Wildlife Articles
Wildlife articles that show you how to encourage and engage with your local wildlife. Whether you want to increase the amount of wildlife in your garden, hone your photography skills to get those great wildlife shots or just learn where to start looking for wildlife when out and about these guides will help.
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Help Save Endangered Dormice
The best time to conduct the survey is over the autumn and winter when discarded nut shells…
Make a mini-wildflower meadow
As ever with gardening, planning is essential. Think ahead and especially decide on the type of meadow…
Photograph Brown Hares
The Brown Hare – I’ve spent quite some considerable time watching and photographing these wonderful creatures…
Create a cosy home for bugs
Snug as a Bug is a national campaign run by Buglife to get hundreds of people creating cosy homes for bugs!
Help Honey Bees Survive
Honey bees across the world are threatened by virulent viruses transferred by the varroa mite.
Better Photos of Garden Birds – Part Two
A few more things to cover before getting started with getting great photos of your garden visitors.
Better Photos of Garden Birds – Part One
Getting good quality photos of garden birds isn’t as easy as you might expect, here’s some tips to get you started…
Build a cheap garden pond for under £20
Often quoted as the single biggest thing you can do for local wildlife and it doesn’t need to be expensive here’s how
See more of your garden moths
There are over 2000 species of moths in Britain, many quite spectacular but we seldom see any, here’s how to get started.
Squirrel Proof your Feeders
How to protect the bird seed from squirrels and keep at least some of it for the birds.