Ten Top Tips for a Bat Friendly Garden

Dig a pond or add a bird bath

_{Ponds support the aquatic larvae of flying insects} _{which bats love to eat.}

_{Ponds support the aquatic larvae of flying insects} _{which bats love to eat.}

Grow insect friendly flowers and
Let your grass grow long to provide food and habitat for insect larvae (caterpillars also love plants such as nettles, dandelions and birds-foot trefoil, all of which grow in meadowland)

_{Plant pale coloured flowers} _{such as ox-eye daisies,} _{jasmine, hemp agrimony} _{and evening primrose} _{to attract night flying insects.}

_{Plant pale coloured flowers} _{such as ox-eye daisies,} _{jasmine, hemp agrimony} _{and evening primrose} _{to attract night flying insects.}

Put up a bat box
Plant a hedgerow

_{Trees and hedgerows are often bat runs, as they support a large concentration of insects.}

_{Trees and hedgerows are often bat runs, as they support a large concentration of insects.}

Reduce or remove artificial lighting – this disorientates bats
Keep cats indoors at night
Compost your waste
Make a log pile

_{Log piles and compost heaps are wonderful invertebrate habitats.}

_{Log piles and compost heaps are wonderful invertebrate habitats.}

Don’t use pesticides