It was another day spent in the back garden, this time sowing the following seeds for the new meadow:
1. Borage (Borage officinalis)
2. Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
3. Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
4. Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
5. Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
6. Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
7. Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
8. Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
9. Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
10. Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
2. Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
3. Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
4. Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
5. Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
6. Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
7. Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
8. Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
9. Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
10. Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
11. Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)
Birds Recorded in and around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Grey Wagtail - heading north
Dunnock
1 Robin
1 Chiffchaff - one two gardens down.
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
3 Red Admiral
Birds Recorded in and around the garden:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
1 Grey Wagtail - heading north
Dunnock
1 Robin
1 Chiffchaff - one two gardens down.
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Both this Dunnock and...............
...........the resident Robin, were very interested in the seeds I had just sown.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White
3 Red Admiral
A Large White
One of the three Red Admirals seen in the garden this afternoon.
Here is another one on the Buddleia (Buddleja davidii)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)
A Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) on the last remaining flowers on the Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).
A Common Furrow-bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) comes............
Hoverflies Recorded:
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Slender Melanostoma (Melanostoma scalare)
A Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) on one of the garden rubbish bags
Many unidentified flies
General Shots:
And here is the experimental Wildflower "Meadow" now seeded. All I've got to do know is wait until next Spring to see what if anything appears!
Note
Hmm these 4 Rats have found the seeds in the Wildflower "Meadow"