I'm sorry to say this latest craze is harmful. Please DO provide clean water. But please DON'T fill the dish with stones. And certainly not marbles - glass will reach fatal temperatures within minutes of being in the sun, and will kill any insect landing on them. Water needs to be fresh and clean *every day*. If you put a lot of stones in it, they can harbour all sorts of dangerous water-borne pathogens and bacteria build up. It will also make the water a mosquito breeding ground and the stones will harbour deadly parasites, like fluke. Plus bees can get trapped and drown between the stones. So please just provide a clean dish of tap water, with *one* easy to clean half submerged stone for the insects, or a few floating leaves, or a half submerged stick which can be replaced daily.🥰

Lovely weather, isn't it?🌞 Unless you're a nocturnal animal who has to sleep all through the hot day, and wake at night to find no water. No puddles. No kind dishes. Unseen. Unthought of. Just the tantalising smell of water from a pond you may drown in, or a drain you may get trapped in. Or a stagnant, dirty old birdbath you may get fatal fluke from. Hedgehogs need to drink a lot of water to stay healthy. Please provide clean, fresh, safe, ground level water each evening for our precious nocturnal wildlife. Tap water is best. Pop a dish or two out tonight. Front and back. Keep it clean. Keep it full. Keep it saving lives.❤️‍🩹