Woodpile

Woodpile habitats are a great way to utilize tree cuttings, fallen branches and old logs to encourage wildlife to your land or garden.

Best situated in semi shade, they can provide the perfect home for species such as, centipedes, ants, woodlice, beetles, slugs, grubs, snails, hedgehogs, voles, frogs, toads and birds.

We use all fallen wood and cuttings to create such habitats on our parks, our aim being to support a wide range of wildlife and create a feature which is pleasing to the eye.

Britain was once almost entirely covered in woodland, and so wood is a natural habitat for many of our wildlife species. However, half of that habitat has disappeared since the 1930's, and population numbers of vital insects are declining.

The good news is that you can easily recreate the natural woodland world that these species love in your garden. A log pile will support a wide range of wildlife, including moss, fungi, insects and other invertebrates. It will also attract a range of small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds that will visit to prey on the insect residents.

One simple pile of logs can quickly become a flourishing wildlife community.

How to make a Woodpile

Visit: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/dead-wood-for-wildlife/
for some excellent pointers if you wish to build your own woodpile habitat at home.

WOODPILE

We use all fallen wood and cuttings to create such habitats on our parks, our aim being to support a wide range of wildlife and create a feature which is pleasing to the eye.

Visit: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/dead-wood-for-wildlife/ for some excellent pointers if you wish to build your own woodpile habitat at home.

Visit: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/dead-wood-for-wildlife/
for some excellent pointers if you wish to build your own woodpile habitat at home.