If wildlife are left to their own natural food in the summer, problems like this are unlikely to occur during the rest of the year. The importance of being small Not all wildlife, of course, are large, feathered or furred. Small animals and plants, such as insects and fungi, play a vital role in nature. They have a lot of work to do and it is best if we let them live undisturbed. Rocks and logs provide special habitats for small animals and should be left alone or replaced if you dislodge them.
Dead wood is both home and food to an enormous number of tiny living things.
In parks and reserves, it is preferable to use fuel stoves. If you do use firewood, please minimise the amount you burn and use firewood that is specially provided. Fish need homes, too Logs within rivers provide homes for a range of native fish. Removing them takes away their homes. It is important to remember that flowers have evolved to attract insects and birds which spread their pollen to other flowers.