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GARDEN WILDLIFE

Advice on creating a healthy environment for your garden wildlife

Amphibians (frogs, toads and newts)

Disease factsheets

Severe Perkinsea Infection

‘Winterkill’ in Amphibians

Toad fly (Lucilia bufonivora)

Amphibian Chytridiomycosis

Amphibian Malformations

Amphibian Prolapse

Amphibian Spawn Failure

Dermocystid Parasites in Amphibians

Amphibian Herpesvirus skin disease

Ranavirus Disease

Symptom Identifier

Skin and body abnormalities

Skin reddening

Skin reddening

Ranavirus_Skin ulceration and loss of digits

Ranavirus_Skin ulceration and loss of digits

Sores and ulcers on skin

Sores and ulcers on skin

Candle wax skin lesions

Candle wax skin lesions

Candle wax skin lesions

Candle wax skin lesions

Thin and emaciated appearance

Thin and emaciated appearance

Bloated appearance

Bloated appearance

Cloacal prolapse

Cloacal prolapse

Malformations

Malformations

Malformations

Malformations

Malformations

Parasitic abnormalities

Toadfly

Toadfly

Toadfly

Toadfly

Nodular skin lesions

Nodular skin lesions

Nodular skin lesions

Nodular skin lesions

Videos

‘Where did the frogs go? And why?’
Comedian, author, writer and frog enthusiast Stephen Fry narrates the Zoological Society of London’s new animation that shows the devastating impact Ranavirus disease has on British frogs.

Best Practice Advice

Amphibian Disease Alert

https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/06/Amphibian_Disease_Alert.pdf
8th January 2021
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Amphibians in your garden

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160315000001/https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/54003
29th December 2012
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How to create a wildlife pond

https://www.froglife.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/JAW2014-for-printing-HLF1.pdf
6th March 2017
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Safe Disposal of Waste from Captive Amphibian Enclosures

https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/06/Amphibian_Waste_Disposal_Guidelines.pdf
10th June 2020
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Birds

Disease factsheets

Avian Malaria in Garden Birds

Avian Air Sac Rupture

Plumage Abnormalities

Beak Abnormalities

Pigeon Paramyxovirus (PPMV-1)

Psittacine Beak & Feather Disease

Usutu Virus

Avian Pox in Garden Birds

Chlamydiosis in Garden Birds

Escherichia albertii in Garden Birds

Leg abnormalities in Finches

Salmonellosis in Garden Birds

Suttonella ornithocola in Garden Birds

Trichomonosis in Garden Birds

Symptom Identifier

Fluffed up appearance, food stuck to beak

Fluffed up appearance, food stuck to beak

Fluffed up appearance, food stuck to beak

Fluffed up appearance

Fluffed up appearance

Fluffed up appearance

Fluffed up appearance

Gasping greenfinch

Gasping greenfinch

Growth(s) on legs or feet

Finch leg lesions

Finch leg lesions

Finch leg lesions

Finch leg lesions

Finch leg lesions

Finch leg lesions

Growths on head and feet

Growths on head and feet

Growth on legs and feet

Growth on legs and feet

Leg and facial skin lesions

Leg and facial skin lesions

Growth(s) on head or body

Growth on head

Growth on head

Growth on head

Growth on head

Growths on head and body

Growths on head and body

Growth on head

Growth on head

Growths on head

Growths on head

Tick on head

Tick on head

Tick on greenfinch

Tick on greenfinch

Videos

Great tit infected with avian pox virus (©Steve Harris)
Goldfinch that is having difficulty swallowing (©Stephen Pettit).
Gallery of deformed beaks (©BTO).
Pair of fluffed up, fast-breathing Blue tits (©Mary Lindsey).
Greenfinch that is having difficulty swallowing (©Tony Whitehead, RSPB).

Best Practice Advice

Why report a ringed bird?

https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/about-ringing/why-report-ringed-bird
26th April 2017
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Dr. Becki Lawson on feeding garden birds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCHTtofOOE
26th April 2017
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Feeding Garden Birds: Best Practice Guidance

https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2021/04/Feeding-Garden-Birds-Best-Practice-Guidance.pdf
26th April 2017
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Hedgehogs

Disease factsheets

Arteriviruses in Hedgehogs

Listeria monocytogenes infection in Hedgehogs

Erinaceus coronavirus infection in Hedgehogs

Herpesviruses in Hedgehogs

Salmonellosis in Hedgehogs

Lungworm in Hedgehogs

Ringworm in Hedgehogs

Symptom Identifier

Skin and coat abnormalities

Coat abnormalities

Coat abnormalities

Burns to skin

Burns to skin

Burns to skin

Burns to skin

Coat abnormalities

Coat abnormalities

Coat abnormalities

Coat abnormalities

External parasites

Tick on head

Tick on head

Fly eggs on head

Fly eggs on head

Best Practice Advice

Guidance for releasing hedgehogs that have been rehabilitated – a collaborative view

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BHPS-Guidance-For-relasing-Rehabilitated-Hedgehogs.pdf
29th November 2018
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How well do you know your Hedgehog?

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/leaflets/L6-How-well-do-u-know-your-Hedgehog.pdf
26th April 2017
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Build an escape ramp

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/leaflets/Ramps.pdf
26th April 2017
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Gardening “with” Hedgehogs

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/leaflets/L16-Gardening-with-Hedgehogs.pdf
26th April 2017
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Create your own Hedgehog Street

https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/
26th April 2017
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Reptiles

Disease factsheets

Salmonella Infection in Reptiles

Snake Fungal Disease

Symptom Identifier

Skin abnormalities

Snake skin lesions

Snake skin lesions

Snake skin shed lesions

Snake skin shed lesions

Best Practice Advice

Reptiles in your garden

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160315000001/https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/51005
26th April 2017
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Wildlife friendly gardening

Best Practice Advice

Dr. Becki Lawson on Wildlife Diseases

https://youtu.be/fEfQqYbfMkA
9th January 2019
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Wildlife Gardening

https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/gardening
10th August 2017
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Give nature a home

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/
26th April 2017
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Wild About Gardens

https://www.wildaboutgardens.org.uk
25th April 2017
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Creating a wildlife garden

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/leaflets/L10-Creating-a-Wildlife-Garden.pdf
24th April 2017
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Bringing your Garden to Life

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140605090108/https://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/Bringing%20your%20garden%20to%20life_tcm6-9804.pdf
24th April 2017
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