Lions of the lawn
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
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Professor Dave Goulson explains when to look out for bumblebees emerging and how to tell them apart.
During lockdown, residents of a village called Irthington, near Carlisle, came together as a Nature's Friends group (led by Sam and Danny Poland) to transform their local area for wildlife…
When people think about attracting wildlife to a garden, it’s often all about birds and mammals. Liz Newport of Buzy Lizzie Garden Design and Wildroof Landscapes (Corporate Members of Cumbria…
Covid, and the lockdowns that came with it, has meant that many of us are spending more time at home, and perhaps looking for ways to extend the living space.
Cedar Manor is a family-owned small, luxury hotel in Windermere. The owners, Caroline and Jonathan Kaye, have improved their hotel grounds for wildlife over the last two years and below they tell…
Our two-minute survey can score your garden and offer ideas to make it even better for wildlife, but why is this so important?
The buzz of a bee, the sweet scent of honeysuckle, these precious moments are not only a delight to experience in our gardens, they’re absolutely vital if we’re going to protect, restore and…
Out in spring, dark-edged bee-flies are one of the first pollinators you’ll encounter in the year. A furry fly with a high-pitched buzz, you’ll be forgiven for thinking it’s a bumblebee!
How important is it just to walk around the garden at this time of year and just get a sense of what is happening to wildlife?