space for nature

Going wild

A part of your garden, a balconey or a few plant pots, can make a big difference for nature. This video was taken in the wild area within the garden and shows how it is becoming a part of the native local wildlife. Their lifecycles are completed within it.

Stills from the video above naming content

1: Jack-by-the-hedge, dandelion and various grasses. 

2: Bee fly on wood forget-me-not.  

3: Oxeye Daisy, Hedge Parsley and Ground Elder. 

 

4: Humingbird Hawk Moth on wild Sweet William. 

5: Peacock Butterfly

6: Holly Blue Butterfly.

7: Brimstone Butterfly. 

8: Orange Tip Butterfly.  

9: Small Tortoishell Butterfly. 

10: Common Frog. 

11: Blue Tit  

 12: Buff-Tailed Bumblebee on wild Violet. 

13: Common Wasp on Apple trunk. 

14: Common Frog on Lily Pad.

  15: Holly Blue Butterfly. on Oregano. 

16: Small Skipper  Butterfly on Lavendar 

17: Mating Orange Tip Butterflies on 

Jack-by-the-hedge. 

These are some of plants that support the native animals and insects. An important one is an area of Nettles as this is the food plant for caterpillars of some of the most colourful garden butterflies. 

If you have the essential food plants 

they will come to you