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You can create hanging baskets full of gorgeous summer annuals and have other baskets that last throughout the year. They are surprisingly good for wildlife too! More...
Harvestmen are closely related to spiders. But, unlike the spiders, it has no silk glands so is not able to spin a web, does not have fangs nor does it produce venom. More...
A very valuable addition to any wildlife garden, hawthorn provides food for more than 150 different insect species. More...
A native hedgerow is great for wildlife and contains hundreds of species, including those also found in woodland and meadows. More...
Hedgehogs have a rather rounded body covered in short, dark, yellow-tipped spines, and a short tail. They come out at night and can be heard snuffling and grunting as they forage for food. More...
Holly is an excellent evergreen shrub for a wildlife garden, growing in any soil and coping well in full sun or shade. More...
Male holly blues have sky-blue upper wings with narrow, black borders, whereas females have broad, dull black borders. In both sexes the under wings are palest blue, almost white, with black spots. More...
Honey bees make honey from pollen and nectar collected from flowers. They live in large colonies with one queen, many sterile females workers and some male drones. In the wild honey bees nest in hollow trees. More...
Honeysuckle is a vigorous climber that if pruned hard thickens up to become an ideal nest and roost site. More...
The largest of the British social wasps hornets appear very similar to common wasps, but are larger and coloured chestnut-brown (rather than black) and yellow. More...
Apart from humans, this tiny rodent with greyish fur, large ears, a pointed snout and a long, scaly tail is probably the commonest mammal in the UK. More...
Although these brightly-coloured insects look like bees or wasps, hoverflies are in fact true flies and do not sting. More...
The hummingbird hawk moth is hairy with a dark, white-spotted abdomen, mousey-grey forewings and golden-orange hindwings. Easily mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers, probing flowers for nectar, it is in fact smaller than any hummingbird. More...
