Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow: Bird Feast

Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow: Bird Feast: Elderberry (Sambucus)
The bees have done an amazing job this summer there is an abundance of berries in the hedges surrounding the mea...

Bird Feast

Elderberry (Sambucus)

The bees have done an amazing job this summer there is an abundance of berries in the hedges surrounding the meadow. Down the right hand side I planted about 150 Rosa Rugosa five years ago. these are now about 3and a half feet and absolutely laden with very large shiny rose hips . On the other side of the meadow  there are Hawthorn , Elderberry  and Sloe.  Planted within in the Meadow its self are crab apples and Rowen these are all just for the birds. For me there are Apples, Plums , Greengage and Quince.also within the wild hedge there are loads of Blackberries which will ripen later. Its lovely to see how it all fits together the flowers providing nectar for the insects and in return they pollinate the flowers for seed and the trees for fruit which in turn benefit the birds. The amount of Finches that are eating the flower seed is really surprising I have seen  Green Finches that I have not seen in my garden for at least five years Gold Finches and Chaffinches . Something is already feasting on the Rose Hips but have not see what that is as yet.

Rowen or Mountain Ash (Sorbus)

Crab Apple ( Malus)

Rosa Rugosa

 Hawthorn Tree (Crataegus Monogyna)

Sloe or Blackthorn (Prunus Spinosa)

I recently purchased this reference book . Although I have at least 10 wild flower books this one has got to be my favourite. It has helped  make identifying the wild flowers in the meadow that are new to me really easy. Previously I hadn't been that accurate in my observations and the three varieties of Willowherb below I thought that they were all the same , but since having this new book I now realise  they are all different 

Broard-leaved Willowherb Epi
lobium montanum

Chickweed Willowherb Epilobium alsinifolium

Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre

A few in blue

The last few remaining blue flowers, its rather sad there won't be many more flowers to show and  it will soon be time to cut the meadow and to start preparing it all for flowering next year.I have more plugs to plant and I have ordered more bulbs for planting but more about those in a later post

Harebell Campanula rotundifolia

Early Forget Me Not Mysotis ramosissima

Field forget me not Myosotis arvensis

A Residents and visitors who share the meadow four legged creatures

Albino Hedgehog

Baby Hedgehog

These are just a few of the other animals who share the meadow as well as the wild life there are my 2 dogs Peggy the Stafford shire Bull Terrier  who is 8 and 1/2 and Flossie the Japanese Akita who is almost 3 . Flossie catches voles and rats but Peggy is just too laid back and doest try to catch anything. 

Toad

Short Tailed Vole

Flossie on Vole Patrol

Flossie being good

Peggy 

Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow: Residents and visitors who share the meadow (birds...

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