We enjoy being at the Triangle Community Garden and so do lots of creatures. We garden with our wildlife ‘neighbours’ in mind: the garden is completely organic and we have a wildlife pond. We also retain patches of nettles for butterflies and other insects, log piles for slow-worms and invertebrates and plenty of uncultivated corners for hedgehogs and other animals.

We leave seed heads on our plants for the birds to enjoy and have planted a native British wild hedge full of good food for birds.

We have put up bird and bat boxes and we maintain a slow-worm habitat at our allotment.

Visitors and volunteers regularly see interesting creatures such as lizards, newts, frogs and butterflies, and very occasionally kingfishers and sparrowhawks. On warm summer evenings when insects are on the wing, the bats come out to feed and can be seen silhouetted against the darkening sky.

Next time you visit why not print out these lists of wildlife and minibeasts beforehand and see how many creatures you can spot (remember if you lift up a stone or log to look underneath, please put it back very carefully so you don’t disturb the habitat of the creatures beneath). Take a wildlife book with you so you can identify what you find.

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