Wildlife at home

Red admiral

Red Admiral (c) Guy Edwardes/2020VISION

Wildlife at home

Together, our gardens are a vast living landscape. With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, the way they are cared for can make a big difference to the natural world. Large or small, ledge or yard, your garden can be a mosaic in a wider network of natural havens linking urban green spaces with nature reserves and the countryside.

Here we provide ideas for monitoring and helping wildlife at home, and we have some handy species ID pages further down to help you identify the creatures in your garden.

Garden pond
Wild about gardening

Simple actions

 

From building a bug hotel to creating a garden pond, here are some ideas for things you can do yourself to help wildlife. 

Click here for a range of simple outdoor activities

Learn more from our nature blogs

Species Identification

Blue tit

Bob Coyle

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