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Wildlife gardening resources
The Wildlife Trusts and RHS want to encourage people who are lucky enough to have gardens to use them to help nature.
Be a hoverfly hero!
Hoverflies are helpful garden guests. They eat aphids, recycle waste and pollinate plants. But, like many other insects, hoverflies need our help.
Become a hoverfly hero by making more space for these incredible insects. Whether you have a garden or just a window ledge to spare, you can lend hoverflies a hand.
Gardening for hoverflies
Learn more about hoverflies and how to help them in our new booklet. From their four-stage life cycle to migration and mimicry, there's so much to discover about these two-winged wonders. The booklet also includes spotting sheets for adults and larvae, as well as guides to making a pollinator planter and hoverfly lagoon.
More downloadable resources
- Butterflies (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/190212%20WAG%20Booklet_new%20logo%20web.pdf)
- Hedgehogs (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/16597%20WAG%20-%20Hedgehog%2016pp%20Booklet%20AW%20web.pdf)
- Worms (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/19357%20WAG%202018%20-%20Booklet%20AW_%20new%20logo%20web_0.pdf)
- Bats (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/WAG16%20Bats%20updated%202022%20WEB.pdf)
- Bees (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/BEES%20%20WAG%202017%20-%20Booklet%20AW_%20new%20logo%20web_0.pdf)
- Beetles (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/200204%20RSWT%20WAG2021%20Booklet_WEBSPREADS_ENGLISH.pdf)
- Swifts, Swallows & Martins (https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/Swifts.pdf)
- Slugs & snails (https://www.wildaboutgardens.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-03/WAG%202024%20-%20Making%20friends%20with%20molluscs.pdf)
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