Completed 5 weeks of my garden wildlife project while under lockdown in the UK due to Covid-19. The idea being I post 1 picture a day, taken that morning in our garden to see how many different species I can photograph. The nature of the beast means it gets more and more difficult the longer I go on for, all the easy stuff was photographed in the first 2 or 3 weeks so now i’m keeping everything crossed to find anything I haven’t already posted! You’ll notice the appearance of a Garden snail here when I couldn’t find anything else better, but they all count so the project carries on
35 days, 35 pictures.
Week 5
Day 29 – Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Day 30 – Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Day 31 – Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Day 32 – Queen Median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
Day 33 – Garden snail (Helix aspersa)
Day 34 – Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
Day 35 – Rhingia campestris hoverfly
Species list
Yellow dung fly, Chaffinch, Collared dove, Queen Median wasp, Garden snail, Red admiral butterfly, Rhingia campestris hoverfly
Total count up to now
Greenfinch, Starling, House sparrow, Jackdaw, Goldfinch, Reed bunting, Robin, Slow-worm, Magpie, Bluetit, Rough woodlouse, Dunnock, Common frog, Speckled wood butterfly, Great tit, Holly blue butterfly, Tapered drone fly, Grey squirrel, Feral pigeon, Nursery web spider, Red fox, Honey bee, Blackbird, Peacock butterfly, Large red damselfly, Wood pigeon, Common toad, Small white butterfly, Yellow dung fly, Chaffinch, Collared dove, Queen Median wasp, Garden snail, Red admiral butterfly, Rhingia campestris hoverfly
