A Summer of Garden Wildlife

                                                The wildflower meadow garden just beginning to mature

                                By mid-July, the garden has matured and attracting many pollinating insects

Recently my mini wild meadow began to flower in earnest for it's second year. Cornflowers are doing well, and have flowered first, along with Corn Chamomile, Borage and a smattering of Poppies. This morning I noticed an increase in insect visitors being drawn particularly to the Cornflowers and Borage, including two new species of Butterfly to the garden and a small Bee. Wasps and Hoverflies are spending all day checking the buds of the Cornflowers. I can't see anything on them, but there must be something there!

I want to photograph my finds as I monitor the different wildlife species visiting the garden this year. I think it will be interesting and fun look back at the diversity by Autumn.

I'll do my best to identify them, if you see any wrongly labeled please let me know!

Late June - spotted an unidentified solitary Bee

                               Small Skipper Butterfly feeding on Cornflower. New to the garden.

                      Gatekeeper Butterfly on privet nearby. My first time seeing one!

                          The Chinese Character Moth resting on Brugmansia,
                                              next to the wildflower garden 
  

 

Damselfly resting on Corn Chamomile
20/7/2014