Allotment wildlife
Our site is teeming with wildlife. Some of it welcome, some of it less so. Most of us are familiar with the birds and insects we see everyday - no prizes for recognizing pigeons and parakeets or bees and ladybirds! Yet we get plenty of wildlife visitors that are less well-known. Send us your photos and we'll help identify them.
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This frog was rescued from an underground car park and given a home in Sue Croft’s pond on plot 74F, September 2010. Photo by Gavin Collins (plot 163).
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A robin perches on brassica netting. Photo Jenny Bourne (plot 27f).
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A fox boldly wandering the site in broad daylight, in early August 2010. Mobile phone photo by Andrew Bessant.
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Midday at the rear of plot 89, near the Church Grove boundary wall. Mobile phone photo by Andrew Bessant.
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Found near the car park/cafe by Roger (plot 141). After caring for it overnight, it was delivered to Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital. Sadly, it had probably been run over by a car and had to be put down.
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The kestrel that has frequented our site for more years than many of us can remember. Photo by Roger (plot 141).
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Gatekeeper butterfly feeding on creeping thistle. Photo by Alan (plot 185).
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Knot grass caterpillar on redcurrant bush. Photo by Alan (plot 185).
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Broad bean weevil, the culprit behind those semi-circular notches eaten from leaves of peas and broad beans. Captured by Barbara (plot 184), photo by Alan (plot 185).
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Asparagus beetles shortly before being "terminated" by Barbara (plot 184). Photo by Alan
(plot 185).