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".  There's a pre-formed pond specifically designed to attract garden wildlife.  With some careful planting around the edges, this type of pond can be intergrated into even the smallest gardens.  You can even place it on your patio or deck.  Good luck by weejenny
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19/06/2012 10:22:09
by weejenny
Talkback: Do we really want wildlife in our gardens?
Thanks for your comments, I've been thinking these thoughts for years, is it a marketing ploy for all of those companies who sell various attractive wildlife products to pretty-up our gardens, animals and wildlife would much prefer a wilderness to a by Wild Soundscape
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05/02/2012 17:29:12
by Pipstrelle
All year plants
, insects. are there any flowers/plant that would attract these? any advice would be great   Thank you Hi incojim If you do some web searches 'Plants for bees', 'plants for wildlife' etc you'll get long lists. You don't have to spend a lot, there are plenty by incojim
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08/04/2013 21:45:26
by Dovefromabove
Talkback: Hedgehogs and foxes
garden more of a wildlife garden - is there anything I can add to it for hedgehogs? Where do they hibernate, for example? here in Bristol we had a abundance of wildlife but Hedgehogs have not been seen for along time.I use to have them in the garden all by Jacqueline Dodsley
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22/02/2013 16:16:55
by Susan Hughes2
Encouraging birds to the garden
for wildlife. Hello cloud8, The RSPB has a good list of shrubs that will attract birds, often by attracting insects first, which the birds can then feed on. You'll need to look each one up (or ask another question about them on the forum) to make sure it by cloud8
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10/04/2012 22:34:57
by meiow
Talkback: Footprints in the snow
What a lovely piece of writing, Richard, all about the wildlife we have here in Bristol in our gardens. I seldom venture out in below zero temperatures asii am over eighty, but I go round all my bungalow windows snapping the wildlife and observing by kathryn.brock
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28/11/2011 18:42:45
by martina lewis
Spring Watch
& mammals. So I will continue  to plant big ( and think small) so that I attract any wildlife that visit my garden           to think small ( and plant big)and who know where that will lead I now know about the edit function that isn't working The feature I by Hollie- Hock
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08/06/2012 06:29:02
by Gary Hobson
Bird Feeders on the allotment?
....but then birds and beasties come before fruit and veg in my garden You could always check with the committee (if there is one) whether there are any objections to encouraging wildlife.  I'd be mindful though of neighbouring gardeners who might be using slug by Twinklekat
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11/04/2012 22:03:25
by burhinus
Lavender ?
until this year I can't comment. Oh thanks for that, I'll look it up and have a look at it. Just moved house so this garden I'm going to do it all for the wildlife as best I can. "Hidcote" gets covered in bees and the humming bird hawkmoth loves it too by lucky*
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26/02/2012 16:22:50
by BrendaScott53
bird droppings
have re-built the garden we have attracted a lot of wildlife, birds included, and i have noticed a lot of there droppings on the plants, we want to put in a feeding station, in a location that enables us to enjoy viewing the birds but also keeps them by Percy-Grower
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11/06/2012 13:24:43
by Percy-Grower