Our wild boar on film:
Inventory
(wildlife/ bird life):
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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:
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Great Tit |
Green Finch |
House Sparrow |
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Blue Tit |
Chaffinch |
Blackbird |
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Marsh Tit |
Bullfinch |
Song Thrush |
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Crested Tit |
Robin |
Black Cap |
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Long Tailed Tit |
Redwing |
Wren |
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Firecrest |
Small Toed Treecreeper |
Dunnock |
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Chiffchaff |
Woodpecker (green/spotted) |
Collared Dove |
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Magpie |
Starling |
Jay |
And on the farm:
Curlew
Heron
Giant Egret
Buzzard
Hawk
Red Kite
Barn owl
Cuckoo
Tawny Owl
(Stork visiting)…


























































