We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A yard full of rodents often spells trouble. Rats and mice, for example, are expert home invaders, squeezing into the tiniest of holes and ...

Cold weather like we’ve had in recent weeks rarely deters early cavity-nesting birds. I already have a Carolina wren nest with four eggs about to hatch and several complete bluebird clutches. Nesting ...

Garden enthusiasts with nesting boxes have been advised to carry out five essential tasks this weekend to support birds. The expert team at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine has published a detailed guide ...

Read this before you start building a nest box for your local birds. Seeing a plywood nest box tucked amongst the branches of a tree or hoisted around its trunk is a familiar sight to many Australians ...

The RSPB is putting on events as part of National Nest Box Week (14-20 February) to encourage families to make homes for birds and bees - it also coincides with the half term holidays. Right now is a ...

With early nesting season beginning in February, many of our resident garden birds are already scouting for suitable sites to make their home. But simply hanging a nest box and hoping for the best isn ...

Abi Gazzard received funding from the People's Trust for Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. When large patches of woodland are swallowed by urban sprawl or when households ...