Wild About Nature

What’s it all about? Wirral is a peninsula and therefore has an unusual mix of landscapes – from our coasts, lowland heaths and woodlands to our greenspaces, parks and areas that are of national, European and international significance.

The borough’s unique environment – and the wildlife that lives in it – is something to be proud of, as well as something to be protected and looked after. In July 2019, Wirral Council declared an environment and climate emergency which recognised the importance of protecting the nature around us as well as setting an aim to double the borough’s tree canopy cover and transform the borough’s open spaces.

Wirral Council’s Biodiversity and Net Gain Strategy aims to support the commitment and help protect nature and wildlife but needs your help. The leaflets in the documents section on this page provides examples of actions that you can take through spring, summer, autumn and winter to help look after your local environment and the wildlife that shares it with us.

Whether you would like to learn how to grow a tree from seeds you have collected, create a hedgehog hole, build a bird bath or birdfeeder or even create a bee and butterfly garden – there is a variety of activities* to take part in to help look after Wirral’s nature. Check out the different seasons to see what you could do through the year to get involved.

Wild about Nature in Summer

The Activities for Summer are:

• Create a bee hotel - post your picture on our interactive map below.
• Create a bee water station – post your picture on the interactive map below.
• Grow a bee and butterfly garden – register your butterfly garden with the Wild Spaces website: https://wild-spaces.co.uk, which is hosted by Butterfly Conservation.

* For some of the activities tools will be required, which may mean that they are unsuitable for children to do without supervision or additional care being taken.