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A wildlife-friendly garden
The garden around the feeder.
Plants the RSPB names, a pond as a water source, and where hedgehogs and nest boxes fit around a feeder.
Wildlife gardenSick and dead garden birdsWhen to stop feeding, who to tell, and how GOV.UK says to dispose of a small number of dead garden birds at home.
Wildlife gardenStoring bird food so it stays freshA sealed, cool, dry container, from the BTO, and why a shed only helps if rats cannot open the tub.
Wildlife gardenCats and garden birds: feeding and nesting with a pet catCollars and bells, keeping a cat in at the riskier times, and where feeders and boxes go when a cat shares the garden.
Wildlife gardenBirds hitting windows: why, what helps, and a stunned birdReflections, territorial birds that attack their own image, what the BTO and RSPB suggest for the glass, and who to call about a stunned bird.
Wildlife gardenBird-friendly plants, hedges and berriesBerrying shrubs, seedheads, hedges and leaf litter that feed UK garden birds, using the plants the RSPB names and the birds it pairs them with.
Wildlife gardenCommon UK garden birds, and what they mean for your feederThe birds most UK gardens see, what the RSPB says they eat and where they nest, and how that should shape the food and the boxes you choose.
Wildlife gardenLeaf litter, log piles and a quieter compost heapLeaving leaves where they fall, building a log or stick pile, and treating the compost heap as a possible hedgehog nest rather than turning it blindly in winter.
Wildlife gardenBat boxes and bats in the gardenPutting up a bat box in a UK garden using the Bat Conservation Trust’s siting advice, why boxes must not be opened once bats use them, and what to do if you find a bat.
Wildlife gardenA small garden pond for frogs, newts and wildlifeA small wildlife pond for frogs, newts and drinking wildlife: gently sloping sides, an easy way out for hedgehogs, rainwater, native plants and no fish, from Froglife and Hedgehog Street.
Wildlife gardenBee hotels, solitary bee nests and pollinator plantingSolitary bee hotels that help rather than harm, bare ground and long grass for nesting bees, and flowers through the year, using RHS and Buglife advice.
Wildlife gardenPesticides, slug pellets and garden wildlifeHow garden chemicals reach birds, hedgehogs and insects, what Defra announced about metaldehyde slug pellets in 2020, and gentler ways to garden, pointing to official guidance rather than guessing.