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 | Garden friends
Many of the insects, birds and amphibians which come to our gardens will help to control pests by eating them. |
| There are lots of ways we can encourage these friends: |
- Grow nectar-rich flowers, such as the poached egg plant, Limnanthes douglasii.
- Leave places for them to live over winter.
- Make a wildlife pool.
- Put out bird food, water and nesting boxes.
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| | |  | Birds | What they feed on | | Robin and blackbird | Soil grubs, caterpillars and other nuisances | | Thrush | Snails | | Blue tit | Greenfly | | Wrens | Thunderflies and springtails | | | |  | Mammals | | | Hedgehogs | Snails | | Foxes | Snails and grubs | | | | | Amphibians | | | Frogs and toads | Slugs | | | | | Insects | | | Ground beetles and larvae | Slugs, cabbage root fly, flea beetles, weevils and other soil pests | | Lacewing and larvae | Aphids and other small pests | | Hoverflies and larvae | Aphids |  | Spiders | Flying pests, aphids, newly hatched caterpillars and woodlice | | Ladybirds and larvae | Aphids | | Centipedes | Springtails, mites, slugs and other insects |
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