TV celebrity Matt Baker is urging Surrey residents to take part in the UK’s biggest nature challenge, 30 Days Wild. Inspired by the Surrey Wildlife Trust’s work when filming Countryfile in Surrey last month, he is encouraging people to get closer to nature every day in June. Tens of thousands of Surrey residents took part last year and this year the Trust wants even more people to engage.
You could lie down in the grass for some cloud spotting, spend family time by the river, admire the beautiful dragonflies, create a bucket pond at home or simply listen to birdsong on your way to school or work.
If you’re in need of inspiration, scroll below for the Trust's suggestions from their website or you can generate daily ideas using their handy app.
30 Days Wild ideas:
- Make a bee hotel
- Make a new build garden for wildlife
- Grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden
- Build a hedgehog home
- Create a hedgehog hole
- Grow a wild patch
- Create a container garden for wildlife
- Attract bumblebees to your garden
- Attract butterflies to your garden
- Create a vertical garden
- Plant a tree
- Attract hedgehogs and badgers
- Plant flowers for bees and pollinators
- Create a herb garden for wildlife
- Provide water for wildlife
- Provide bushes for nesting birds
- Make your garden a chemical-free zone
- Make a gravel garden for wildlife
- Go peat free
- Make a hedge for wildlife
- Attract moths and bats to your garden
- Build a mini stone wall
- Make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
- Make a bog garden
- Build a hibernaculum for amphibians and reptiles
- Make a shrub garden for wildlife
- Companion planting
- Take part in a citizen survey
- Leave the car at home
- Cut out palm oil – not trees
- Buy local produce
- Be an eco-friendly pet owner
- Make a coastal garden
- Smart souvenir shopping
- Make a log shelter
- Build a bat box
- Feed birds in your garden
- Conserve water
- Use less plastic
- Build a pond
- Build a nesting box for birds
- Compost your waste
- Make a seed bomb
- Build a bug mansion
- Pick up litter
- Watch what you wash away
- Waste free lunches
- Create a mini pond
- Help wildlife at school
- Help wildlife at work
To sign up for 30 Days Wild, visit wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild where you will find tips and inspiration. Don’t forget to share what you do on social media using #30DaysWild.
