How to make a shrub garden for wildlife
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?
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?
Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.
Capture footprints with this tunnel!
Spot these tall, prehistoric looking birds standing like a statue on the edge of ponds and lakes, contemplating their next meal.
The grey long-eared bat certainly lives up to its name - its ears are nearly as long as its body! It mainly forages over grassland and meadows, but is very rare in the UK.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Find out who has been visiting your garden
Colour in these creatures you might spot out and about.
This large shrike visits the UK in small numbers each year, passing through on migration or spending the winter here.
This beautiful beetle is fond of damp meadows and woodland rides, where it's often found on umbellifers or thistles.