Nadia Shaikh goes synaesthetic for the start of spring, almost tasting the orange tang of an early butterfly

Find out which early species to watch for, how to make your patch more butterfly-friendly and where to record your sightings for science

Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or

Jenny Shelton from the Wildlife Trusts explains how to help these amazing amphibians

Adrian Thomas outlines the simplest and most effective ways to help accommodate these important guests

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