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WildlifeKate Blog

Diary entries documenting my wildlife projects, ideas and encounters....

Small Mammal Antics and a Brambling Visits

My mammal box has been pretty quiet over the summer. With lots of natural food, the small mammals do not feel the need to visit here. As...

A Green Woodpecker makes a visit!

When I made a new waterhole out of old tyres, for a piece I filmed with Countryfile Diaries in February, I could never have predicted how...

A tour of my Patch…. May 2018

My garden always starts to explode with foliage around this time of the year and I love it! I can’t believe how much it has changed in...

A Mid-April Garden Update……

Lots of activity in my garden and, with all the nesting activity, I thought it would be good to set up some experiments with nesting...

How to Build your own Wildlife Waterhole……

Wherever possible, I like to use recycled materials or create things in the garden out of materials I already have or can get hold of for...

A new waterhole….. ‘Fern Pool’…..

Since I have put the hub up, I have been trying to create areas for photography. I wanted to create an area that birds would come to, to...

Bathtime at the Waterhole

We should all provide water for the wildlife in our gardens, both for them to drink but also for them to bathe in. It is essential that...