Springwatch with Buglife

28 May 2009

Spring has well and truly arrived! Garden birds such as blue tits and robins are dependent on bugs at this time of year to feed their young. Badgers munch on worms and hedgehogs enjoy a delicious meal of slugs and beetles. But bugs are much more than food for other animals - they are fascinating creatures in their own right.

Bug photos
Bugs are often incredibly beautiful close up! Click here for links to fantastic bug photo websites

Meadow grasshopper © Greg Hitchcock

Springwatch 'Dirty Weekend' Bug Safari
Go on a Bug Safari during the BBC Breathing Places Dirty Weekend - 6 & 7 June. Buglife will be holding a fantastic freshwater bugs event complete with pond-dipping at Flag Fen in Peterborough. Click here for further details. This event is open to all but booking is essential.

Bug Activities
Free downloadable advice sheets on making your patch more bug-friendly, colouring sheets for children and a bug wordsearch. Just click here

Seven-spot ladybird © Jon Mold

Ladybird Lodge making at Gardeners World Live
Buglife will be at Gardeners World Live in Birmingham (10-14 June) during the final week of Springwatch. Come to the Buglife stand to make a lovely Ladybird Lodge and make your garden more welcoming for ladybirds and other beneficial bugs such as lacewings.

Love Spiders & Wiggly Worms
Children often love bugs and we have some great downloadable activity sheets to keep them amused. At Love Spiders make your own spider hat or a yummy spider cake. Alternatively perhaps they'd like to create an earthworm (or two!) from a pair of tights! Click here for more worm crafts!

Make a yummy spider cake!