Red Kite Wildlife Warrior Certificate #2

Guy and Mary Longley

Guy and Mary Longley were recommended for a certificate by Chris Smedley.

“I would like to recommend Mary and Guy Longley for a Wildlife Warrior Award. As a consequence of their decision to have a wildlife friendly garden, with a pond, a variety of trees and shrubs and insect friendly plants, I have benefited from a huge increase in the number of birds and insects that visit my garden next door. The two gardens work well together, one complementing the other therefore benefitting the wildlife and the human residents.”
Chris Smedley

Ranger RK visited Guy and Mary to see if they were committed enough to receive a certificate.

“It is so refreshing to meet a couple who embrace the unpredictability of having a garden. They let Mother Nature be their ‘garden designer’ and allow trees, wildflowers and wildlife visitors to take root and make the garden their home. They manage their garden with this in mind and work around the surprises they find rather than simply removing it simply because they can. They are quite obviously standing and living alongside nature. “

Ranger RK

Ranger RK was satisfied that they met all the criteria and was awarded our second RED KITE WILDLIFE WARRIOR AWARD.

Well done Guy and Mary 👏

“We’ve tried to let our garden become as friendly as possible to a variety of bird and insect life – so we set aside patches of ground which we leave more or less undisturbed, and have a variety of
trees and shrubs (mainly evergreen) to provide good shelter and food. There is a small pond which teems with life and is covered with frogspawn every spring. There are several small oak trees
growing as a result of squirrels hiding acorns – our successors will have to decide what to do with them! We find the endless variety of colour and shape of the foliage, and the large number of birdswhich use the garden for food and shelter more than compensate for the lack of neat cultivated flower beds.”

Guy Longley