Welcome to wildlifegarden.org. A simple and enjoyable project to encourage and record as much wildlife as possible in one small city garden. To help demonstrate the ever-growing importance of gardens for wildlife. Click HERE to see our Introduction Page for more details or use the Menu above to navigate to the main webpages.
Our earliest records of wildlife in the Garden date back to 2005, and during 2007-2010 we took up Moth Trapping where we recorded over 250 different species. In 2021 we created this website and began recording all wildlife found in the Garden for fun.
We do not employ any scientific/survey standard assessments. We don’t, for example, use sweep nets (yet) or various traps/lures to capture wildlife. Although we do still occasionally moth trap so as to record some of the more nocturnal visitors. Typically, we just take the time to sit and observe what comes along, and when we spot something new, we attempt to photograph, identify, and report it on this website. We also attempt to report any unusual or interesting behaviour that we witness.
We are continually trying to improve the Garden by making changes we hope will support and attract wildlife.
Latest from the Blog
A new Hoverfly, Butterfly and Bird
It’s only April and we have had some amazing wildlife in the Garden already. The latest trio of newcomers started with a species of hoverfly, the 25th hoverfly species recorded in the Garden so far, called Pipiza noctiluca. It is slightly unusual looking for a hoverfly… The British list of Pipiza runs to seven species, which can be difficult to identify. The rather plump female that visited us has two obvious yellow spots on the…
Earwigs – what are they up to?
Back on the 18th March we came across the following… An earwig jammed into a hollow stem within the meadow area. What was not immediately clear was whether it was there by its own volition, or whether something more sinister was at play. So we sat and watched to try and figure out what was going on and filmed the following, which looked to us as if the individual was a) still alive and b)…
Esperia sulphurella – Hiding in plain sight
We just happened to look in the right direction to spot this pair of mating Esperia sulphurella, which we thought blended into this old deadwood branch amazingly, especially in terms of the colouration. We regularly see this species, but rarely male and female together. The female will lay her eggs just beneath a loose piece of bark or within a rotten cavity from which the caterpillar will feast on the deadwood itself. Deadwood is a…
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