In the Garden at Home

Now we are spending time in the Garden where we are planting Wild Flowers &c., we have decided to maintain an informal Record of Birds, Butterflies, Other Little Critters and Wild Flowers seen in (in/from, in the case of Birds) the Garden.

[i] Bird' Species seen recently (both in/from the Garden):

Blackbird viz.

Blue Tit
Carrion Crow
Dunnock
Goldfinch (two Birds, one a youngster, both visiting the stone Bird Bath: we wonder whether the Nest might have been nearby?) viz.

Great Tit
House Sparrow
Magpie
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Robin
Starling
Swift
(an unidentified) Warbler-Type Bird 
Wood Pigeon

It is highly probable that the Record will not generally extend beyond a few of the more common Species that frequent Private Gardens.

[ii] Butterfly' Species seen recently:

Comma viz.

Common Blue viz.

Gatekeeper viz.

Green-Veined White
Holly Blue viz.

Meadow Brown viz.

Red Admiral
Ringlet (the first one we have knowingly seen in the Garden) viz.

Small White viz.

Speckled Wood

[iii] Other Critters have included:

[iv] Wild Flowers: as mentioned, we are in the process of developing the Garden to include a variety of Wild Flowers, having recently introduced a number of Plants including Bladder Campion (also grown from collected Seeds), Common Bird's-Foot-Trefoil, Goat's-Rue (in Pots to keep it contained), Hoary Plantain, Kidney Vetch, Lady's Bedstraw, Marjoram, Meadow Vetchling, Orange Hawkweed (grown from collected Seeds), Oxeye Daisies, Redshank, St John's-Wort, Wild Basil and White Stonecrop (currently growing in Trays &c. and which has flowered this year).

We hope to introduce a number of other Plants and are collecting Seeds. Plants we would like to introduce include Black Horehound, Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea, Common Toadflax, Crown Vetch, Henbit Dead-Nettle, Hop Trefoil, Red Campion, Wild Carrot and White Ramping Fumitory (Seeds have been planted so Fingers are crossed).

We also have a number of Self-Seeded Wild Flowers, including: Common Dog-Violet (well established now), Common Ragwort, Creeping Thistle, Feverfew (well established now), Green Alkanet (well established now), Pink Sorrel (well established now) viz.

Red Valerian, Selfheal, Thyme-Leaved Speedwell and White Clover (well established now).