Down Road nature

Bat Survey (taken at end of June 2022) at the allotment

The allotments took part of the North Somerset Bat Survey for the UWE Bat Conservation Research Lab in partnership with NSC, BTO and Avon Wildlife Trust. For more information go to:  https://n-somerset.gov.uk/news/celebrating-success-north-somerset-bat-survey-2025

Birds

We regularly see wren, dunnock, robin, greenfinch, goldfinch, chaffinch, linnet, blackbird, song thrush, great tit, blue tit, long-tailed tit, cole tit, sparrowhawk, jackdaw, collared dove, jay, green and great spotted woodpeckers as well as the less welcome carrion crow, magpie, gulls and wood pigeons. Buzzards, Peregrine and even Osprey and Raven fly overhead.   2022 visited by 3 mallard.

Butterflies

see ref.   https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/butterflies

29/7/21 

• Comma,  3>10

• Gatekeeper

• Meadow Brown

• Painted Lady

• Peacock

• Red Admiral

• Small Tortoiseshell

• Brimstone (m)

• Speckled wood, 18/8/22

• Holly Blue

• Small White

• Large White

• Orange Tip

Moths

see ref.   https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/moths

• Mint Moth -   8/8/22

• Jersey Tiger - 8/22

• Box-tree - 9/23

Insects incl Bugs

• Rose chafer

Trees

• Oak

• Ash

• Hazel

• Hawthorn

Flower/Plants/Weeds

• Fat Hen - Chenopodium album

• Dandelion

• Daisy