Conservation Gifts to keep the planet green!

Wildlife conservation gifts

The great thing about giving wildlife conservation gifts is that both people and animals benefit. These really are win-win gifts, and perfect for people who have everything or for nature lovers who want to make a difference & cares about animals. The animals win, you spend your money on something worthwhile - and the recipient knows they have a meaningful gift to help wildlife.

Wildlife conservation is not about saving animals individually, but about saving their habitat - the areas and homes in which they live - and creating conditions in which they can safely thrive. The other thing to say is that you don't need to spend a great deal to make a difference to wildlife :-)

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	Support an appeal with a Wildlife Trust Many of the 46 Wildlife Trusts around the UK have appeals to help wildlife and to support their conservation efforts, so you could support one of these with a donation. One of these is Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, who have an appeal called Amazing Grazing (pictured left, image copyright to them). Livestock such as this pony help to maintain reserves by grazing - this is cheaper and better for the environment than mowing, and their grazing means a patchwork of microhabitats. These support flora and fauna, helping insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, fungi and plants. You can choose an appeal by geographic area, Wildlife Trust, or "tag" e.g. beaver, in memory, emergency, land purchase, marine. See all the appeals here.
	Adopt a flower, lichen or fungus from Plantlife £20.00 Adopt a flower such as a cowslip, greater butterfly orchid, a harebell, a juniper, mistletoe, meadow clary, northern marsh orchid, a Spanish catchfly, a yellow whitlowgrass (pictured left), a fungus or lichen. Find out more from Plantlife
	Sponsor an Acre with the Orangutan Foundation Sponsor vital forest haibtat to help orangutans and many other species with the Orangutan Foundation. It actively protects over half a million acres of tropical forest which is home to 5,000 critically endangered orangutans, with manned guard posts and forest patrols. Find out more here. Image ©Orangutan Foundation
	From the RSPB Online Shop Give them a home, and they will come, as the RSPB advert says. The RSPB Shop has everything the wildlife in your garden need from bird baths and bird nest boxes to bird food and feeders, and products for wildlife too. The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch takes place from 24th to 26th January 2025. Just watch the birds in their gardens or local parks for an hour and report back to the RSPB with a record of the bird species you've seen. This helps the RSPB work out which species are doing well and which need our help. It's free to do. This Big Garden Birdwatch 2025 bundle gift for £20.00 will help the nature lover in your life encourage the birds to come visiting - and whether you take part in the birdwatch or not, there's nothing like seeing a nature show in your own garden and helping our feathered friends! Find out about it here. Fly away to the RSPB Shop now to see the gifts and goodies they have.
	Dedicate a Tree Gift Certificate Plant a tree and give a gift which will just keep growing! A native tree will be planted by Trees for Life in the Scottish Highlands - and that will help create a home for wildlife and create forests for the future. The recipient receives a colourful certificate personalied with your own message either in the post or by email. Each certificate includes one tree - you can add more trees for £6 each. From £17.99. Visit Trees for Life's website
	Gift ideas for the wildlife in your garden There's plenty of gift ideas you can give to encourage wildlife into your garden such a hedgehog House or a bird bath, a bird feeder, a squirrel feeder, hedgehog food, or a place for bees, bugs and butterflies. Natural Collection have something to encourage the bees in your garden - it's called For the Love of Bees Gift Pack (pictured left). For £32.00, this gift pack includes The Bee Barn (17.5 × 11 × 21 cm), Natural Nesting Hay, a pack of nectar rich Wildflower Seeds and the latest Conservation Guide on Bees, all packed in a recyclable gift box! There are also For the Love of gift packs for birds, butterflies, hedgehogs, and the environment. Take a look at Natural Collection's ideas for garden wildlife.
	How about a home for wildlife? Take a look at Garden Wildlife Direct! Garden Wildlife Direct not only have everything you need for your feathered friends and wildlife too (such as this Wildlife World Solitary Bee House, pictured left), but they also have amazing offers and prices! They have bird foods and accessories, wildlife homes and food, window sticker alerts to stop the birds flying into windows, nest boxes, bird baths which can be very decorative for the garden - everything you need to look after the birds and wildlife in your garden! They will love you for it! Visit Garden Wildlife Direct here.
	Find a virtual gift to help animals around the world Our sister website Animals Charities has a number of virtual gift ideas you can give to help animals around the world, mainly wildlife such as bears, big cats, squirrels, frogs, swans, deer, snakes, insects and a whole lot more! Canter off for some ideas...