As every nature-lover knows, your own back garden can provide a wonderful opportunity for watching wildlife, offering you the chance to get close to some of Britain's most secretive and fascinating creatures on an almost daily basis. Packed full of useful hints and tips, WildlifeGardener contains unique content that has been specially written for the site by experts and which is designed to help you attract wildlife into your garden.
Although amphibian numbers around Britain appear to be declining overall, these delicate and fascinating creatures are being encountered with increasing frequency in gardens. Whether this is a response to the loss of their natural habitat, or the inevitable consequence of creeping urbanisation – or both – it provides the wildlife …
With Count Dracula as a role model, it’s hardly surprising that on the whole, bats are a fairly misunderstood group. While just about all of the myths and legends boil down to a whole load of misconceptions – if not outright lies – this unique and unusual bunch of creatures …
Birds are without doubt the commonest and most widely welcomed guests to our gardens. Whether you live in the middle of the city, or deep in the countryside, there’ll be those regular visitors queuing at your bird table that you recognise on sight. Their familiarity can, however, sometimes lead us …
The night-time garden is a whole different world. A completely new range of creatures takes over our flower beds, lawns and ponds as the sun sets, and many of Britain’s most familiar and best loved wildlife, big and small, belong to this group of nocturnal visitors – from the likes …
When it comes to wildlife, most of our favourites are mammals – so it’s no accident that the WWF chose that panda – and as for the “ooh” factor, these cute and furry chaps have it in spades! It’s hardly surprising then, that some of Britain’s most popular wild creatures …
You’ve taken all the trouble to build a wildlife garden to be proud of – so you’re hardly going to want to risk spoiling it by dousing everywhere with pesticides at the first sign of trouble, however hungry those creepy-crawlies seem to be! Like innumerable other wildlife gardeners, you decided …
Bees are among the most instantly recognisable of all insects – and we all know what a wonderful job they do pollinating our plants, but apart from all that buzzing about in the sunshine making honey, what do you really know about them? With bee numbers falling around the world …
Some kinds of wildlife can seem incredibly tame and before long you find yourself looking on them as old friends in the garden. Other animals, however, are inclined to be a bit on the shy and secretive side, the sort of visitors that you’ll probably only ever see once in …
Birds are eternally popular garden visitors and single-handedly account for the purchase of more wildlife related products than any other group. From magazines and guide books, to bird-boxes and binoculars, our feathered friends have us buying all manner of bits and bobs – and that’s before we’ve even begun to …
Controlling pests in a wildlife garden is an age-old problem. Just how do you keep those one or two voracious nuisances at bay without simultaneously wiping out the whole gang of their relatives that you’re really rather keen to encourage? It’s not an easy balance to strike, but with a …