Help wildlife at home
The more time you spend watching wildlife the more you will understand its needs
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Wildlife needs food, water and shelter. Consider how your garden can meet these needs
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Love your bees! Bees need need nectar from February to November
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In the garden
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Enjoy watching wildlife in your garden – the more time you spend watching wildlife the more you will understand its needs
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First do no harm! Avoid using poisons in the garden – avoid killing things – this includes wasps and spiders!
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Don’t be too tidy – wildlife thrives in undisturbed areas – leave some areas even if small as wild areas
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Wildlife needs food, water and shelter – consider how your garden can meet these needs
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How green is your garden? Recycle garden waste by composting. Make use of rainwater for watering your plants.
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Small is beautiful - think mini-beasts – gardens which are rich in invertebrates are likely to be good of lots of other wildlife too.
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Love your bees – solitary bee homes really work! Bees need need nectar from February to November.
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Love your butterflies – plant traditional nectar rich species not showy hybrids
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Provide some fresh water – however small and keep it topped up
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Compost counts – save yourself money and help wildlife
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Dead wood – a well sited log pile will provide an important habitat
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Let your grass flower – long grass is beautiful and often a missing habitat in gardens
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Trim hedges in autumn or winter before birds start nesting in them
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Turn your lawn into a native wildflower meadow
With children
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Encourage children to have respect for nature and living things
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Give presents at birthdays like seeds, bird-feeders, bee homes that encourage children to care for wildlife
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Join your children to Wildlife Watch – the junior membership of the Wildlife Trusts
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Make bird cake in winter and feed the birds
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Make a nest box and put it up with your children
Norfolk Wildlife Trust has produced a series of leaflets on all aspects of garden wildlife - from gardening and composting to specific plants and animals. Click on the links below that you are interested in to open a print-ready PDF of the leaflet.
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