“…This said, the extent to which wildlife gardening activities are undertaken, and hence the level of provision of important resources to enhance biodiversity, remains poorly documented (but see Cowie and Hinsley, 1988;Lepczyk et al, 2004;Gaston et al, 2005bGaston et al, , 2007Buczacki, 2007). In the UK, an assortment of estimates has been published for different regions, most frequently in the popular media, but seldom with any indication of how they were originally derived (e.g., Baines, 1985;Moss and Cottridge, 1998;Owen, 1991;Bevan, 2001;Packham, 2001;Ryrie, 2003;Burton, 2004;Glue, 2006).…”