Choose an animal that lives near you, such as a fox, a heron, a deer, a squirrel or a hare.
Imitate a heron stalking its prey.
Choose a small, sheltered container, such as an old teapot, a wooden box or an upturned terracotta plant pot, and drill a small entrance hole about the width of a pencil in one side, low down near the
Choose a healthy, non flowering shoot from the plant you want to propagate, and cut a length of about ten to fifteen centimetres just below a leaf joint using clean, sharp secateurs.
Help monitor how wildlife is doing in your local area by registering with one or more UK citizen science projects, such as a bioblitz, the big butterfly count, the RSPB big garden birdwatch, a moth ni
Garden BirdWatch is a year round survey run by the British Trust for Ornithology.
Start a written or digital master list of the common species you have found in your local wild space.
Use binoculars or a magnifying glass to look for galls on plants, unusual growths often caused by insects, mites or fungi.
Many plants belong to families that share a set of patterns.
Make a map of the community around your sit spot, including the sit spot itself, a neighbouring tree, and yourself.