How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth.
The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting bumblebee-friendly flowers.