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  • Add a hedgehog house or feeding station
  • Make a hedgehog hole in your fence
  • Install a pond in your garden (or even just a container)
  • Put up a bird box in your garden or on your house
  • Have a bird feeding station
  • Put up a bat box
  • Install or make a bug hotel
  • Build a hibernaculum
  • Install a window box
  • Use a compost bin
  • Plant a hedge
  • Create a stumpery
  • Leave dead wood or make a log pile
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Green and Grow

Creature Comforts

  • Attract bees and butterflies with pollinator plants
  • Plant climbers against vertical surfaces
  • Plant native wildflowers
  • Plant a tree or shrub
  • Grow your own fruit and vegetables
  • Stop using pesticides
  • Let your lawn grow long, try no-mow May
  • Leave garden tidying until late spring
  • Use peat-free compost
  • Reduce light pollution in your garden
  • Embrace ‘weeds’ or create a ‘weed patch’
  • Replace hard surfaces with plants
  • Share seeds and native plants with friends
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Join Up, Join In

  • Volunteer with an environmental group (WEG?)
  • Join a national environmental charity
  • Support a local environmental charity
  • Take part in citizen science events
  • Buy organic foods
  • Use eco friendly cleaners and household products
  • Support biodiversity campaigns and petitions
  • Engage with politicians about increasing biodiversity
  • Engage children in environmental activities
  • Attend local environmental events and talks
  • Take part in national nature events
  • Share your love for nature online
  • Talk to your friends about the importance of biodiversity
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The More You Know

  • Read books or watch videos about nature and biodiversity
  • Install a wildlife camera in your garden
  • Put a wildlife footprint tunnel in your garden
  • Learn the name of five UK butterflies
  • Learn the names of five UK birds
  • Learn the names of five native trees
  • Learn the name of five native wildflowers
  • Learn the name of five native bees
  • Connect with nature by being still outdoors
  • Find and explore local green spaces
  • Search for wildlife in your garden or local space
  • Try the Wild About Worcester Way
  • Download a plant or bird identifier app
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