Species Tally
On this page you can find our running tally of wildlife species in our garden, including last years total.
2021 Lockdown List
Here is our running garden lockdown species list for 2021!
Birds: 57
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Greylag Goose
Egyptian Goose
Mallard
Common Buzzard
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Lapwing
Whimbrel
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Woodpigeon
Stock Dove
Collared Dove
Tawny Owl
Swift
Ring-necked Parakeet
Green Woodpecker
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Swallow
House Martin
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Raven
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Blackcap
Common Whitethroat
Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Wren
Starling
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Robin
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Skylark
Pied Wagtail
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Lesser Redpoll
Bees, Wasps & Ants: 29
Opheon obscuatus (Ichneumon Wasp)
Netelia infractor (Ichneumon Wasp)
Common Wasp
Hornet
Gooden’s Nomad Bee
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Green-eyed Flower Bee
Honeybee
Ivy Bee
Red Mason Bee
Blue Mason Bee
Clarke’s Mining Bee
Ashy Mining Bee
Chocolate Mining Bee
Common Mini Miner
Bronze Furrow Bee
Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee
Brown-legged Leaf-cutter Bee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
White-tailed Bumblebee
Early Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Garden Bumblebee
Common Carder Bee
Wool Carder Bee
Field Cuckoo Bee
Black Ant
Red Ant
Butterflies: 13
Brimstone
Peacock
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Painted Lady
Small White
Large White
Green Veined White
Orange-tip
Holly Blue
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Moths: 208
December Moth
Angle Shades
Old Lady
Gypsy Moth
Oak Processionary
Small China Mark
Iron Prominent
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Burnished Brass
Centre-barred Sallow
Sallow
Barred Sallow
Lychnis
Scalloped Oak
Knot Grass
Beautiful Hooktip
Buff-tip
Spring Usher
Dark Chestnut
Chestnut
Satellite
Grey Dagger Agg.
Miller
Double-striped Pug
Brindled Pug
Mottled Pug
Common Pug
Freyer’s Pug
Green Pug
Lime Spec Pug
Cypress Pug
Pale Brindled Beauty
Brindled Beauty
Willow Beauty
Pale Mottled Willow
Clouded Drab
Common Quaker
Small Quaker
Yellow-line Quaker
Hebrew Character
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Bright-line Brown-eye
Treble Lines
Light Brocade
Shears
Cabbage
Square-spot Rustic
Vine’s Rustic
Common Rustic Agg.
Mottled Rustic
Six-striped Rustic
Small Square-spot Rustic
Rosy Rustic
Hedge Rustic
Coronet
Dot Moth
Heart and Dart
Heart and Club
Double-square Spot
White-point
Clay
Turnip
Dun-bar
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Dark-brown Dart
Large Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Copper Underwing Agg.
Straw Underwing
Lunar Underwing
Dark Arches
Light Arches
Uncertain
Rustic
Shoulder-stiped Wainscot
L-album Wainscot
Smoky Wainscot
Marbled Minor Agg.
Middle Barred Minor
Cloaked Minor
Rustic Shoulder-knot
Blair’s Shoulder-knot
Silver-y
Early Grey
Flame Shoulder
Flame
Early Thorn
August Thorn
Dusky Thorn
Brimstone
Muslin
White Ermine
Buff Ermine
Bird Cherry Ermine
Ruby Tiger
Streamer
Small Phoenix
Winter Moth
Grey Pine Carpet
Common Marbled Carpet
Silver Ground Carpet
Red-Green Carpet
Garden Carpet
Green Carpet
Yellow-barred Brindle
Cinnabar
Riband Wave
Waved Black
Single-dotted Wave
Black Arches
Buff Arches
Peach Blossom
Small Dusty Wave
Dwarf Cream Wave
Scorched Wing
Swallow-tailed Moth
Treble Brown-spot
Blood-vein
Small Blood-vein
Maiden’s Blush
Yellow Shell
Light Emerald
Small Square-spot
Clouded Bordered Brindle
Peppered Moth
Privet Hawkmoth
Lime Hawkmoth
Poplar Hawkmoth
Elephant Hawkmoth
Pine Hawkmoth
Box Tree Moth
Nut Tree Tussock
Spectacle
Wax Moth
Bottoned Snout
Snout
Fan-foot
Rosy Footman
Dingy Footman
Scarce Footman
Common Footman
Bee Moth
Small Magpie
Water Veneer
Mother of Pearl
Bramble Shoot
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
Grey Tortrix Agg.
Red-barred Tortrix
Garden Rose Tortrix
White-shouldered House Moth
Light-brown Apple Moth
Case Bearer
Codling Moth
Brown House Moth
Diamond-back
Straw Dot
Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner
Many Plumed Moth
White Plume
Celypha striana
Carcina quercana
Agriphila tristella
Agriphila straminella
Agriphila geniculea
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
Emmelina monodactyla
Ephestia unicolorella
Homoeosoma sinuella
Metalampra italica
Udea olivalis
Lozotaenia forsterana
Agonopterix heracleana
Acleris literana
Crambus pascuella
Crambus perlella
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Celypha lacunana
Pyrausta aurata
Coleophora trifolii
Mompha subbistrigella
Tachystola acroxantha
Clepsis consimilana
Pammene fasciana
Brachinea blandella
Cydia splendana
Scaeva pyrastri
Nematopogon swammerdamella
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Anania coronata
Notocelia trimaculana
Endotricha flammealis
Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia mercurella
Eudonia pallida
Eudonia angustea
Euzophera pinguis
Recurvaria leucatella
Blastobasis adustella
Ypsolopha scabrella
Crassa unitella
Prays fraxinella
Ethmia quadrillella
Other Insects: 66
Midge sp.
Storm Fly sp.
Onion Fly
Moth Fly
Blackfly
Green Fly
Woolly Beech Aphid
Cherry Aphid
Pales pavida (Parasitic Fly)
Greenbottle (Fly)
Bluebottle (Fly)
Flesh Fly
Fruit Fly
House Fly
Band-eyed Horsefly
Poecilobothrus nobilitates (Fly)
Beris geniculate (Soldier Fly)
Dronefly
Marmalade Fly
Eupeodes corollae (Hoverfly)
Myathropa florea (Hoverfly)
Syritta pipiens (Hoverfly)
Criorhina berberina (Hoverfly)
Helophilus pendulus (Hoverfly)
Sphaetophoria scripta (Long Hoverfly)
Hornet-mimic Hoverfly
Great Pied Hoverfly
Chequered Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
Dark-edged Beefly
Dagger Fly sp.
Stenophylax permistus (Caddisfly)
Limnephilus lunatus (Caddisfly)
Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Caddisfly)
Mystacides longicornis (Caddisfly)
Phryganeus grandis (Caddisfly)
Cranefly Sp.
Lacewing Sp.
Pond Skater
Rove Beetle Sp.
Thick-legged Beetle
Click Beetle
Pollen Beetle
Oedemera femeralis (False Blister Beetle)
Bombardier Beetle
Red Soldier Beetle
Cockchafer (May Bug)
Lesser Stag Beetle
Seven-spot Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Fourteen-spot Ladybird
Rosemary Beetle
Ragwort Flea Beetle
Devil’s Coach Horse Beetle
Common Flower Bug
Hawthorn Shield Bug
Green Shield Bug
Dock Bug
Heterotoma planicornis (Mirid Bug)
Green Froghopper
Eared Leafhopper
Common Darter (Dragonfly)
Brown Hawker
Southern Hawker
Banded Demoiselle
Silverfish
Oak Bush Cricket
Arachnids: 16
False Widow
Cupboard Spider
Daddy Long-legs Spider
Pardosa sp. (Wolf Spider)
Woodlouse Spider
Money Spider
Zebra Jumping Spider
Common Sun Jumper
House Spider
Crab Spider
Buzzing Spider
Garden Spider
Missing Sector Orb Weaver Spider
Long-jawed Orb Weaver Spider
Harvestman Sp.
Red Spider Mite
Other Invertebrates: 16
Brandling Worm
Earth Worm
Netted Slug
Keeled Slug
Green Cellar Slug
Great Black Slug
Garden Snail
Dark-lipped Banded Snail
Pond Snail Sp.
Woodlouse
Water Hog Louse
Daphnia (Common Water Flea)
Polycelis nigra (Flatworm)
Planaria torva (Flatworm)
Millipede
Leech sp.
Amphibians: 1
Common Frog
Mammals: 4
Red Fox
Wood Mouse
Brown Rat
Pipistrelle Bat
Total: 410!
Key: sp., Species, agg., Aggregate Species (i.e. a creature unable to be identified to species level without dissection)
2020 Lockdown List
Here is our final garden lockdown species list for 2020!
Click on the PDF to see what we saw.