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Last weekend, for the benefit of wildlife and nature conservation in south-east London, I cut down a tree. Despite their iconic status and green credentials, it is often necessary to cut down trees, and this one had plenty of reasons to go. First

of the shieldbugs of the county which was later published by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. The box bug is now known throughout most of that county and has also started to appear in neighbouring Kent, Sussex and Middlesex.The reason for its genuine increase and spread

virtually every day - while mine is downright messy. My garden will never be opened to the public, but there are a lot more hidey places for wildlife. I've just checked through my homepage at the RSPB Homes for Wildlife (HFW) site and I've now managed

't just about not spraying with pesticides and making compost. Being organic is also about creating viable and balanced habitats in which you can grow the plants you want with the help of wildlife (I think I'll come back to this topic in a future blog

to the serenity of the place.So I was very pleased to see a pair of goldfinches this morning. I'm not a birdwatcher, but even I know the unmistakable red face, white sideburns and yellow wing flash of these pretty creatures. They were not in my 'wildlife haven

to be more slugs around than ever before - or maybe I just forget from one year to the next what a haven my plot is for wildlife, good and bad.Anyway the purple-sprouting is staying in full bloom for the moment and is providing a lovely source of nectar

The mullein moth caterpillars in my garden are still small, but they're guaranteed to increase in size by the day. These little critters - welcomed by wildlife enthusiasts and hated by gardeners - munch their way through verbascum, figwort

in the past but always worry about catching and harming wildlife unintentionally, so this year I tried making do without.Well, I've learned the hard way. Until the birds in this country learn the real meaning of sharing I'll be forced to resort to netting next

brilliantly practical book - How To Create a Wildife Garden and we'll be spending the day making step-by-step projects for the wildlife section for 2008.We always have to plan ahead on the magazine, so as well as currently working on the January issue, we also

by livestock soon after application there is no reason to believe that children, pets, gardeners or wildlife are at risk.If your crops have been affected, contact the farmer that supplies your manure to return it. I assumed you could probably stack up your muck