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. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
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Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a green wall, from herbs and fruit to grasses and ferns.
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for small gardens or spaces like window ledges or roofs. Herbs,…
Pressed flower bookmarks make a beautiful keepsake or gift! Here's a step-by-step guide to making your own by Katie Armstong from Durham Wildlife Trust.
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Using the Autumn landscape as inspiration, join artist Penny Hillier – Evans for a creative workshop inspired by the changing seasons.
A tussocky sedge, Greater pond sedge has stout, upright flower spikes, strap-like leaves and triangular stems. It prefers lowland wetland habitats on heavy soils.
Ingleborough and its iconic foothills are the last stronghold for species that are found nowhere else in the world.
Join SWT staff and volunteers for practical activities to help conserve the local environment.
Join SWT staff and volunteers for practical activities to help conserve the local environment.
We have seen a worrying decline in fledgling rates of the Sandwich terns on the Brownsea lagoon. Urgent work is needed to restore the unique habitat provided by the nesting islands - please help…