Best wildlife houses for a modern garden

These wildlife houses will give garden guests a safe place to shelter, hide, sleep and nest

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by Angela Kenny |
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Listening to the lazy buzz of bees and gentle hum of winged visitors among the flowers while you relax in your garden is one of the delights of spring and summer. And there are many ways you can encourage more wildlife into your garden, including giving them a cosy place to hunker down when they're not busy in your garden promoting pollination and munching on pests. When it comes to chic cribs for critters, we've got you and your garden guests covered...

Shop our pick of stylish wildlife houses

Buzzworthy lodgings

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A modern take on the traditional style skeps used for managing bees in the early days of

High ball

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Hang from a branch or wall mount for safe nesting for a variety of tits. Dia18cm.

Cosy cocoon

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Lovingly crafted by female artisans in Bangladesh from recycled sari fabric, this colourful nester

Hive hotel

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Give wild bees, digger wasps and mason bees the five-star treatment with this partly varnished

Designer digs

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Bury in a quiet sheltered spot, pile around leaves and short grass, and hogs will soon move into

Quirky quarters

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Ooh la la, filled with hay, dead leaves, nettles or straw, this French-made shelter will keep

Bat cave

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Snacking on flies, mosquitoes and other bugs, bats are guests we’re more than happy to share our

Ladies room

Description

Layer with leaves, and aphid-loving ladybirds will be queuing up to hibernate in this weatherproof

Potty pad

Description

Place this frost-resistant ceramic house in shade close to a pond or damp area and pest-eating

Home from home

Modular Solitary Bee Houses
Price: £16.66/1

Description

Non-swarming summer-flower-pollinating solitary bees will love nesting in these honeycomb-shaped

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