How to make mini pond
Big or small, water provides vital habitat for many species. Try making your own mini pond
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Watch what you wash away
Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects.
Make an edible pond
Recreate pondlife in the kitchen!
Make a mini pond
Ponds are great for wildlife! Create a home for damselflies, frogs and toads.
Pond minibeast spotter
Can you spot any of these pond-dwelling minibeasts?
Grow wildlife-friendly herbs
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.
Blue-tailed damselfly
The blue-tailed damselfly does, indeed, have a blue tail. It is one of our most common species and frequents gardens - try digging a wildlife pond to attract dragonflies and damselflies.
Great diving beetle
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
My window
Pond dipping provided Nicky with a window to a new world. As Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s Engagement Officer, she hopes that the thousands of children she shares this window with will be as…
Azure damselfly
The Azure damselfly is a pale blue, small damselfly that is commonly found around most waterbodies from May to September. Try digging a wildlife pond in your garden to attract damselflies and…
King diving beetle
Britain's largest 'diving beetle' is an impressive creature, though it's not easy to find.