Media Coverage - DAN EATHERLEY - Consultant and Writer

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Invasive Aliens - Media Coverage

"As Eatherley argues, the story of “invasive species” is really the story of human history, and he tells it with great verve"
Invasive Aliens reviewed inThe Daily Telegraph

"Eatherley has the unflagging curiosity of a Victorian explorer"
Invasive Aliens reviewed in The Times

"His approach to his complex subject is open-minded, nuanced, and free-ranging to the point of wildness"
Invasive Aliens reviewed in The Sunday Telegraph

A "highly readable account"
Invasive Aliens reviewed in the Wall Street Journal

"Imported species have an alarming tendency to create environmental chaos ... lock the catflap"
Invasive Aliens reviewed in The Spectator

"Eatherley has an impressive grasp of history – both human and natural ... There is plenty here to surprise as well as enlighten."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Literary Review

"A fascinating, comprehensive and thoughtful compendium of the flora and fauna that have reached our shores over the years."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Country Life

What Have the Romans Done for Us?
Dan reveals all in the latest issue of History Today

"Eatherley is very good on the new fronts opened up in invasion ecology by changes in human behaviour."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Geographical

"Eatherley’s thorough digest of a complex subject is engaging, informative and balanced ... the subject has been presented with verve and panache."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in British Wildlife

"Eatherley’s absorbing book explores the stories behind these arrivals, written with a conversational, often humorous turn of phrase."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Current Archaeology

"An armada of eclectic new marine invasives could be just over the horizon."
Dan discusses ocean-going invasive species in Marine Conservation

A "hands-on approach and friendly narrative, which makes this book a pleasure to read."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Mammal News

“If people like what they are hearing perhaps they can toot their horn or move their wipers.”
Dan interviewed in North Devon Gazette about his appearance at the Appledore Book Drive-In Festival

Dan recently discussed Invasive Aliens on the radio with gardening expert Toby Buckland.
Have a listen here:
Part 1 (8.5 MB)
Part 2 (8.8 MB)
Part 3 (9.7 MB)

Toby Buckland

"If, like me, you have an enthusiasm for our natural world, bordering on an obsession, then Dan's book is a must-have."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Devon Life

"This is a tour de force... A brilliant and thoughtprovoking read"
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Plantlife

"A fascinating social history, particularly about those with a romantic ideal of what nature looks like."
Invasive Aliens reviewed by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

"A fast-paced account packed with fascinating vignettes and trivia about the history of invasive non-native species."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Land & Business

"A thoroughly good read and something of a page-turner in its own right, it manages to be instructive and thought-provoking at the same time."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Deer

"This fascinating book tells the story of the movement of species, by natural or human agency, over the centuries. It is a complex and controversial subject, lucidly and humorously explained."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Country and Town House.

"The pleasure of books like this is often the snippets of new information you may glean from them."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in ECOS.

"Despite the nature of the subject, Eatherley approaches his task with good humour and an eye for the absurd."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in BSBI News

"Read the interview, enter the competition, buy the book!"
Dan is interviewed in the BSBI's News and Views Blog, with free copies of Invasive Aliens up for grabs.

"...for science lovers, it's a treat."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in How It Works

A "thoughtful narrative..."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Garden News

"a pleasing mixture of natural history, ecology, sociology ... The stories of how species got here are often fascinating and the analysis of our relationship with them is thought-provoking."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Bee Craft

"The Rose-ringed Parakeet ... reputedly reduced grapeyields at Painshill vineyard in Surrey by up to 90 per cent."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Surrey Life

"Sometimes by accident, sometimes by intent, numerous animal and plantlife have been seduced by the mild and wild environs ..."
Dan discusses Invasive Aliens in Cornwall Life

Six of the most destructive plants and animals that have made Britain their home
Hundreds of species that we take for granted are actually non-native species. Dan names some of his favourites in Country Life magazine.

"Today’s countryside is filled with squirrels and sycamores, ladybirds and pheasants, even Canada and Egyptian geese aren’t out of place."
Invasive Aliens appears in Suffolk Norfolk Life.

Crayfish to Coatimundi
Dan discusses invasive species in Cumbria magazine.

"This ambitious review makes light of a complex subject and expands our knowledge with every page."
Invasive Aliens reviewed in Cage & Aviary Birds

"The aliens are coming to the UK, and they are coming to Devon and Cornwall first."
Dan discusses Invasive Aliens with the Western Morning News.

“It was all quiet and then I heard this high-pitched barking noise. That was the muntjac deer!”
Dan is interviewed for Norfolk Places.

"Every time I take a stroll on the Heath, I'm struck by just how much around me isn't 'natural' in the sense of representing native British fauna and flora."
Read Dan's article in the Ham & High.

"A tale spanning thousands of years, entertainingly told..."
Read the new review of Invasive Aliens in the East Anglian Daily Times

Help! We've been invaded by pests
Read Dan's latest article, just published in Wiltshire Life magazine

Orkney vole, wallabies and mink...
Invasive Aliens featured in Scottish Islands Explorer

"These animals really wouldn’t be invasive at all if it weren’t for us humans..."
Dan is interviewed for a feature about invasive species in the Daily Telegraph