As you will know from my previous two posts, I have been focussing a lot this year on capturing pictures of the wildlife in my re-wilded garden. In case you missed the previous posts, there are links below:
In My Re-wilded Garden – Part 1
In My Re-wilded Garden – Part 2
The efforts to catalogue the wildlife in my little patch of Dorset has continued over the last few weeks so here is another selection of my recent sightings. It is only a snapshot as I couldn’t possibly post all that I have captured on camera. This is again, a predominantly picture based blog post, with just captions, since there are a lot š !
I’ve lost count of how many different varieties of bugs I have found! It is so surprising what you find when you really look even though numbers are well down on what they used to be. In re-wilding my garden, I like to think I am doing my part towards helping wildlife, and therefore our planet, and I am getting so much pleasure out of doing it. Why not give it a go?!
Oh, and I did ID some of the plants in my small plot, and it came to over 50 different plant types. Not bad for 1,200 square feet of land š !
I should add that I have done my best to correctly identify all the bugs, bees etc but if you spot any errors, please do let me know š !
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The Dorset Rambler
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We started a species list for the garden during the first lockdown and only after that did we make our Dorchester garden more “wild”. The species list has become an obsession….. hundreds og ID websites bookmarked and quite a few more ID books. Not only does such a list raise your awareness to the huge variety of critters that live on your doorstep but it also highlights their abscence…. because the obsession means you regularly tour the garden looking for new stuff. The honeybee and common carder bee populations here have crashed this year. Thankfully, i have the wonderful canon 100mm macro lens to aid identification. Good luck with the garden bug hunt.
Thanks Ian. Yes, it has certainly raised my awareness and I am much more alert to what is around. I too have a 100mm macro lens which is what I use to get most of my pictures. As you say, many species are well down this year. It seems like the Gatekeeper is the one that has bucked the trend š