Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business.

Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.

Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.

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.