Saturday, 1 January 2022

Garden Highlights June 2021

 In June, there was a noticeable increase in insect activity in the garden. On the 5th June, we had a first record of a Common Blue Damselfly and a Copper Underwing moth larvae was seen too on the same day.




Butterflies numbers were low in June with only single visitors.

Orange Tip - 01/06/2021

Holly Blue - 12/06/2021

Large White  - 17/06/2021

Small White - 22/02/2021

Small Tortoiseshell - 23/06/2021

Speckled Wood - 22/06/2021


On 12th & 13th June, 14-spot Ladybirds were present in the garden.



The maximum counts of each bird species visiting the feeders were as follows:

7 House Sparrow

2 Blue Tit

2 Great Tit

1 Robin

1 Woodpigeon

4 Goldfinch

2 Jackdaw

4 Blackbird

20 Starling

3 Greenfinch

1 Wren

1 Feral Pigeon

3 Dunnock

1 Song Thrush

1 Great-Spotted Woodpecker

1 Chaffinch

1 Collared Dove


The pond contained tadpoles, froglets and frogs.







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