Identifying wildlife
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PremiumWhat garden wildlife is doing now. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Find out what garden wildlife is up to in June
Show and tellWildlife watch: The common lizard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Could there be lizards giving birth to live young in your garden? Kate Bradbury explains how to identify this little reptile and shares ways you can try to lure them into your garden
Show and tellWildlife watch: The emperor dragonfly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Have you spotted an emperor dragonfly laying eggs in your pond? Kate Bradbury explains how to identify them and the best way to attract more into your garden
Show and tellWildlife watch: Chiff chaffs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Have you had a visit from a migrating chiff chaff? Kate Bradbury explains how you can listen out for them and ways to entice them into your garden
Show and tellWildlife watch: Red fox. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Whether you want to discover ways to help foxes or find out how to deter them from destroying your garden, Kate Bradbury takes a closer look at one of our most common garden visitors
Show and tellWildlife watch: Field mouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Mice might not be the most popular of garden wildlife - but field mice play an important role in our gardens. Kate Bradbury explains ways to help them and how to prevent them coming inside your house
Show and tellWildlife watch: Red admiral butterfly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Red admirals are spending longer in our gardens. Kate Bradbury explains how to give them a helping hand
PremiumEight birds to look out for during the Big Garden Birdwatch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Find out which birds you should be looking out for when taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch
WildlifeComplete guide to hedgehog hibernation
All you need to know about hedgehog hibernation, in our guide.
Show and tellWildlife watch: Common frog. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Frogs can often be spotted in our gardens, especially if we have water nearby. Kate Bradbury explains how to create the perfect frog pond and how to provide hiding places around the garden
Show and tellWildlife watch: the great diving beetle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Get to know the great diving beetle and find out what you can do to help them thrive in your garden pond
Solve problemsRed spider mites
Learn organic methods to control red spider mites, in our expert guide.
Show and tellWildlife watch: Ashy mining bee. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Discover how to spot an ashy mining bee in your garden and find out the plants to grow to help them thrive
Show and tellWildlife watch: Orange-tip butterfly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Kate Bradbury explains how to identify an orange-tip butterfly and which flowers they love to feed from
PlantsWildlife-friendly plants
Discover which plants to grow to turn all areas of your garden into a haven for wildlife.
Solve problemsHow to control aphids (greenfly or blackfly)
How to tackle aphids (greenfly or blackfly) and when to let nature deal with them for you.
Solve problemsChafer grubs in lawns and borders
Find out how to identify chafer grubs and what to do about them, in our guide.
Show and tellWildlife watch: Long-tailed tit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Long-tailed tits have a strong family network, where everyone helps out with raising the young! Discover how to provide food and nesting material in your garden
Solve problemsElephant hawk moth
Protect your fuchsias from damage by the elephant hawk moth caterpillar.
Show and tellWildlife watch: Elephant hawk-moth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Discover more about the striking elephant hawk-moth and find out which plants you can grow to provide food and places for them to lay eggs
PremiumWildlife watch: Speckled bush-cricket. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Speckled bush-crickets are found in scrub, hedgerows and bramble in summer months. Here's why you should look out for them and how to grow plants to help them thrive
Show and tellWildlife watch: moles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Moles can often be thought of as a bit of a nuisance in the garden, but they do valuable work beneath the soil. Kate Bradbury shares more about why gardeners should embrace these underground creatures
Solve problemsWireworms
What are wireworms and should we be worried about them? Find out, in our guide.
