Winter Wonderland
As frost edges the dying leaves of the winter garden, wildlife needs you more than ever - and it doesn't take much to bring festive joy to people and nature alike.
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How we're making wildlife-friendly gardens all around the UK!
My world
I'm Gemma, the Marine Conservation Apprentice at Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Originally from the Channel Islands, I've grown up stumbling over the rocky shore and snorkelling over hazy…
Food for nature
Get tips on making your green space even more wildlife friendly, from long grass to log piles, bird food to flowers.
How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Mud
From vast plains spreading across the seabed to intertidal flats exposed by the low tide, mud supports an incredible variety of wildlife.
Send a 'letter to the Editor'
Sending letters 'to the Editor' of local newspapers is another great way to speak up for wildlife.
Upland acid grassland and rush pasture
These grasslands, occupying much of the UK's heavily-grazed upland landscape, are of greater cultural than wildlife interest, but remain a habitat to some scarce and declining species.
Elephant hawk-moth
The elephant hawk-moth is a pretty, gold-and-pink moth that can be seen at dusk in gardens, parks, woods and grassy habitats. The caterpillars look like elephant's trunks and have eyespots to…
Grow Flowers to Eat
Flowers offer pollen, nectar and fabulous blooms – but some of them can also be good to eat, writes Alice Whitehead from sustainable gardening charity Garden Organic.
Rivers
From otters to freshwater shrimps, all animals are dependant on an abundant and reliable supply of clean water. Rivers sustain the natural environment, wildlife and people in equal measure.
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.