A few photos of the garden pond and rockery. Azaleas are starting to come into flower.
Hundreds of frog tadpoles are swimming around and Common Newt numbers are building up.
Wood Anemones still flowering.
I put the moth trap out last night - cold and clear with a minimum temperature of 0.5 but there were two moths this morning. Yet another Hebrew Character and this Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) - another new species for the year.
Sorry record shot only - the light was low and I don't like using flash with moths as it alters the colours too much!
A good year for garden Orange Tips and Holly Blues and Speckled Wood put in its first appearance last week.
Orange Tip have been nectaring on the Honesty flowers scattered around the garden and I think a female may have been laying eggs on this one. Must check properly tomorrow.
Your pond and garden look wonderful, there is some white Honesty growing next to the Larch tree I'm following, love this plant. Still a bit low on Butterflies but did record my first Orange tip at the park for this week for this year. Only a few cuckoo flower out, which is were they usually are.
ReplyDeleteAmanda xx
Thanks so much Amanda - I love Honesty too especially when the seeds form - we used to call them "money" when I was little. Sadly, no white flowers in the garden. Not seeing too many species of butterfly either - had the Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire Butterfly Report a few days ago and we only have 19 species here. Lots of Holly Blue and Orange Tip round the garden at the moment. No photos though - they never stay in one place for more than a second! The only time one did I hadn't got the camera with me!
DeleteSorry Amanda - need to amend the number of species in Warwickshire (I was looking at the wrong list!!) Thought it seemed a bit low!! Its actually 36 but some of those only occur at just a few sites.
DeleteYour garden is looking wonderful at the moment and the pond sounds like it is teeming with wildlife. Indeed I wish I had a pond like that!
ReplyDeleteHope you are well and kindest regards to all :-)
Thanks so much David for your very kind comment. Must admit the pond is a constant source of pleasure - B, a year or so back, put in a solar waterfall which runs down the rockery behind the pond. Birds loving bathing in the pools the waterfall forms.
DeleteHope you are well too - best wishes to you all :)