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Are the creatures that visit and live in your garden friends or foes? How can you discourage the bad and nurture the good? And how does each animal fit into the essential garden ecosystem? You'll find the answers in the verdicts, evidence and treatments presented in this innovative new book. Including more than 50 common garden residents - from squirrels to starlings, from ladybirds to leatherjackets, and from frogs to flea beetles - it tells you how to encourage the forces for good and explains how best to deter or get rid of (ideally organically) those that bring damage, disease or even death to your precious plants. And vitally, it pieces together the key links in the garden food chain and shows how to maintain nature's delicate balance on your plot. As well as the key gardening information you need, you'll discover here the extraordinary ways in which garden wildlife is adapted for success, how to encourage vital pollinators and how to plan planting and cultivation to pre-empt problems. You'll see how to use pesticides safely if you must, and there are hints and tips on the best ways to deal with cats and dogs, chickens and geese in the garden. So whether you want your garden to be a haven for hedgehogs and honeybees, to have fewer slugs and snails, or to be know all the pros and cons of crows and cabbage white caterpillars, then these are the verdicts you need. Garden Wildlife on Trial is the sequel and companion volume to Ruth Binney's successful Weeds on Trial published in 2019 (ISBN 9781910821299).

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction 6
  2. Mammals and Other Vertebrates 10
  3. Badgers 12
  4. Deer 14
  5. Foxes 16
  6. Frogs 18
  7. Grey Squirrels 20
  8. Hedgehogs 22
  9. Mice 24
  10. Moles 26
  11. Rabbits 28
  12. Rats 30
  13. Shrews 32
  14. Toads 34
  15. Voles 36
  16. Birds 38
  17. Blackbirds 40
  18. Crows 42
  19. Gulls 44
  20. Herons 46
  21. Jackdaws 48
  22. Magpies 50
  23. Pheasants 52
  24. Pigeons 54
  25. Sparrows 56
  26. Starlings 58
  27. Insects and Other Invertebrates 60
  28. Ants 62
  29. Aphids 64
  30. Asparagus Beetles 66
  31. Box Caterpillars 68
  32. Bumblebees 70
  33. Cabbage White Caterpillars 72
  34. Carrot Flies 74
  35. Codling Moths 76
  36. Cutworms 78
  37. Earthworms 80
  38. Earwigs 82
  39. Eelworms 84
  40. Flea Beetles 86
  41. Ground Beetles 88
  42. Honeybees 90
  43. Hoverflies 92
  44. Lacewings 94
  45. Ladybirds 96
  46. Leaf-cutting Bees 98
  47. Leatherjackets 100
  48. Lily Beetles 102
  49. Millipedes 104
  50. Sawflies 106
  51. Scale Insects 108
  52. Slugs 110
  53. Snails 112
  54. Social Wasps 114
  55. Spiders 116
  56. Thrips or Thunder Flies 118
  57. Vine Weevils 120
  58. Wireworms 122
  59. Woodlice 124
  60. Dealing with Wildlife 126
  61. Good gardening practice 126
  62. Biological controls 129
  63. Domesticated wildlife 130
  64. Pesticides and how to use them 132
  65. Wildlife and the law 136
  66. Plants for wildlife 139
  67. Index 142

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      Publisher: Rydon Publishing
      Publication Date: 29/04/2021
      ISBN13: 9781910821299, 978-1910821299
      ISBN10: 1910821292
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Are the creatures that visit and live in your garden friends or foes? How can you discourage the bad and nurture the good? And how does each animal fit into the essential garden ecosystem? You'll find the answers in the verdicts, evidence and treatments presented in this innovative new book. Including more than 50 common garden residents - from squirrels to starlings, from ladybirds to leatherjackets, and from frogs to flea beetles - it tells you how to encourage the forces for good and explains how best to deter or get rid of (ideally organically) those that bring damage, disease or even death to your precious plants. And vitally, it pieces together the key links in the garden food chain and shows how to maintain nature's delicate balance on your plot. As well as the key gardening information you need, you'll discover here the extraordinary ways in which garden wildlife is adapted for success, how to encourage vital pollinators and how to plan planting and cultivation to pre-empt problems. You'll see how to use pesticides safely if you must, and there are hints and tips on the best ways to deal with cats and dogs, chickens and geese in the garden. So whether you want your garden to be a haven for hedgehogs and honeybees, to have fewer slugs and snails, or to be know all the pros and cons of crows and cabbage white caterpillars, then these are the verdicts you need. Garden Wildlife on Trial is the sequel and companion volume to Ruth Binney's successful Weeds on Trial published in 2019 (ISBN 9781910821299).

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 6
      2. Mammals and Other Vertebrates 10
      3. Badgers 12
      4. Deer 14
      5. Foxes 16
      6. Frogs 18
      7. Grey Squirrels 20
      8. Hedgehogs 22
      9. Mice 24
      10. Moles 26
      11. Rabbits 28
      12. Rats 30
      13. Shrews 32
      14. Toads 34
      15. Voles 36
      16. Birds 38
      17. Blackbirds 40
      18. Crows 42
      19. Gulls 44
      20. Herons 46
      21. Jackdaws 48
      22. Magpies 50
      23. Pheasants 52
      24. Pigeons 54
      25. Sparrows 56
      26. Starlings 58
      27. Insects and Other Invertebrates 60
      28. Ants 62
      29. Aphids 64
      30. Asparagus Beetles 66
      31. Box Caterpillars 68
      32. Bumblebees 70
      33. Cabbage White Caterpillars 72
      34. Carrot Flies 74
      35. Codling Moths 76
      36. Cutworms 78
      37. Earthworms 80
      38. Earwigs 82
      39. Eelworms 84
      40. Flea Beetles 86
      41. Ground Beetles 88
      42. Honeybees 90
      43. Hoverflies 92
      44. Lacewings 94
      45. Ladybirds 96
      46. Leaf-cutting Bees 98
      47. Leatherjackets 100
      48. Lily Beetles 102
      49. Millipedes 104
      50. Sawflies 106
      51. Scale Insects 108
      52. Slugs 110
      53. Snails 112
      54. Social Wasps 114
      55. Spiders 116
      56. Thrips or Thunder Flies 118
      57. Vine Weevils 120
      58. Wireworms 122
      59. Woodlice 124
      60. Dealing with Wildlife 126
      61. Good gardening practice 126
      62. Biological controls 129
      63. Domesticated wildlife 130
      64. Pesticides and how to use them 132
      65. Wildlife and the law 136
      66. Plants for wildlife 139
      67. Index 142

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