Help wildlife at home

Hedgehogs

© Jon Hawkins

Help wildlife at home

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From building a bug hotel to creating a garden pond, our easy-to-follow guides are full of simple things you can do to help wildlife at home.

Top actions for wildlife

A bumblebee mimic hoverfly on a purple thistle flower. It's a fuzzy black and yellow hoverfly with a white tip to the abdomen, looking just like a bee. It's given away by its large eyes and short antennae

Volucella bombylans © Janet Packham

Wildlife gardening month by month

Discover how to help wildlife in your garden or outside space throughout the year with expert tips and advice.

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Child watering vegetables

Growing food with nature

Learn to grow vegetables, herbs and fruit in a wildlife-friendly way with free resources from the Coronation Gardens project - inspired by His Majesty King Charles III's passion for community food growing and environmental stewardship.

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Frog in pond

© Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

National gardening survey

The Wildlife Trust's online survey measures five essential features in your garden including food, shelter, water, connectivity and natural solutions. This data will help us build a national picture of garden habitats across the UK.

Take the survey
A hedgehog snuffling about in leaf litter at night under a garden light

Hedgehog © Jon Hawkins – Surrey Hills Photography

Record a hedgehog sighting

Send us your sightings using our easy online form so we can create a hedgehog map of Surrey and better understand how we can help them.

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