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How you can help wildlife this winter

Winter has always been tough for our wildlife - especially birds - so it’s important they have a place to eat, drink and rest when it gets cold. When they arrive hungry and thirsty in our gardens they look to humans to provide them with food and water.


 

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Top tips to attract birds
to your garden

Provide:

  • natural food sources

  • shelter

  • water

  • high-quality supplementary food

  • nesting sites

  • protection from cats and other predators

  • and practice good hygeine

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Download the full guide:

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You can help no matter how big or small your outside space

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Tips to attract birds in small spaces

There are many ways you can help wildlife in even the smallest of spaces!

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From adding the right plants in pots to growing vertically!

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Innovating feeder ideas and how to attract insects

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find out more in our full guide:

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EVERYONE can do their bit to help birds and other wildlife through the harsh winter months.

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Winter feeding
advice

What are the best sort of foods to offer birds and wildlife during winter

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But especially what to avoid as not all foods are good for birds and wildlife!

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Find out the good the bad and the ugly in our full guide.

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Download the guide now:

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Surviving the winter is crucial for birds and all our wildlife

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Sheltering birds and wildlife

When planting or making new structures in your outside space think about how you can help birds and wildlife.

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There are so many things that can help, no matter how small your outside space

 

Read our guide for useful tips on how you can help:

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City or country, our birds need our help to get through the cold of winter – we can show you how to help YOUR garden birds!

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Tips for choosing and putting
up a bird nesting box

Not all nest boxes are the same!  which one should you choose and where should you site it?

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Download our full guide to find out more:

Be a Hero for Ruby Robin and all her friends this National Robin Day and do your bit to help birds and other wildlife through the harsh winter months.

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Make your own
bird nesting box

Try your hand at a bit of simple and easy woodwork

Your birds will love you for this!

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Get the full instructions:

Make your own
bird bath

Making a birdbath is easier than you think!

Download our 4-step guide:

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Make your own
seedcakes

Get Alison's step by step guide to making these fabulous seedcakes that birds love!

Help to keep Ruby and her friends in tip-top condition to they have the best possible start to the breeding season!  

National Robin Day is on the 21st December - let's all think about what we can do to make the winter months easier for Ruby and her friends. There are many small things we can all do to make a really big difference!
Join our mailing list to get robin tips as well as wildlife and charity news updates direct to your inbox!

#NationalRobinDay is a campaign to raise awareness of the challenges our birds and wildlife face each winter, and how we can all help: it doesn't matter how big or small your outdoor space is, we ALL have the power to help our birds and wildlife through the harsh winter months.

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