Giving Nature a Home

Big day today.

Giving Nature a Home starts today – publicly; we’ve been living with its development over the last few months and now we want everyone to give nature a home in gardens and public spaces, through the support of conservation organisations including the RSPB.

Jack (above) and I started building a bug hotel (but not forgetting the newts that are already in the pond we built last year – and hopefully grass snakes that we see occasionally) – imagine the difference if everyone who can added a pond, stopped cutting some grass, planted nectar rich plants – glorious parts of a massive nature reserve made up of our patches spread throughout the land.

Just last month, the RSPB alongside 24 other conservation organisation launched ‘State of Nature’ – and a grim picture it is too. The launch event was graced by the presence of Sir David Attenborough who brandished a copy of the report and made it very clear that ‘we now know’. We now know the plight of nature, we now know it is up to up us to redouble our efforts to tackle the threats individually, with out families and communities and as a nation. We now know that tomorrow will be too late for some of our best loved and wildlife.

Martin Harper in his blog, today, makes it clear that Giving Nature a Home is a great place to start – but it is only a start.

This blog is full of the big battles for iconic special places for wildlife – and saving the best remains at the heart of our future plans, but a vision countryside rich in wildlife demands more – giving nature a home across our islands, in towns and suburbs in the open countryside and wild places.

We’ve always known that the natural world adds immeasurably to the quality of our countries in the UK – our home, we now know that it is time to act.

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