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The hot and sunny south facing front garden is the ideal place for lavendar to thrive, and attracts a wide variety of bees and butterflies.

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Uploaded on Jan 8, 2012

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The sun has brought out the first of the bearded Iris.

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We had never seen one of these White Death Crab Spiders until this summer, and then just the one. It...

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Uploaded on Aug 21, 2011

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We see buzzards soaring almost every day in the sky above the fields surrounding the...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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We see many different types of catapillar in the gardens, but these Peacock Butterfly caterpillars...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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The Bombus lapidarius is the red tailed bumble bee and a frequent visitor to the...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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Chaffinches seem to love the garden and are constantly darting about looking for seeds and insects....

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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I only spotted this pheasant nest in the garden quite by chance, as it was incredibly well...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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We went out for an evening walk this July and the field at the bottom of our garden had just been...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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We heard this green woodpecker before we saw it. It stopped to sit on a large granite rock in the...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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This Great Spotted Woodpecker was making quite a noise in our Mimosa tree in the front garden. Part...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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The caterpillars of the Silver Studded Blue butterfly feed on Gorse, which can be found near to the cottage. (July 2011).

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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Seen on the front wall of the cottage. (July 2011).

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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This Red Squirrel was very active in the garden one October, climbing the walnut tree in our rear...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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I spotted this well hidden Blackbird nest among the brambles and ivy growing along our boundary...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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This Green Lizard was living in the very large comost pile in the rear garden, but I have also seen...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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I found this little fella sleeping behind one of the shutters when I was painting. I think it is the...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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