A look at different manmade habitats to include in your garden

• IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME…
• In urbanised areas it is not always possible to provide natural wildlife habitats, so it is important we create our own.
• Man made wildlife habitats will provide a supplement to the loss of natural habitats, providing refuge for an abundance of wildlife.
• Wildlife habitats offer a form of pest control with many of the insects they attract acting as the perfect predator to pest. Such as ladybirds, (which would love to hibernate under peeling bark in a log pile) which will be a natural chemical free solution to an aphid problem.
• They also attract pollinators which are vital to our ecosystems.
• Small mammals such as hedgehogs which are rapidly decreasing in number will find a safe refuge within a purpose built home.
• These include; bug hotels, solitary bee posts, bird and bat boxes, log piles, hedgehog homes, hibernacula for amphibians and reptiles, container ponds and wildlife ponds.