Wildlife

Insects found in the garden

Peace and Tranquility in a rural setting - a few local cows, cicadas, buzzards and ravens could be all you hear on a normal summer day. Surrounded by oak woodland in the middle of nowhere. We get a much larger selection of birds in spring including nuthatches, tits , goldcrests, woodpeckers (green and greater), jays, swallows, cookoos, redstarts, black caps, robins, sparrows, kites, wrens, hoopoos and many others. Lots of insects including 5 different sorts of wasps (and hornets), loads of different butterflies, crickets, grasshoppers, praying mantises, hover flys, giant black carpenter bees, but thankfully very few mosquitos. Wild flowers, red squirrels, roe deer, wild boar (allegedly), woodland, magnificent views and walks over limestone cliffs.

Flora - spring flowers