In my last post I was featuring the big stuff – the elite of the conservation world. The protected areas that have recognition at the international scale ... they are vital to sustaining the richness of life on earth – but they are the whole story.
Today we’ve published the results of our RSPB Make Your Nature Count survey – one of the best ways of connecting with the wildlife if your special place – your garden – and telling us what you found. Here’s the details.
Slow worms turned up regularly in 4 out of every 10 gardens. The numbers of young birds found suggests that fears of the impact of the wettest drought ever have been bourn out by evidence.
This blog rarely (probably too rarely) strays inside the garden fence – but we do have a whole blog devoted to it – Gardening for Wildlife, do make it one of your regular reads.
An as I haven’t shared many photos with you recently, here’s some garden wildlife that has crossed my path recently – what have you encountered in your special place for nature?
A hover fly pretending to be a hornet - Volucella zonaria is its name. Photo Andre Farrar
Swallowtail moth - a garden gem - Photo Andre Farrar
Banded demoiselle - photo Andre Farrar
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