A father and his children have been busy in their garden during lockdown - creating a wildlife haven on their own doorstep.
Al Greer and his son Felix and daughter Annie, who live south of Nottingham city centre, planted a small wildflower meadow during the first lockdown.
They also made a few mini ponds all in their garden, which has become popular with wildlife, particularly birds.
The 30 Days Wild campaign wants Nottinghamshire locals to do something for wildlife or the natural environment, every day, for the thirty days of June.
The county’s Wildlife Trust, like others around the UK, is hoping to inspire young and old alike, to get out and enjoy nature.
For this family, during April last year, they sowed a wildflower seed mix.
Al said: "Yellow rattle is important, because it parasitises the grasses, giving more room for the flowers to grow. I got a bit worried not seeing any yellow rattle last year, so we sowed another load of yellow rattle seeds last autumn and now they are flowering.
"We drilled holes in old bits of wood to attract solitary bees and other insects. Drilling holes in bits of wood is so much fun. We made a pile of old wood and small logs. Old wood is great for biodiversity whilst it rots down.
"We also put down some old tiles and bricks in a pile to provide shelter for frogs. It needs cutting once a year, in the autumn, after the flowers have seeded, and the cuttings removing. This removes nutrients from the area, promoting biodiversity, and stops things like brambles from becoming established (although the latter isn't really an issue in such a small area, it's straightforward to keep on top of brambles as they appear)."
At the same time as sowing the wildflower seeds, the three of them made three raised mini-ponds with three containers Al had.
One was an old Belfast sink from his parents' house, one large bucket from an old water feature that used to be in the garden, and one large vase.
"We built brick and stone ramps up to the ponds, to enable frogs to get in, as well as built up bricks and stones to the surface on the inside, so frogs, hedgehogs and anything else that falls in could get out.
"Every day we see birds take baths in the ponds - blackbirds, magpies and wood pigeons. They are teeming with minibeasts, lovely for the kids to look at."
