Garden hedgehog decline, solution and success

Garden hedgehog decline, solution and success

Hedgehogs are in decline. When did you last see one in your garden? I am surprised that many people have never seen a living hedgehog. Road kill hedgehogs yes, but not living ones.. Why is this? They are declining. I don’t see as many dead on the roads as I used...
Do neonicotinoids harm/affect other wildlife besides bees? Yes!

Do neonicotinoids harm/affect other wildlife besides bees? Yes!

My article “Do neonicotinoids affect other wildlife as well as bees? The new DDT?” made me realise that to keep abreast of this mounting evidence that they do affect other non targeted wildlife, I decided to collate science papers and corresponding press...
Free BTO Garden Birds and Wildlife book. Makes a great present!

Free BTO Garden Birds and Wildlife book. Makes a great present!

Join Garden Bird Watch and get a wonderful Christmas present free!! Get a free copy of the acclaimed ‘Garden Birds and Wildlife’ book, worth £14.99, and the quarterly magazine Bird Table when you join Garden BirdWatch. Personally and in my opinion, this is one of the...
Wasp attacks honeybee mid air, kills it and flies off with it  video

Wasp attacks honeybee mid air, kills it and flies off with it video

Aerial wasp attack on flying honey bee I have watched many wasps killing prey, whether they were flies, caterpillars or honeybees. However they have all been caught when the prey item was stationary on a flower or other stationary platform. This was my first encounter...
Woodpeckers, Great tits, mice and Red Mason, leafcutter bee cocoons.

Woodpeckers, Great tits, mice and Red Mason, leafcutter bee cocoons.

Why did you buy your bee home? There has been a surge in the number and designs of bee houses (they are not hotels!) you can buy in garden centres. Alas many of them were designed for the wrong reasons. Some designs just don’t work, have harmful or minimal outputs for...
Mate or meal? The choice a male Garden spider has to take!

Mate or meal? The choice a male Garden spider has to take!

Male Garden spiders, (Araneus diadematus) have a real ‘life’ choice to make! Well what do you do? The urge to pass your genes on could literally be the death of you! What a choice! Upon finding a female, the male cautiously and slowly approaches the female...