How to build a swift box
Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five…
Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five…
Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.
With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
Daniel Kronenberg from Salisbury and Wilton Swifts describes these impressive birds and how we can help them thrive.
Swifts spend most of their lives flying – even sleeping, eating and drinking – only ever landing to nest. They like to nest in older buildings in small holes in roof spaces.
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Common box grows in woodlands and scrub in southern England, with notable populations in the Chilterns, Cotswolds and North Downs. A familiar evergreen tree, it has shiny, dark green, oval leaves…
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.