Do we need neonicotinoids to grow crops? by Prof. Dave Goulson

Do we need neonicotinoids to grow crops? by Prof. Dave Goulson

Where are the insects on my car windscreen? Do you remember the days when you used to drive your car in the countryside during the summer and upon returning found the windscreen and front grill splattered with insects? They could be a real pain to clean from your car....
Blackbirds and the punk chicks in my garden! video

Blackbirds and the punk chicks in my garden! video

Blackbird builds her nest in my wildlife garden and has chicks Wooden fence panels to me are boring and almost useless for garden wildlife. They are transformed and much more interesting when clad in ivy and honeysuckle. I watched as the male blackbird keep guard...
Help farmland birds such as the skylark

Help farmland birds such as the skylark

New research to help farmland birds Why I have put a farmland birds appeal on my website. Having spent my childhood, youth and early adult days about 2 miles from Liverpool city centre, in a terraced house with a back yard, outside toilet, no bathroom and not a tree...

Easy to make DIY mosquito trap video

Homemade mosquito trap for home or garden. I have seen mosquito type larvae in my pond where I do have predators to keep them in check. I like to have a Plan ‘B’ though! This video embassies typical mistakes that can be made and therefore not make this...
The Buzz Club Pollinator Citizen Science Project 1

The Buzz Club Pollinator Citizen Science Project 1

Pollinator Abundance Network Join this group of scientists and non scientists, adults and children to help find out more about bees and our other pollinators! No doubt this partnership should be an interesting collaboration! For wildlife gardeners, organic gardeners...
Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen fruit and vegetables

Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen fruit and vegetables

Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen fruit and vegetables I don’t really want to have a cocktail of many different pesticides, weed and fungi killers on my fruit and vegetables. I don’t want to have to read and wade through reports to find them out either! I...