Leave some grass uncut for the slugs that are their main prey. A habitat pile of rubble, branches or stones are cool places full of food for slow worms. Take care when working in the garden. Take care not to decapitate one with a spade or exposing them to predation themselves. If you come across a slow worm gently replace it where you found it or remove to a dark cool place nearby out of harms way, like under a slate.
Slow worms are harmless to humans .
Bumblebees belong exclusively to the genus Bombus , of which there are twenty five species in Britain and Western Europe. She has spent the last 6 to 8 months protected from the cold and predation under thick layers of mosses, leaves or bark. She begins feeding on and collecting nectar for energy and pollen for ovary development. She seeks out a suitable nest site, invariably a hole in the ground, and memorises its location. The first pot she fills with nectar from her abdomen and mixes it with pollen to produce a 'bee bread', and the second 'pot' is filled with pollen and eggs.