Springwatch is over for another year and what a series it was. Every year there seems to be more exciting wildlife spectacles to bring to you and Chris and I loved following the trials and tribulations of the soap opera that is nature.
Thankfully it was slightly drier than last year and we didn't permanently don our umbrellas – lets hope it continues…
Some of the best wildlife spectacles can happen in our own gardens and there'll be no shortage of crawling, wriggling, hopping, fluttering and flying this month.
To celebrate all that's wild in our gardens and following the hugely successful 30th anniversary of the Big Garden Birdwatch in winter, the RSPB launches its brand new summer survey in June.
'Make Your Nature Count' is a long awaited opportunity to record the wildlife visiting your gardens in the summertime, with thousands of you saying that twelve months is simply too long to wait to get a chance to do it again!
So, between June 8th and 14th the RSPB is asking you to pick just one hour, note the birds and other wildlife you see in your gardens, and send in your results.
This will give an important snapshot of how wildlife is doing in the summer and give you the perfect excuse to sit back with a cuppa and enjoy that soap opera first hand.
To find out more about how to take part and where to send your results, please visit
www.rspb.org.uk/naturecount.
I'm probably going to please quite a few people with my next tip as June is a great month to NOT spend too much time tidying and trimming in your gardens!
As well as late nesting birds still raising their young those that have had their chicks will be on a constant search for food and keeping our lawns a bit longer and plants and bushes a bit more unruly will mean lots more insect food.
Keep up your feeding too – the winter frosts might be long gone but birds could do with our help all year round.
Happy gardening
Kate
For information on wildlife gardening and nature reserves visit
www.rspb.org.uk.
