How to attract moths and bats to your garden
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
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Bats for beginners Talk, Night Walk and Poetry - Woolley Firs, Maidenhead, Thursday 14 May
Bats are fascinating creatures and our local bat expert will give an informative insight into their world. This workshop is for adults.
How do bats fly? Learn more about these enigmatic mammals
Small, brown, fast-moving and active in the dark – all reasons why for too many years people have misunderstood or even feared these fascinating creatures that live so close to us, yet have such…
Guest blog: The trouble with trees
What is the role of tree planting as a solution to climate change?
Guest blog: Always something new to discover
In her guest blog, BBOWT volunteer surveyor, Sue Taylor discovers there's always something new to find when you stop and look closely.
Guest blog: Farming goes wild
Whether you support it or oppose it, Brexit provides us with a once in a generation opportunity to design farm policies that support a countryside far richer in wildlife.
Guest blog: How to create a pallet garden
Hannah explains all you need to know about how to turn old pallets into attractive wildlife gardens!
Guest blog: Natural solutions to the climate crisis
Will Parsons, The Wildlife Trusts’ public affairs officer, reveals the role natural habitats play in tackling the climate crisis.
Guest blog: celebrating swifts, masters of the skies
For Swift Awareness Week, swift expert Sarah Gibson explores the early life of these brilliant birds.
Bechstein's bat
The Bechstein's bat is a very rare bat that lives in woodland and roosts in old woodpecker holes or tree crevices. Like other bats, the females form 'maternity colonies' to have…
Alcathoe bat
The Alcathoe bat was 'discovered' in the UK in 2010 when it was confirmed as a separate species to the very similar whiskered and Brandt's bats. Little is known about its range and…
Greater horseshoe bat
The greater horseshoe bat was once a cave-dweller, but now tends to roost in old buildings, such as churches and barns. It is rare in the UK and, like many other bats, declining in number.