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#GivingTuesday - How you can easily help wildlife
Today is #GivingTuesday, the day to support your favourite charity! There are many things you can do to help wildlife in Herts & Middlesex.
Can you help uncover Hertfordshire's natural history?
Herts Environmental Records Centre has partnered with Hertfordshire Natural History Society in an ambitious project to digitise nearly 150 years’ worth of records - and they need your help!
House sparrow
The house sparrow is a familiar, streaky brown bird of towns, parks and gardens. Males sport a grey cap and black bib, the size of which indicates their status.
House martin
As its name suggests, the house martin can be spotted nesting in the eaves of houses in our towns and villages. Its intricate mud nests take days to build and are often returned to and used in…
How to help wildlife at work
Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!
No Nature, No Farmers, No Food!
Farming policy needs a stronger vision and increased funds to deliver for farmers, food security and nature.
House mouse
The tiny, grey-brown house mouse is one of our most successful mammals. It thrives around buildings but is less likely to be found in our houses these days due to better construction.
How to build a bird box
With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
My soul food
For Dave, the mosslands are not only a place to watch and record birds, but evoke childhood memories of watching wildlife with his father. Only ten miles away from Greater Manchester, he’s always…
How to clean nestboxes and bird feeders
Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is important to keep bird feeders clean to stop the spread of…