Bug Hotels

We are going to build bug hotels at the Westhumble Orchard, but why not build your own hotel in your garden? It’s easy and can be done with bits a bobs you might otherwise throw away.

Image taken from: https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/nature-on-your-doorstep/garden-activities/build-a-bug-hotel/

You can use any of the following to build your own Bug hotel:

  • Old wooden pallets
  • Strips of wood
  • Straw
  • Moss
  • Dry leaves
  • Woodchips
  • Old terracotta pots
  • Old roofing tiles
  • Bricks, preferably those with holes through them
  • Old logs
  • Bark
  • Pine cones 
  • Sand
  • Soil
  • Hollow bamboo canes
  • Dead hollow stems cut from shrubs and herbaceous plants
  • A sheet of roofing felt
  • Planks of wood
  • Whatever else you can find – preferably natural material

This video from the RSPB provides a step by step guide to how you can build your own hotel!