising in invertebrates, particularly insects and spiders. Her work has been published in books, magazines and nature journals.