Our wild boar on film:

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Inventory

(wildlife/ bird life):

Bats

Wild Birds (see list below)

Wild boar

foxes

mice/voles

weasels

moles

frogs, toads, newts

garden snakes

slow worms

fire salamander

lizards

dragon flies

bumblebees, wild bees, honey bees

European and Asian hornets

earthworms and other soil life

N, regulate insect population, pollination, seeds, indicators of ecological balance.

Ditto plus song

control rodents, disperse seeds occasionally kill chicken

aerate soil, nitrogen, food for predators

help control rodents

aerate soil, potting compost, nitrogen

pest controllers for slugs, beetles and flies

secondary seed dispersers, pest controllers

eat slugs, spiders, insects and earthworms

indicator species for a healthy ecosystem,change/pollution

disperse seeds, control insect populations, food for other species

eat mozzies, prey to birds, bio indicators for stable oxygen levels and clean water

pollination, generalist foragers

keystone species, most important agro pollinator for plant fertilisation and reproduction: flowering trees, flowers, fruit and veg, bio indicator for pollutants…

top predator for spiders, caterpillars, flies, craneflies and beetles. Vital food source for birds, small mammals and reptiles

break down organic matter, decompose and mineralise the soil, improve soil fertility, drainage, soil structure, deep root growth, damaged soil.

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Garden Birds present:

Great Tit

Green Finch

House Sparrow

Blue Tit

Chaffinch

Blackbird

Marsh Tit

Bullfinch

Song Thrush

Crested Tit

Robin

Black Cap

Long Tailed Tit

Redwing

Wren

Firecrest

Small Toed Treecreeper

Dunnock

Chiffchaff

Woodpecker (green/spotted)

Collared Dove

Magpie

Starling

Jay

And on the farm:

Curlew

Heron

Giant Egret

Buzzard

Hawk

Red Kite

Barn owl

Cuckoo

Tawny Owl

(Stork visiting)…