Category Archives: Helping Wildlife in Your Garden

Hedgehog Rescue

On 29th September last year we were at a playground when someone found two hedgehogs stuck in netting. One of the staff at the playground cut them free and we took them to Solihogs Hedgehog Rescue. The lady at the hedgehog rescue weighed the hedgehogs and said they were a bit dehydrated and underweight soContinue reading “Hedgehog Rescue”

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

Don’t forget the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is this weekend! On Friday I helped my Grandma and Grandpa do the Big Garden Birdwatch in their garden, and today we did it in our garden. These are the results we got: Blue tit: 3Goldfinch: 4Robin: 1Blackbird: 2Dunnock: 1House sparrow: 27Starling: 4Chaffinch: 2Collared dove: 1Wood pigeon: 1GreatContinue reading “The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch”

National Children’s Gardening Week: Garden Wildlife Surveys

Here’s my third video for National Children’s Gardening Week, all about how you can help wildlife in your garden. This video is about wildlife surveys you can do in your garden. Getting involved in wildlife surveys is a chance to learn more about the wildlife in your garden and it helps wildlife because it helpsContinue reading “National Children’s Gardening Week: Garden Wildlife Surveys”

National Children’s Gardening Week: Upcycling in the Garden

This week is National Children’s Gardening Week and I’ve been making some videos about helping wildlife in your garden. My first video was about plants for wildlife. My second video is about some ideas for upcycling in your garden. Here it is! I hope you enjoyed watching it and I hope it’s given you someContinue reading “National Children’s Gardening Week: Upcycling in the Garden”

National Children’s Gardening Week: Plants for Wildlife

This week is National Children’s Gardening Week. It’s about how fun gardens are for children. I like gardening and I especially like wildlife gardening and trying to make my garden as good for wildlife as possible. For National Children’s Gardening Week I’m making some videos about my garden. I have done one so far. It’sContinue reading “National Children’s Gardening Week: Plants for Wildlife”

World Bee Day

Today is World Bee Day! Bees are really important because we need them to pollinate plants including a lot of the food we eat. But bee numbers are going down and they need help! Here are some things that we have done and you can do to help bees. Flowers for beesFlowers are really importantContinue reading “World Bee Day”

Hedgehog Awareness Week 2021

This week (2nd-8th May) is Hedgehog Awareness Week! Hedgehog Awareness Week is a time to focus on helping hedgehogs. My brothers and I have been using this week to help hedgehogs in our garden and tell other people all about helping hedgehogs too. At the start of the week, we made two new hedgehog houses.Continue reading “Hedgehog Awareness Week 2021”

Putting Out Nesting Materials For The Birds

At this time of year, birds are making nests. Putting out nesting materials for the birds to use is a way to help them. We’ve been putting out sheep’s wool which comes as insulation with our orders from Riverford Dairy. We made a holder by weaving willow and put the sheep’s wool inside it, thenContinue reading “Putting Out Nesting Materials For The Birds”