When it is cold it’s especially important to make sure there’s water for the animals and birds in your garden because a lot of water might have turned into ice. If the water in your bird baths turns into ice you need to smash it. You can use a stone to smash it and youContinue reading “Helping Wildlife in Cold Weather”
Category Archives: Helping Wildlife in Your Garden
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2021
Today we did the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch happens on the last weekend in January every year. This year it is January 29th, 30th and 31st. You have to count the birds in your garden for one hour. You count the most of each kind of bird you see atContinue reading “RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2021”
Homemade Bird Feeder Update
Birds have been eating out of the homemade bird feeders we made! Here are three videos. The first video is two blue tits eating off the log bird feeder. Here is the second video. This is on the coconut feeder and a blue tit and a great tit come. And here is a video ofContinue reading “Homemade Bird Feeder Update”
Homemade Bird Feeders
This weekend, we have made some bird feeders. We found a log and sawed a bit off. We drilled some big holes into the bit we sawed off and we drilled some littler holes and poked some sticks in to make perches. We drilled another hole all the way through at the top and weContinue reading “Homemade Bird Feeders”
Better Protection For Hedgehogs
I am going to tell you about how you can help get better protection for hedgehogs. A Bill called the Environment Bill is going through Parliament at the moment. A Bill is a new law that they’re thinking about getting made. While it’s going through Parliament, MPs can suggest changes to it called amendments. WithContinue reading “Better Protection For Hedgehogs”
A Christmas Tree for the Birds
On Christmas Eve, we decorated a tree in our garden to make a Christmas tree for the birds. We put lard, bird seeds, sunflower hearts, grated cheese and oats in a bowl and we mixed it up. Then we used Christmas biscuit cutters to make it into shapes. We made some gingerbread men, some starsContinue reading “A Christmas Tree for the Birds”
Hedgehog Highways: The Board Game
I have made a new board game called Hedgehog Highways. It is about how to look after hedgehogs in your garden. You have to be a hedgehog and go through the gardens on the board looking for food, water and a mate and then get back to your home garden. But beware! In some ofContinue reading “Hedgehog Highways: The Board Game”
Big Butterfly Count Results
I just found out the Big Butterfly Count results! The Big Butterfly Count happened between 17th July and 9th August. You have to get a piece of paper and count the butterflies you see in 15 minutes. Then you need to submit the results to Butterfly Conservation, who organise the survey. The results showed lessContinue reading “Big Butterfly Count Results”
Moth Night
Last weekend, we were doing a survey called Moth Night. Moth Night happens at the end of August each year. This year, it happened from 27th – 29th August. We did it on 29th August. You have to try to attract moths to your garden and identify them, then you submit your findings to MothContinue reading “Moth Night”
Big Butterfly Count
The Big Butterfly Count is a survey to help us find out how well butterflies are doing. It is run by the Butterfly Conservation Trust. It happens every year and this year it runs from 17th July to 9th August. It’s important to know how butterflies are doing because numbers of butterflies and moths haveContinue reading “Big Butterfly Count”
