{"id":6958,"date":"2019-12-31T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2019-12-31T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:03:10","slug":"new-year-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6958","title":{"rendered":"New Year Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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January is a time for New Year resolutions<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

so why not pledge to do some of the following.<\/p>\n

\uf061 Put up bird boxes but site them away from where cats can get at them<\/p>\n

\uf061 Attach a bell to your cat’s collar. This does reduce their success rate in killing small birds<\/p>\n

\uf061 Put out bird-feeders, particularly for the winter months, restocking and cleaning them regularly<\/p>\n

\uf061 Plant a tree or two. There are trees to suit every size of garden<\/p>\n

\uf061 Sow wildflower seed in at least one patch<\/p>\n

\uf061 Put up bug hotels, siting them in the sunniest spot you can find<\/p>\n

\uf061 Install a pond in your garden – even a plastic bowl sunk in the ground will do some good<\/p>\n

\uf061 Ensure that hedgehogs can get into and out of your garden<\/p>\n

\uf061 Let a patch of grass grow uncut and see what unusual grasses and wildflowers pop up<\/p>\n

\uf061 Just spend some time watching nature<\/p>\n

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  January is a time for New Year resolutions so why not pledge to do some of the following. \uf061 Put up bird boxes but site them away from where cats can get at them \uf061 Attach a bell to your cat’s collar. This does reduce their success rate in killing small birds \uf061 Put out bird-feeders, particularly for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-1Oe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8845,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8845","url_meta":{"origin":6958,"position":0},"title":"Private Gardens In The UK","author":"Alan Williams","date":"28th December 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Nature Notes Private Gardens In The UK Private gardens in the UK cover an area bigger than all the Nature Reserves combined, estimated at over 10 million acres. 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