Garden Wildflower Meadow
Wildlife Photographed in or near my Meadow
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The nationally scarce Tawny Mining Bee was often seen in the spring of 2006 over the meadow where it may have been nesting. They were often seen collecting nectar from a Cotoneaster horizontalis bush in the back garden. |
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Hoverfly species |
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Pygmy shrew left by my backdoor by one of our cats! |
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Garden Tiger. A once common moth that is declining through habitat loss. |
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Common Darter after recently emerging from my back garden pond. Young (teneral) adults like this were seen resting in the long grass in my meadow in June. |
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This Clouded Yellow visited one of my Buddleja bushes in August 2006. It is important to provide sources of nectar after the meadow has been cut. |
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This was one of three Poplar Hawk-moth larvae found eating leaves of Balsam Poplar on my garden wildlife hedge in August 2006. |
