Gilligallou's Blog — Environment

Discover expert tips on attracting and caring for birds in your backyard with Bob and Louise from Gilligallou Bird. Learn about the benefits, best practices, and how to create a bird-friendly environment. Perfect for bird enthusiasts and beginners alike!

Wildflower lawns have countless amazing benefits, here are our top 5 reasons to plant one this year!

As the days begin to get longer and the sun a little bit stronger, I begin to think of the migration of the ducks and geese coming back north. They are definitely on the move this month, and I love to take the time to watch as the rivers and lakes open to see who first will be flying in. Open water permitting you will see some of my favourite diving ducks like buffleheads, common mergansers, hooded mergansers, common goldeneye and the scaup family. These birds dive down to the fresh aqua plants for a food source and come back...

Over the past few years, we have been increasingly made aware of the threats that invasive species of plants, animals and other wildlife have on our natural environment. As part of this awareness, one plant in particular has grabbed the spotlight, perhaps more than any other of late; wild parsnip.