How to attract wildlife to your garden
Book - 2023
"Let author, presenter, and wildlife conservationist Dan Rouse show you how you can make your outdoor space more welcoming for a wide variety of visitors, from planting pollinator-friendly perennials to providing access for curious squirrels. Learn the best ways to provide shelter, food, and water; discover the best planting choices and how they can help; then sit back and watch as your garden becomes a much-needed refuge for a huge range of species. The book features plenty of projects to help you attract and observe your new garden visitors, as well as galleries of common species you can expect to see. Following in the footsteps of its sister title How to Attract Birds to Your Garden, everything in the book is clear, accessible, and... engaging, with plenty of budget-friendly tips and ideas suitable for gardeners and nongardeners alike. Packed with equal parts expertise and passion, How to Attract Wildlife to Your Garden proves that, by giving nature opportunities to thrive, we all benefit: ourselves, our planet, and the wildlife that may call our garden home."--
- Subjects
- Published
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New York, NY :
Dk Publishing
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 191 pages : illustrations (color) ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744069631
9780241593301
- Why I welcome wildlife
- Understanding Wildlife
- Introduction
- What counts as wildlife?
- Different types of wildlife
- When is wildlife active?
- Wildlife behavior
- Food chain
- The Garden as Refuge
- Introduction
- A wild and an unwild garden
- Natural food sources
- Natural water sources
- Shelter and safety
- Planting
- Gardening for wildlife
- Planning a wildlife garden
- Family-friendly wildlife garden
- Wilding a small space
- Sharing your space
- Beyond the garden
- Insects and Other Invertebrates
- Introduction
- Pollinating insects
- Invertebrates in the garden
- Healthy plants, healthy invertebrates
- Water sources for insects
- Natural shelter and habitats
- Human-made shelter
- Make your own bumble bee hotel
- Observing invertebrates
- Wildlife directory: insects and other invertebrates
- Reptiles and Amphibians
- Introduction
- Where to find reptiles
- Where to find amphibians
- Food and predation
- Making a water habitat
- Planting for ponds
- Shelter and habitats
- Make a hibernaculum
- Pond dipping
- Wildlife directory: reptiles, amphibians, and pond creatures
- Birds
- Introduction
- Birds through the year
- Natural food sources
- Bird feeders
- Water for birds
- Shelter and nesting
- Nesting boxes
- Make your own thrush basket
- Wildlife directory: birds
- Mammals
- Introduction
- Where to find mammals
- Where bats fly
- What mammals eat
- Keep mammals wild
- Safe spaces for mammals
- Shelter for mammals
- Bat boxes
- Living alongside mammals
- Create a mommal tracker
- Wildlife directory: mammals
- Observing Garden Wildlife
- Introduction
- Wildlife tracking
- Cameras and observation
- Community wildlife watching
- Plant directory
- Useful resources
- Index
- About the author