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Create your own habitats
Materials to download and follow
Throughout the New Life on the Old West project, we supported the creation of green space habitats, trained local volunteers in recording and monitoring biodiversity, and created opportunities for learning through talks, nature safaris, and open farm days.
We’ve designed a range of support materials that will guide you through the process of creating your own habitats for a range of plants, animals and amphibians.
Eurasian otter
Otters are people’s favourite – they’re playful, inquisitive, charismatic, elusive (giving them an air of mystery) and an absolute joy to encounter.
Wildflower Meadows
Grass is vital food for caterpillars. Butterflies like the meadow brown, gatekeeper, ringlet, skippers and speckled wood rely on grasses to raise their young.
Ponds
Of all the UK’s freshwater habitats, ponds are the best for wildlife – they are home to about 65% of our freshwater species. If you can create a pond, you can make a
difference.
Hedgerows
These once-common living fences offer so much more than just boundaries – they’re
feeding stations, nesting cradles, shelter belts and insect hotels.
Berms
A berm is a shallow vegetated shelf that sits under the water level of a pond or drainage ditch. They provide safe, seasonally wet habitats for aquatic plants, beetles, birds, fish and other wildlife, acting as a transition zone between water and land.
Wader scrapes
A scrape is a shallow depression with gently sloping edges that seasonally holds water, creating wet, muddy in-field features ideal for wildlife, especially wading birds
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