First of all, don’t cut the lawn! Plantlife runs the No Mow May campaign every year, encouraging people to let the grass grow to benefit wildflowers and other wildlife. Useful information on the website includes their work to protect plants and habitats in Scotland. (Volunteers welcome.)
Once the grass is growing well, have a hunt for flowers and beasties. Previous surveys have found 200 different flower species. An average lawn with daisies, dandelions and clover might be able to support 400 bees a day whereas the same unmown lawn could host 4,000 bees each day.
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arden Organic has a section on wildlife gardening with suggestions for flowers, trees and shrubs to plant to encourage biodiversity as well as guidance for building a pond or bumblebee nest.
Be a pollinator protector. Greenpeace is running a free course as a series of five emails to help identify and support bees, butterflies and other bugs. So if you’re unsure what is living near you, consider signing up.