BIRDS - 75 species are either visitors or have
been seen from the garden. Of these, 20 use
the bird table or feeders.
BUTTERFLIES - 19 species have been recorded in the garden, including green hairstreak and
speckled wood.
MAMMALS - The following have been recorded:-
Bat - Pipistrelle Fox Water Shrew
Rabbit Muntjac Deer Common Shrew
Grey Squirrel Mole
Hedgehog Field Mouse
Badger Wood Mouse
PLANTS - The most prominent and widely spread flowers
are Bluebell, Primrose, Evening Primrose and
Mahonia Aquifolium.
AMPHIBIANS - The Following have been recorded:-
Common Frog Common Toad
Grass Snake Smooth Newt
MOTHS - A Large number present but only 11 have been specifically identified. Those of note,
convolulus hawk-moth and hummingbird hawk-moth.
OTHER INSECTS - A large number are present throughout most of the year. The following breed in the garden, red-banded sand wasp, bumble bees, bombus lucorum and
bombus lapidarius.
First seen in July 2000, a large fly some 20 - 25 mm in length, Tachina Grossa. Noticed again in August 2002 and a good specimen appeared on Oregano in July 2009
