Skip over main navigation
  • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • FAQs
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Shop Join us Donate Main website
  • Twitter
Menu
  • About us
  • Services
  • Visit a reserve
    • Nature Reserves
    • Caught on camera
  • Support us
  • What's on
  • Planet Wiltshire
  • Kids Zone
  • Admin
    • Log in
    • Shop
    • Blog
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy & Cookies
    • FAQs
  • Basket: (0 items)
  1. Home
  2. Actions to help wildlife

Actions to help wildlife

Making your garden, balcony or local green space wildlife-friendly is simple! Below are all the ways you can help.

How to install a water butt

How to install a water butt

Water butts lower the risks of local flooding and will reduce water bills by conserving the water you already have. Read more

Published: 1st July, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to build a swift box

How to build a swift box

If you have a wall that's at least five metres tall, with a clear flyway in front, then installing a swift box or brick onto your own home is a great idea! Read more

Published: 1st July, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to make your garden free of chemicals

How to make your garden free of chemicals

Stop using potentially harmful chemicals in your garden to help wildlife, make a safer environment for people and pets, and save money! Read more

Published: 4th June, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to take part in a citizen survey

How to take part in a citizen survey

Stand up for wildlife and help us learn more about our environment across the UK. Read more

Published: 19th May, 2020

Updated: 1st July, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to build a hibernaculum for amphibians and reptiles

How to build a hibernaculum for amphibians and reptiles

Give amphibians and reptiles a safe place to shelter through the cold of winter by building a hibernaculum. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2020

Updated: 6th January, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to build a bug mansion

How to build a bug mansion

Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2020

Updated: 17th June, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to build a nesting box for birds

How to build a nesting box for birds

With natural nesting sites in decline, putting a nestbox in your garden can make all the difference to your local birds. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2020

Updated: 28th February, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to attract hedgehogs and badgers

How to attract hedgehogs and badgers

Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to feed birds in your garden

How to feed birds in your garden

Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round. Read more

Published: 14th May, 2020

Updated: 28th February, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to make a seed bomb

How to make a seed bomb

Create your own mini wildflower meadow with seed bombs! Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden

How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden

Growing vegetables is a great – and tasty – way of attracting wildlife to your garden. Learn about companion planting and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to create a mini pond

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. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to grow a wild patch

How to grow a wild patch

It doesn’t matter what size your space is, there’s always room for wildflowers! Set aside an area of lawn, part of a border, or even a large container and watch the bees and butterflies buzz in. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 17th May, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to attract butterflies to your garden

How to attract butterflies to your garden

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. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

Plant flowers for bees and pollinators

Plant flowers for bees and pollinators

Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to attract bumblebees to your garden

How to attract bumblebees to your garden

Bumble bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them in your garden by planting bumble bee-friendly flowers. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2021

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to make a bee hotel

How to make a bee hotel

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business. Read more

Published: 12th May, 2020

Updated: 28th February, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

How to build a hedgehog home

How to build a hedgehog home

How to build a home for hedgehogs Read more

Published: 11th May, 2020

Updated: 28th February, 2022

Author: Eleanor Dodson

Back to top

Showing 10 of 18

Latest

  • How to install a water butt

    How to install a water butt

    Water butts lower the risks of local flooding and will reduce water bills by conserving the water you already have.

  • How to build a swift box

    How to build a swift box

    If you have a wall that's at least five metres tall, with a clear flyway in front, then installing a swift box or brick onto your own home is a great idea!

  • Membership Recruiter

    Membership Recruiter

    This exciting role involves engaging with the public at a range of different pre-booked venues, shows and events to recruit new members and secure long-term donations.

  • Wiltshire's Woodland Biography: a new Ancient Woodland Inventory

    Wiltshire's Woodland Biography: a new Ancient Woodland Inventory

    A FREE talk by Euan McKenzie, Ancient Woodland Inventory Officer at WSBRC.

Most read

  • Langford Lakes

    Langford Lakes

    Take a walk at Langford Lakes Nature Reserve in Steeple Langford around the four beautiful lakes to spot birds including kingfisher and maybe even an otter.

  • Lower Moor including Clattinger Farm, Lower Moor Farm, Sandpool and Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow

    Lower Moor including Clattinger Farm, Lower Moor Farm, Sandpool and Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow

    Lower Moor in Cricklade opened in 2007 and is the gateway to Clattinger Farm, Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow, Lower Moor Farm and Sandpool nature reserves.

  • Webcam at Langford Lakes

    Webcam at Langford Lakes

    Take a look at our live webcam at Langford Lakes Nature Reserve. A great one for bird-watchers!

  • Nature Reserves Map

  • Blakehill Farm including Stoke Common Meadow

    Blakehill Farm including Stoke Common Meadow

    This former military airfield in Cricklade is being turned back into wildlife-rich hay meadow.

  • Kingfisher Café at Langford Lakes

    Kingfisher Café at Langford Lakes

    Visit Kingfisher Café at our Langford Lakes Nature Reserve. Open Wednesdays to Sundays 10am - 4pm.

  • Clouts Wood including Markham Banks, Kings Farm Wood and Diocese Meadows

    Clouts Wood including Markham Banks, Kings Farm Wood and Diocese Meadows

    A walk through this Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wroughton takes you from stream-soaked valley floor, up steep slopes to level land at the top.

  • Green Lane Woodland Complex, including Green Lane Wood and Biss Wood

    Green Lane Woodland Complex, including Green Lane Wood and Biss Wood

    This ancient woodland in Trowbridge was given to us in 1991. The wood connects with our Biss Wood nature reserve and the Green Lane Nature Park.

  • Ravensroost Wood including Avis, Distillery and Warbler Meadows

    Ravensroost Wood including Avis, Distillery and Warbler Meadows

    Ravensroost Wood is full of interesting wildlife and history. You can walks into surrounding wildflower meadows for a contrasting experience.

  • Morgan's Hill

    Morgan's Hill

    Morgan's Hill in Calne is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its orchids, butterflies and for the general quality of chalk grassland and wildflowers.

Tag cloud

actions braydon forest butterfly eco green living marsh fritillary sustainability sustainable upper minety waste

Join Us

Latest tweet

  • Our new report highlights the impact that climate change is having on our nature reserves. More on how our nature… https://t.co/vL2oGEvhoU

    6thJuly, 2022 @wildlifetrusts
  • Do you need more wildness in your life? Let your garden grow! Insects love long grass and flowers 🌳 🌼… https://t.co/5HJyGW0d8E

    6thJuly, 2022 @wildlifetrusts
  • Do we really know how to adapt our natural environment to help increase its resilience to the coming changes? Check… https://t.co/Kqc0zvFXdl

    6thJuly, 2022 @wildlifetrusts

Make your inbox wild!

Please enter your first name
Please enter your last name
Please enter your email address Please enter a valid email address (e.g. [email protected])
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Contact us
  • Terms and conditions
  • SMS
  • FAQs
  • Jobs
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy & cookies
  • Login
  • My details
  • Log out

© 2022 Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Registered Charity No. 266202.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust HQ, Elm Tree Court, Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NJ 
Tel: 01380 725670

The Wildlife Trust logo Registered with the Fundraising Regulator