How to feed birds in your garden
Attract birds all year round by creating a wildlife-friendly garden
Attract birds all year round by creating a wildlife-friendly garden
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!
Plant wildflower with seed bombs!
With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.
Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.
Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not plant a shrub garden and see who comes to visit?
This brown seaweed lives in the mid shore and looks a bit like bubble wrap with the distinctive air bladders that give it its name.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Look for Water avens in damp habitats, such as riversides, wet woodlands and wet meadows. It has nodding, purple-and-orange flowers that hang on delicate, purple stems.