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FLOWERING PLANTS - The most prominent

and widely spread flowers are Bluebell, Primrose,

Evening Primrose and  Mahonia Aquifolium.

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'Speckled Wood 'butterfly

'Bombus Lucorum', emerging from ground

'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

'Tachina (Echinomyia) Grossa'

This page was last updated on: December 11, 2022

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A horntail similar to the specimen below visited us on 14 August 2002. Some 4cm in length gave us quite a fright.

'Cuckoo chick (Dunnock host)

Foxes with "trail cam"

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Cuckoos predated Dunnocks' nests at

Sea Lodge in 2009 & 2011

Roe Deer stag "Argus 2" Sept 2022

Shore Wainscot

Coast Dart

Campion

Leucistic Robin - resident in Wildlife garden during April & May 2015

Badgers with "Argus 2"  Aug 2020

BIRDS - 81 species are either visitors or have

been seen from the garden. Of these, 20 use

the bird table or feeders.          click for

BUTTERFLIES - 19 species have been recorded in the garden, including Green Hairstreak and

Speckled Wood.                       click for 

MAMMALS - The following have been recorded:-

              

               Bat - Pipistrelle                                Fox                                     Water Shrew

               Rabbit                                              Muntjac Deer                     Common Shrew

               Grey Squirrel                                   Roe Deer   Pygmy Shrew

               Hedgehog                                        Field Mouse                       Mole

               Badger                                             Wood Mouse

AMPHIBIANS -

The Following have been recorded:-

Common Frog                            Common Toad

Grass Snake                              Smooth Newt

MOTHS - Thanks to Nige Lound who set up traps during

2012 and identified 132 species. (photos by Nige)

Those of note, Coast Dart and Shore Wainscot and

previously seen Convolulus Hawk-Moth and

Hummingbird Hawk-Moth.             click for

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, Mining Bee, Andrena armata.                    click for      

Muntjac group Oct 2022

Muntjac fawn Oct 2022

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