By Lauren Beavis SWNS

A GARDENER turned an old tree stump into an 'enchanted' cottage in his garden - attracting foxes, badgers, deer, rabbits, weasels, snakes, owls and butterflies.

Tinner Tinsky's little wooden 'wonderland' home comes complete with a door and living roof - and has become a big hit with local animals.

Pictures show a deer and squirrels enjoying the home - and it even has a family of rabbits living underneath.

Tinner Tinsky’s ‘enchanted’ cottage in his garden — made from a tree stump — which has attracted a host of wildlife, including rabbits and deer among other animals.
Tinner Tinsky’s ‘enchanted’ cottage in his garden — made from a tree stump — which has attracted a host of wildlife, including rabbits and deer among other animals. (Tinner Tinsky / SWNS)

Tinner, of Brean, Somerset, says he built the stump as part of a project to re-wild his garden four years ago.

He said: "I created Wonderland Cottage out of an old tree stump and put a living roof of ivy on the top.

''The wildlife seem to like it and hoping birds will nest in the ivy in the spring.

"It gives me real pleasure to encourage and help the wildlife flourish and I would encourage anyone to leave a small part of their garden untouched."

The wildlife lover explained how he began re-wilding his garden - by choosing not to mow the grass, planting a variety of native shrubbery, trees, and creating a special area bug habitat.

He added: "I started by not mowing the grass and then planting many trees and native shrubs and hedging, next I made many trips to the beach to collect driftwood and made several large piles in the garden and planted lots of dead branches and tree trunks to encourage woodpeckers, after that I dug a pond.

"I now have quite a mix of wildlife visiting and living in the garden, fox, badger, deer, rabbits, weasels, kestrels, buzzards, sparrowhawks, owls, jays, kingfishers, grass snakes, marbled white butterflies and many more.

"As you can see from the smoke coming out of the chimney all of the wildlife are all inside tucked up asleep by the fireplace although the deer was a bit disappointed that he was too big to fit through the doorway."