Species lists

I was going to wait until the New Year to blog the species lists for the garden, but there's very little wildlife about now (the odd bee, slug and red admiral being all I've seen this week). All the species below were seen in 2008, with comparitively few in 2007 (the garden being only grass and gravel back then).

MAMMALS:

harvest mouse
grey squirrel
house? mouse

BIRDS:

herring gull
wood pigeon
collared dove
song thrush
blackbird
house sparrow
robin
blue tit
coal tit
greater spotted woodpecker
grey wagtail
wren
crow
magpie
grey wagtail

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:

common frog
slow worm
smooth newt

DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES:

broad-bodied chaser (male)
common darter (male, female, ovipositing)
emperor (female, ovipositing)
migrant hawker (male, female)
southern hawker (male, female, ovipositing)
golden-ringed dragonfly (female, ovipositing)
blue-tailed damselfly
large red damselfly (ovipositing)

BUTTERFLIES:

large white
small white
green-veined white
brimstone
holly blue
gatekeeper
speckled wood
comma
small tortoiseshell
peacock
red admiral