{"id":4269,"date":"2020-06-08T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petz.co.uk\/?page_id=4269"},"modified":"2026-03-20T21:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:11:45","slug":"wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife \u2014 The Complete UK Wildlife Guide 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\ud83e\udd94 Wildlife \u2014 The Complete UK Wildlife Guide 2026<\/h1>\n

Britain’s gardens are a critical wildlife habitat, supporting hedgehogs, foxes, nesting birds, bees, and more. With hedgehog numbers declining by 50% since 2000 and many species under pressure from habitat loss, your garden can make a real difference. Our wildlife guides show you how.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<1m<\/div>
UK hedgehogs left<\/div><\/div>
-50%<\/div>
Since 2000<\/div><\/div>
15m+<\/div>
UK gardens<\/div><\/div>
246<\/div>
UK bird species<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our wildlife content is researched with reference to the RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts, Hedgehog Street, and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udd94 All Wildlife Guides (12)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Browse our full collection of expert guides, care sheets, and buying advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Feeding UK Garden Birds (2026): What to Feed, Avoidi…<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"Helping Hedgehogs in Your UK Garden (2026): What to …<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"What Is Bumblefoot? Causes, Treatment & Prevention G…<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"How Is Bird Flu Affecting UK Chickens?<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"What To Do If Your Dog Is Stung By A Bee Or Wasp<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"What Do Wasps Do?<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"21 of the Best Garden Pond Ideas for Inspiration<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"How To Look After Wildlife In Your Garden Over Winter<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"How To Help Britain\u2019s Hedgehogs<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"What To Do If You Find A Baby Bird<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"How To Welcome Wild Animals To Your Garden<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\"\"What Should I Feed Hedgehogs?<\/span>\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83e\udd94 Wildlife \u2014 The Complete UK Wildlife Guide 2026 Britain’s gardens are a critical wildlife habitat, supporting hedgehogs, foxes, nesting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4344,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"page_type":[4],"page_category":[],"class_list":["post-4269","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","page_type-category-page"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13516,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4269\/revisions\/13516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_type?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petz.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}