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| + | Feeding is straightforward but worth getting right. Meaty cat or dog food, or a specialist hedgehog food, is a better choice than bread and milk, which can cause digestive upset. A shallow dish of fresh water left out overnight is just as useful as food, particularly during dry spells in summer. | ||
| + | Fish are worth thinking through carefully. Ornamental fish will happily eat frogspawn and tadpoles, so a pond intended mainly for amphibians is usually better left fish-free. Leaving some leaf litter to settle at the bottom over autumn also gives amphibians a place to shelter through the colder months. | ||
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| + | Insects overwinter too, tucked into log piles, leaf litter and insect houses left undisturbed until spring. Gardeners preparing shelter ahead of the colder months often look at buy hedgehog houses online options early, so everything is in place before the weather turns. | ||
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| + | Plant choice shapes how much a garden offers [[https:// | ||
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| + | Frogs and newts are useful garden residents, feeding on slugs and other insects, and their presence is generally a good sign that a pond is in reasonable health. Attracting them is mostly a matter of getting the habitat right rather than anything more involved. | ||
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| + | Shelter is often overlooked. Many UK bee species are solitary rather than hive-dwelling, | ||