Other wildlife
Wildlife that are helpful:
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birds – eat insects and caterpillars, which are essential for nestling growth
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hedgehogs – eat slugs and snails
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toads and frogs – eat slugs and snails and other pest insects
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mice and voles – eat seeds and weedlings
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ladybirds – eat aphids
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beetles – eat plants, nectar, pollinate plants and process waste
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lacewings – pollinate plants
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hoverflies – pollinate plants
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bees – pollinate plants
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wasps – pollinate plants and tidy waste
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centipedes – process waste
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spiders – eat aphids and other pest insects
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woodlice – process waste
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worms – process waste and help aerate soil
These species may adversely affect helpful wildlife:
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grey squirrels – destroy habitat, compete for food and eat eggs, fledglings and adult birds
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rats – eat eggs, fledglings and steal food
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rabbits – eat and kill plants, dig in gardens
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magpies – actively target eggs and fledglings in nests, can kill adult birds
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crows – target eggs and fledglings, can kill adult birds
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jays – actively target fledglings, will eat eggs
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deer – eat and kill plants, destroy habitat
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cats – eat fledglings and adult birds, small mammals, amphibians, spiders and insects
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aphids – can infest and destroy many plants
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harlequin ladybirds – compete with native ladybirds for food – will also eat native ladybirds
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lily beetles – can kill lily plants
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slugs & snails – will eat any plants, especially tender species