The air is getting warmer, albeit tantalisingly slowly, plants are starting to bud and animals are slowly coming back to life. Yes everyone, Spring is finally here and it is well known as the time of new life and a fresh start, so here are a few things you can do to help young animals find their feet in this big ol’ world.

Firstly, I keep saying this because it is so important!! Leaving food out, it really helps young animals trying to put on as much weight as possible before the the winter comes. Although it may seem a little early to be thinking about the winter again for these animals it is a matter of life and death, if they can’t get big and strong enough quickly enough then they will die. So, bird feeders, hedgehog food, even you’re own waste scraps of food, can really help. A great thing to do is start a compost heap, this will attract animals like worms which are great fodder for birds!

Building houses. Haha, not in the literal sense of the word, but have you ever thought of building a bird box, of how about a hedgehog house. You can buy bird houses that you can build yourself, or pre-made ones on websites such as amazon, and trust me there are some particularly awesome ones on there. You could also build a bug hotel (instruction can found on the RSPB website) or once again buy (also on amazon). Hedgehog houses sound hard, but they really don’t have to be. Instruction on how to build one can be found on the British hedgehog Preservation Society, but you can also buy them on amazon!

One last thing you can do is leave an area of you’re garden to grow wild! This will encourage all kinds of wildlife into your garden, butterflies, bees, birds, hedgehogs. Leaving an area of garden to nature, can make for a brilliant spot for wildlife all around and you’ll find yourself surrounded by beautiful creatures.

Well that’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed my post, and will do some of the things that I have written about! Don’t forget to like, subscribe and comment below!!! See you all next week!