The Garden!
This is a copy of the tour guide you will receive if you visit the garden.
THE TOUR
Welcome to Cherry Trees Wildlife Garden, we hope you enjoy your visit. The philosophy behind the garden is to demonstrate that wildlife gardening can be appreciated even in an urban or suburban setting. There is no need for rolling acres. The garden is virtually organic, but we are not purists. We use no pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, although we do admit to using Growmore (occasionally) and organic slug pellets (when necessary.) The garden has developed over the years, becoming a specialist wildlife garden in 2006.The first year or so without chemicals was frightening, the pest invasion was a worry, but we held our nerve and now the pest to predator ratio is in balance. The garden teems with life (when it’s sunny that is – on dull days, everything goes to ground.) We do not grow only indigenous plants. We recognise that insects and bees are not xenophobic and will take pollen and nectar from any plant that offers it. What we do endeavour to do is make sure that all our botanical material pulls its weight for wildlife. We’ll examine this as we progress through the tour. Meanwhile keep your eyes open for fun stuff as well. Wildlife gardening doesn’t have to be stuffy and serious.
Begin the tour at…
1) The Courtyard: The courtyard garden is to demonstrate that even a yard in a new-build can support wildlife. Plants include cultivars of Dicentra, Montbretia, Valerian, Primula, and Brunnaria. Shrubs include Skimmia japonica, Jasminium nudiflorum, Pyracantha, Rosa, Weigelia ‘Bristol Ruby,’ Clematis ‘Sweet Sensation,’ and a native Crataegus or hawthorn. A dwarf plum and cherry grow in large pots. In another large pot, by the gates, is an old sycamore grown as a rather big bonsai. It was small seedling growing in the crack in the paving of the driveway of Henry’s home in Aldershot just before he moved to Devon. Therefore, he potted it up and brought it down with him as a botanical memory of the Home of the British Army. It’s nearly thirty years old. Finally, all around the beds and walls is a copious amount of ivy. Other pots contain Dahlia ‘Toto’ and ‘Arabian Nights.’ An ilex, holly ‘Silver King’ (female,) is in another pot.
Come through the gate and turn right onto…
2) The Beach: So you’re thinking, ‘how can shingle be valuable for wildlife?’ Well it’s just another environment with its own ecosystem. Wolf spiders live in the shingle and hunt there. When the sun warms the shingle and pebbles, it attracts the insects. Then the wolf spiders jump out on them for lunch. There are newts in the round pool too. In the pool are Lysichiton americanus (skunk cabbage) and a small iris (cultivar unknown.) There is a Syringa or common lilac, a clump of Phyllostachys nigra (black stemmed bamboo,) Cotoneaster horizontalis, lily of the valley, Stipa tenuifolia, and a couple of un-named conifers in pots. There’s a young woman looking in the pond, what for, we don’t know, a frog that will turn into prince maybe?
Leave the beach and walk onto the lawn…
3) The Lawn: The lawn is made of grass, but on the left, an arch leads onto the terrace. Don’t go through it. It’s a portal to another dimension and we may never see you again, and we’re not insured for that! Ivy covers the arch in glory, and it has two varieties of clematis growing over it, one is Clematis ‘Hagley hybrids,’ the other is an unknown late flowering cultivar, possibly ‘Jackmanii.’ Virginia creeper is in there too for autumn colour. On the right is a seat, just right for sitting on. It is set into a border that we are revamping later this year. That’s because, recently, we’ve had a new fence erected by David Jackson, and a jolly nice fence it is. Next to the seat is Pyracantha ‘Teton.’ The centrepiece is a pittisporum with a Clematis Montana ‘Nelly Moser’ growing through it. To its left is the only maple indigenous to the British Isles, the field maple. Growing below are cultivars of Sedum, Aquilegia, Primula, and the indigenous hedge woundwort. On your left is an interesting Sorbus ‘Chinese Lace,’ a mountain ash ideal for the small garden. Face down the path and just to your left is a short conifer hedge. For many years, this has been the nesting site for dunnocks (hedge sparrows – not sparrows at all!)
Walk along a couple of feet and on the right you will find…
4) Evelyn’s Drystone Wall Raised Beds: Evelyn built these with her own hands. Ivy-leaved toadflax has made itself at home among the walls. There is a labelled broom in a large pot. In the right-hand bed are red campion and other ground covering flowers. The left hand bed has Cyclamen coum and hederifolium, with a tiny Cotoneaster horizontalis. In a pot is a copper beech. I collected this as a seedling from beneath the huge copper beech at the Grenville Care Home before the place was ungraciously demolished. I was gardener there for a while until it closed. A small rose especially bred for attracting bees and insects called ‘sweet dreams’ is in another pot. Oh, and don’t worry, those aren’t real chickens.
Adjacent to these beds you will find…
5) The Folly & Stumpery: In 2009, during an attack of whimsy (when we found a load of interesting burnt bricks at the re-cycling centre,) we decided to turn this obscure corner of the garden into a folly, with a small stumpery within it. It contains Cotoneaster salicifolious, parent of many of the cotoneaster cultivars, plus Geum rivale ‘Lisanne,’ pulmonaria ‘Long cevennensis,’ and hedge woundwort. In the centre is a rather feeble Sorbus ‘Beissneri,’ bought very cheaply at a St John’s end of season sale. It hasn’t grown at all in the four years it’s been there (even with mycorrhizal fungi.) The stumpery is a Victorian invention. They enjoyed growing their fern collections among the upturned stumps. It happens that stumperies are favoured places for insects and creepy-crawlies too. Behind you on the arbour trellis is a struggling climbing rose, ‘Zephirine Drouhin.’ I must transplant it somewhere nice, especially as it’s thornless.
Follow past the ivy pillar and along…
6) The Avenue & Pergola: The huge ivy arch contains the climbing rose, ‘Mischief’ and the rambling rose, ‘Wedding Day.’ Shrubs running down the right-hand side are… Mahonia aquifolium, as its footstool is Spiraea japonica ‘Golden Princess,’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty‘,’ Crataegus ‘Plena,’ a blackcurrant (gift from a friend – cultivar unknown,) then, intermingled, are an old elder and a Prunus cerasifera or cherry-plum, often called Myrobalan. The idea is for the Myrobalan to take over when the old man dies. The understory comprises plants like Sedum ‘Cape Blanco,’ red campion, honesty, primulas, Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’ (Globe thistle,) ferns, and ox-eye daisy. We plan to introduce more hedgerow plants. Nearest the ivy pillar is Malus ‘James Grieve,’ a juicy and tangy apple that doesn’t keep. At the other end is, ‘Red Falstaff.’ This is a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and James Grieve. The flavour is Cox-like but will keep to March! It’s a fantastic apple.
Have a peek in the glasshouse but be careful…
7) The Glasshouse: We grow the usual glasshouse staples. In the growbags on the bed are grafted tomatoes. Growing in the bags on the bench are mini ‘bite size’ cucumbers, along with small melons. In spring, other plants get sown and grown on in here of course. In the winter, dahlias and other semi-tender things get protection in here (without heat.)
Leave the glasshouse and, if you’re not squeamish, head for the natural history collection in…
8) The Summerhouse (or as we call it – The Doghouse.): This is where Henry does most of his studying, research and writing. It’s also home to his small natural history collection built up over the years from his own discoveries and donations from friends. He’s currently rotting out a fox’s head for its skull in the vegetable garden. We hope you enjoy the exhibition. Here is also an exhibition of Henry's artwork.
Outside the Doghouse is…
9) The Doghouse bed: And it contains an interesting array of ‘stuff.’ We obtained the fantastic chunks of log from a wildlife loving farmer friend from Jacobstow, while the demure woman came from another friend who moved to a smaller house. The Escallonia at the back has Clematis ‘The Vagabond’ and Clematis ‘The President’ growing through them. In front is Valerians officianalis (common valerian,) one of our native valerians. On your right is an unusual elder, Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace.’ The shrubs include an ordinary holly (ilex) and three dogwoods. By the apple tree is Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty,’ tucked in among the sweet violet is Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Variegata.’ By the black elder is the third but un-named cultivar. Other plants include Saponaria officianalis (soapwort,) Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue,’ red campion, borage, foxgloves, ferns, primula, cowslips, and bluebells (native, not Spanish.) Right at the end is an apple called ‘Red Pippin.’ Originally called ‘Fiesta,’ it is a cross between ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ (for its flavour) and ‘Idared’ (for its keeping qualities.) It keeps well until February most years.
Follow round past the ‘Red Pippin’ and you will come to…
10) The Wildflower Meadow: This is a small summer wildflower meadow that is cut in the autumn. There is a short beech hedge at the end. It contains Cammasia caerulea, clover, lesser hawkbit, orange hawkbit (‘Fox and cubs’,) yarrow, cowslips, Fritillaria meleagris (snake’s head fritillary,) wild carrot, Lady’s Bedstraw, and many others. The centrepiece is a multi-stemmed Betula utilis jacquemontii (silver birch.) This is being revamped at the moment, sorry.
Retrace your steps and turn right. On the left, you will find…
11) The Cottage Garden: The young apple is malus, 'Cornish Aromatic' a local west-country cultivar as the name implies. In the centre stands an armillary sundial, a present from our congregation for our 25th wedding anniversary. On the right, climbing the arbour is Lonicera ‘Henryi’ (how could I resist growing that?) The cottage garden contains a variety for flowers to extend the season from early spring to late autumn.
Opposite the sundial is the gate to…
12) The Henhouse: This is where Cissy, our old hen lives. She is a Colombian Blacktail. And boy, has she got a few stories about our recent experience with trying to keep the rare breed, Marsh Daisies.
And…
13) The Vegetable Garden: We use the raised bed system to maximise production in the smallest space. We usually grow wheat and wheat field wildflowers such as corncockle, poppy, corn marigold etc. in the larger patch. This year though, we are growing maincrop potatoes and runner beans to rotate the crop for a season.
Leave the kitchen garden and turn right. Go past the arbour and on the left you will find…
14) The Woodland Stream: This little pond has a dwarf water lily, Nymphaea ‘Frobelii,’ Pontedaria cordata (Pickerelweed,) Stratiotes aloides (water soldier,) and Sagittaria latifolia (arrowhead.) This little pond is home to many newts and the occasional frog. One year someone turned up on our doorstep with an albino frog. It survived a season or so but then it disappeared, probably predated. The tree is a Betula albosinensis (White Chinese birch.)
Opposite the stream, you will see…
15) The Copse: This has a real woodland edge feel. At the back is a raised ‘beetle bank’ that is planted with wild strawberries, primroses, anemones (windflowers) and bluebells. The trees and shrubs are a silver birch, hazels, holly, gean (our indigenous wild cherry,) holly, and field maple. The understory contains a number of Helleborus orientalis including our native Helleborus foetedus. There is woodland aster (aster divaricatus,) Astrantia major ‘Lars,’ foxgloves, bluebells, snowdrops, lily of the valley, white dead nettle, hedge woundwort, ferns, cyclamen , and comfrey (Symphytum ‘Hidcote Blue’) among others. All the plants are woodlanders (except for a peony that somehow got in there and I haven’t the heart to pull out.)
Make your way onto the terrace (English instead of the Spanish ‘patio’) where you can enjoy tea, biscuits, and a jolly old chat and look at some photos of our garden visitors.
Could you please sign the visitor’s book on leaving. We look forward to your comments either complimentary or otherwise; we’re always looking to improve.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR GARDEN – PLEASE COME AGAIN IN ANOTHER SEASON!
SOME OF OUR VISITORS:
1) Hoverflies: too numerous to count.
2) Bumblebees: all six of the commonest plus a number of others such as the Carder, Red Mason, Leafcutter, and Mining bee. And Hornets and Wasps.
3) Butterflies: Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Comma, Green Veined White (good guy,) Large White (bad guy,) small White (bad guy,) Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, and Holly Blue.
4) Moths: Humming Bird Hawk Moth, Angle shades, Silver Y, Vapouror, Mullein, and Setaceous Hebrew Character.
5) Birds: Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Song Thrush, Blackbird (breeding,) Starling, Jackdaw (breeding,) Dunnock (breeding,) House Sparrow (breeding colony,) Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Long Tailed tit, Chaffinch, Wood Pigeon, Redwing, Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, Siskin, Blackcap, and Sparrowhawk!
THE TOUR
Welcome to Cherry Trees Wildlife Garden, we hope you enjoy your visit. The philosophy behind the garden is to demonstrate that wildlife gardening can be appreciated even in an urban or suburban setting. There is no need for rolling acres. The garden is virtually organic, but we are not purists. We use no pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, although we do admit to using Growmore (occasionally) and organic slug pellets (when necessary.) The garden has developed over the years, becoming a specialist wildlife garden in 2006.The first year or so without chemicals was frightening, the pest invasion was a worry, but we held our nerve and now the pest to predator ratio is in balance. The garden teems with life (when it’s sunny that is – on dull days, everything goes to ground.) We do not grow only indigenous plants. We recognise that insects and bees are not xenophobic and will take pollen and nectar from any plant that offers it. What we do endeavour to do is make sure that all our botanical material pulls its weight for wildlife. We’ll examine this as we progress through the tour. Meanwhile keep your eyes open for fun stuff as well. Wildlife gardening doesn’t have to be stuffy and serious.
Begin the tour at…
1) The Courtyard: The courtyard garden is to demonstrate that even a yard in a new-build can support wildlife. Plants include cultivars of Dicentra, Montbretia, Valerian, Primula, and Brunnaria. Shrubs include Skimmia japonica, Jasminium nudiflorum, Pyracantha, Rosa, Weigelia ‘Bristol Ruby,’ Clematis ‘Sweet Sensation,’ and a native Crataegus or hawthorn. A dwarf plum and cherry grow in large pots. In another large pot, by the gates, is an old sycamore grown as a rather big bonsai. It was small seedling growing in the crack in the paving of the driveway of Henry’s home in Aldershot just before he moved to Devon. Therefore, he potted it up and brought it down with him as a botanical memory of the Home of the British Army. It’s nearly thirty years old. Finally, all around the beds and walls is a copious amount of ivy. Other pots contain Dahlia ‘Toto’ and ‘Arabian Nights.’ An ilex, holly ‘Silver King’ (female,) is in another pot.
Come through the gate and turn right onto…
2) The Beach: So you’re thinking, ‘how can shingle be valuable for wildlife?’ Well it’s just another environment with its own ecosystem. Wolf spiders live in the shingle and hunt there. When the sun warms the shingle and pebbles, it attracts the insects. Then the wolf spiders jump out on them for lunch. There are newts in the round pool too. In the pool are Lysichiton americanus (skunk cabbage) and a small iris (cultivar unknown.) There is a Syringa or common lilac, a clump of Phyllostachys nigra (black stemmed bamboo,) Cotoneaster horizontalis, lily of the valley, Stipa tenuifolia, and a couple of un-named conifers in pots. There’s a young woman looking in the pond, what for, we don’t know, a frog that will turn into prince maybe?
Leave the beach and walk onto the lawn…
3) The Lawn: The lawn is made of grass, but on the left, an arch leads onto the terrace. Don’t go through it. It’s a portal to another dimension and we may never see you again, and we’re not insured for that! Ivy covers the arch in glory, and it has two varieties of clematis growing over it, one is Clematis ‘Hagley hybrids,’ the other is an unknown late flowering cultivar, possibly ‘Jackmanii.’ Virginia creeper is in there too for autumn colour. On the right is a seat, just right for sitting on. It is set into a border that we are revamping later this year. That’s because, recently, we’ve had a new fence erected by David Jackson, and a jolly nice fence it is. Next to the seat is Pyracantha ‘Teton.’ The centrepiece is a pittisporum with a Clematis Montana ‘Nelly Moser’ growing through it. To its left is the only maple indigenous to the British Isles, the field maple. Growing below are cultivars of Sedum, Aquilegia, Primula, and the indigenous hedge woundwort. On your left is an interesting Sorbus ‘Chinese Lace,’ a mountain ash ideal for the small garden. Face down the path and just to your left is a short conifer hedge. For many years, this has been the nesting site for dunnocks (hedge sparrows – not sparrows at all!)
Walk along a couple of feet and on the right you will find…
4) Evelyn’s Drystone Wall Raised Beds: Evelyn built these with her own hands. Ivy-leaved toadflax has made itself at home among the walls. There is a labelled broom in a large pot. In the right-hand bed are red campion and other ground covering flowers. The left hand bed has Cyclamen coum and hederifolium, with a tiny Cotoneaster horizontalis. In a pot is a copper beech. I collected this as a seedling from beneath the huge copper beech at the Grenville Care Home before the place was ungraciously demolished. I was gardener there for a while until it closed. A small rose especially bred for attracting bees and insects called ‘sweet dreams’ is in another pot. Oh, and don’t worry, those aren’t real chickens.
Adjacent to these beds you will find…
5) The Folly & Stumpery: In 2009, during an attack of whimsy (when we found a load of interesting burnt bricks at the re-cycling centre,) we decided to turn this obscure corner of the garden into a folly, with a small stumpery within it. It contains Cotoneaster salicifolious, parent of many of the cotoneaster cultivars, plus Geum rivale ‘Lisanne,’ pulmonaria ‘Long cevennensis,’ and hedge woundwort. In the centre is a rather feeble Sorbus ‘Beissneri,’ bought very cheaply at a St John’s end of season sale. It hasn’t grown at all in the four years it’s been there (even with mycorrhizal fungi.) The stumpery is a Victorian invention. They enjoyed growing their fern collections among the upturned stumps. It happens that stumperies are favoured places for insects and creepy-crawlies too. Behind you on the arbour trellis is a struggling climbing rose, ‘Zephirine Drouhin.’ I must transplant it somewhere nice, especially as it’s thornless.
Follow past the ivy pillar and along…
6) The Avenue & Pergola: The huge ivy arch contains the climbing rose, ‘Mischief’ and the rambling rose, ‘Wedding Day.’ Shrubs running down the right-hand side are… Mahonia aquifolium, as its footstool is Spiraea japonica ‘Golden Princess,’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty‘,’ Crataegus ‘Plena,’ a blackcurrant (gift from a friend – cultivar unknown,) then, intermingled, are an old elder and a Prunus cerasifera or cherry-plum, often called Myrobalan. The idea is for the Myrobalan to take over when the old man dies. The understory comprises plants like Sedum ‘Cape Blanco,’ red campion, honesty, primulas, Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’ (Globe thistle,) ferns, and ox-eye daisy. We plan to introduce more hedgerow plants. Nearest the ivy pillar is Malus ‘James Grieve,’ a juicy and tangy apple that doesn’t keep. At the other end is, ‘Red Falstaff.’ This is a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and James Grieve. The flavour is Cox-like but will keep to March! It’s a fantastic apple.
Have a peek in the glasshouse but be careful…
7) The Glasshouse: We grow the usual glasshouse staples. In the growbags on the bed are grafted tomatoes. Growing in the bags on the bench are mini ‘bite size’ cucumbers, along with small melons. In spring, other plants get sown and grown on in here of course. In the winter, dahlias and other semi-tender things get protection in here (without heat.)
Leave the glasshouse and, if you’re not squeamish, head for the natural history collection in…
8) The Summerhouse (or as we call it – The Doghouse.): This is where Henry does most of his studying, research and writing. It’s also home to his small natural history collection built up over the years from his own discoveries and donations from friends. He’s currently rotting out a fox’s head for its skull in the vegetable garden. We hope you enjoy the exhibition. Here is also an exhibition of Henry's artwork.
Outside the Doghouse is…
9) The Doghouse bed: And it contains an interesting array of ‘stuff.’ We obtained the fantastic chunks of log from a wildlife loving farmer friend from Jacobstow, while the demure woman came from another friend who moved to a smaller house. The Escallonia at the back has Clematis ‘The Vagabond’ and Clematis ‘The President’ growing through them. In front is Valerians officianalis (common valerian,) one of our native valerians. On your right is an unusual elder, Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace.’ The shrubs include an ordinary holly (ilex) and three dogwoods. By the apple tree is Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty,’ tucked in among the sweet violet is Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Variegata.’ By the black elder is the third but un-named cultivar. Other plants include Saponaria officianalis (soapwort,) Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue,’ red campion, borage, foxgloves, ferns, primula, cowslips, and bluebells (native, not Spanish.) Right at the end is an apple called ‘Red Pippin.’ Originally called ‘Fiesta,’ it is a cross between ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ (for its flavour) and ‘Idared’ (for its keeping qualities.) It keeps well until February most years.
Follow round past the ‘Red Pippin’ and you will come to…
10) The Wildflower Meadow: This is a small summer wildflower meadow that is cut in the autumn. There is a short beech hedge at the end. It contains Cammasia caerulea, clover, lesser hawkbit, orange hawkbit (‘Fox and cubs’,) yarrow, cowslips, Fritillaria meleagris (snake’s head fritillary,) wild carrot, Lady’s Bedstraw, and many others. The centrepiece is a multi-stemmed Betula utilis jacquemontii (silver birch.) This is being revamped at the moment, sorry.
Retrace your steps and turn right. On the left, you will find…
11) The Cottage Garden: The young apple is malus, 'Cornish Aromatic' a local west-country cultivar as the name implies. In the centre stands an armillary sundial, a present from our congregation for our 25th wedding anniversary. On the right, climbing the arbour is Lonicera ‘Henryi’ (how could I resist growing that?) The cottage garden contains a variety for flowers to extend the season from early spring to late autumn.
Opposite the sundial is the gate to…
12) The Henhouse: This is where Cissy, our old hen lives. She is a Colombian Blacktail. And boy, has she got a few stories about our recent experience with trying to keep the rare breed, Marsh Daisies.
And…
13) The Vegetable Garden: We use the raised bed system to maximise production in the smallest space. We usually grow wheat and wheat field wildflowers such as corncockle, poppy, corn marigold etc. in the larger patch. This year though, we are growing maincrop potatoes and runner beans to rotate the crop for a season.
Leave the kitchen garden and turn right. Go past the arbour and on the left you will find…
14) The Woodland Stream: This little pond has a dwarf water lily, Nymphaea ‘Frobelii,’ Pontedaria cordata (Pickerelweed,) Stratiotes aloides (water soldier,) and Sagittaria latifolia (arrowhead.) This little pond is home to many newts and the occasional frog. One year someone turned up on our doorstep with an albino frog. It survived a season or so but then it disappeared, probably predated. The tree is a Betula albosinensis (White Chinese birch.)
Opposite the stream, you will see…
15) The Copse: This has a real woodland edge feel. At the back is a raised ‘beetle bank’ that is planted with wild strawberries, primroses, anemones (windflowers) and bluebells. The trees and shrubs are a silver birch, hazels, holly, gean (our indigenous wild cherry,) holly, and field maple. The understory contains a number of Helleborus orientalis including our native Helleborus foetedus. There is woodland aster (aster divaricatus,) Astrantia major ‘Lars,’ foxgloves, bluebells, snowdrops, lily of the valley, white dead nettle, hedge woundwort, ferns, cyclamen , and comfrey (Symphytum ‘Hidcote Blue’) among others. All the plants are woodlanders (except for a peony that somehow got in there and I haven’t the heart to pull out.)
Make your way onto the terrace (English instead of the Spanish ‘patio’) where you can enjoy tea, biscuits, and a jolly old chat and look at some photos of our garden visitors.
Could you please sign the visitor’s book on leaving. We look forward to your comments either complimentary or otherwise; we’re always looking to improve.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR GARDEN – PLEASE COME AGAIN IN ANOTHER SEASON!
SOME OF OUR VISITORS:
1) Hoverflies: too numerous to count.
2) Bumblebees: all six of the commonest plus a number of others such as the Carder, Red Mason, Leafcutter, and Mining bee. And Hornets and Wasps.
3) Butterflies: Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Comma, Green Veined White (good guy,) Large White (bad guy,) small White (bad guy,) Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, and Holly Blue.
4) Moths: Humming Bird Hawk Moth, Angle shades, Silver Y, Vapouror, Mullein, and Setaceous Hebrew Character.
5) Birds: Collared Dove, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Song Thrush, Blackbird (breeding,) Starling, Jackdaw (breeding,) Dunnock (breeding,) House Sparrow (breeding colony,) Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Long Tailed tit, Chaffinch, Wood Pigeon, Redwing, Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, Siskin, Blackcap, and Sparrowhawk!