52 Things You (Yes You) can do for nature
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Have a hedgehog house in your garden
Make your own hedgehog house -
Have a hedgehog feeding station in your garden
Make your own hedgehog feeding station -
Make access for hedgehogs
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Have a pond in your garden
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Put up a bird box in your garden
Make your own bird box -
Have a bird feeding station in your garden
Make your own bird feeding station -
Put up a bat box in your garden
Make your own bat box -
Have an bug hotel in your garden
Make your own bug hotel -
Have a hibernaculum in your garden
Make your own -
Volunteer with an environmental group (Hint: Worcester Environmental Groups are always looking for more volunteers)
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Plant a tree in your garden
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Learn the name of five UK butterflies
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Learn the names of five UK birds
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Learn the names of five native trees
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Learn the name of five native wildflowers
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Learn the name of five native bees (solitary and bumble bees)
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Don't use pesticides in your garden
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Have a compost bin in your garden
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Participate in International Biodiversity Day on May 22nd every year
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Have a log pile in your garden
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Plant a hedge in your garden
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Use eco cleaning products. E.g. Ecover
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Connect with nature by sitting still in nature
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Plant lots of native pollinator friendly plants and trees
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Grow or buy organic food
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Join Buglife
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Join Plantlife
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Join the Woodland Trust
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Support the Blue Campaign
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Only buy MSC fish
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Leave deadheading until late spring to provide habitat for insects over winter
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Don't be too neat - nature is not neat
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Have your very own wormery
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Feed the night flyers
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Walk in awareness. Really look and listen. You will be astonished.
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Use peat free compost
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Engage with your politicians about increasing biodiversity
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Buy Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance labelled products
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Talk to your family and friends about the importance of biodiversity
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Reduce light pollution in your garden
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Install a wildlife camera in your garden
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Put a wildlife footprint tunnel in your garden