In my Barnehurst garden today:
- 1 x Peacock butterfly, possinly the same one as the other day
- several Gatekeepers, including a mating pair
- 1 x Speckled Wood
- 1 x Greenfinch (the first for a while)
- 1 x Dunnock
- 3 x 22-spot Ladybirds on an Aquilegia plant. This species eats fungi (mildew) on the soil surface or on low-growing plants.
A good site for helping identify Ladybirds is:
http://www.ladybird-survey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/londonla.htm
And then there was a male Smooth Newt, found hiding out in a plastic sack amongst stones being kept to put in the foundations when repairing terracing in this hillside garden. The species has been seen in a pond next door, but this is the first one in my garden for a very long time.
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