Species
Here I am documenting all the various creatures my small garden is attracting!
This page is an ongoing work in progress and will regularly be updated, so do return often to view all the new entries catalogued. It will serve as a helpful identification and cross-reference for the wildlife you may spot in your garden. Click on the images for further information about the fascinating creatures visiting my garden.
Flies are the second most vital pollinator group after bees and wasps, and here you will find some more commonly spotted flies that visit our gardens. Sadly flies are often viewed as filthy and not given a second glance. However, as shown here, they can be colourful and intriguingly different in appearance. They pollinate our flowers and recycle the not-so-pleasant leftovers returning the nutrients to the soil. With a 60% decline in insects within the UK, every fly, no matter how you feel about them, is now vital to our survival.
Click on the images below for more about each species.
Blue bottle fly
Common banded hoverfly
Common green bottle fly
Daddy longlegs
Drone-fly
Flesh fly
Hornet mimic hoverfly
Narcissus bulb fly
Philhelius pedissequus
Potato aphid
Scorpion fly
Sun fly
The long hoverfly
Yellow dung fly
