Creating a winter haven for birds in your garden
As winter draws to an end, birds are already busy staking out their territory and looking for a mate. Here's what you can do to help birds survive the last few weeks of cold weather and then…
As winter draws to an end, birds are already busy staking out their territory and looking for a mate. Here's what you can do to help birds survive the last few weeks of cold weather and then…
Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Unsurprisingly, the garden bumblebee can be found in the garden, buzzing around flowers like foxgloves, cowslips and red clover. It is quite a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a white tail. It…
Our most common orb web spider, the Garden spider can be found in all kinds of habitats, including the garden. Look for a greyish-brown spider with a white cross on its back, spinning its famous…
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
Nicolas is a farmer who loves wildlife. Through his passion he has grown a successful bird seed business, and in partnership with The Wildlife Trusts has helped to raise £1 million for…
A plain-looking warbler, the garden warbler is a summer visitor to the UK. It is a shy bird and is most likely to be heard, rather than seen, in woodland and scrub habitats.
Listen for geese flying in to roost through the winter dusk
The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting bumblebee-friendly flowers.