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Sunday 17 March 2024

Haywards Heath u3a Eco-friendly group meeting

 

Hairy-footed flower bee male

Haywards Heath eco-friendly living meeting

Notes for Monday 8th April 2024; Wildlife gardening

At our u3a eco-friendly living meeting prior study ensures a more productive meeting of minds on the day. 

At https://www.rhs.org.uk/wildlife is a wonderful analysis, which does not need repeating at our meeting.  The meeting agenda will be an introduction of eleven minutes (please ensure I set a timer!); twelve minutes of open discussion and then the garden tour after which you can decide how the garden matches an ideal wildlife garden.  If you would like to take away some plants, e.g. ox-eye daisies please bring some bags and we can dig some up.  Some “weeds” will be left for you in my vegetable beds.

The tour will start with early flowering plants, Daphne bholua which is fabulous for hibernating bumblebee queens, butterflies and other insects e.g. Hairy-footed flower bee. For your information (and for my check list) we will hopefully see many of the species below and some that benefit from them.  The links give detailed info’, and many photos from my garden like this one.

Wildlife

Creatures supported

Winter jasmine

 

Ramsons

Tawney mining bee

Mint

Mint moth

Thyme

 

Forget me not

Bee fly  Check this link!

Primula

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Amelanchia Canadensis

Food for numerous birds

Osmanthus burkwoodii

Planted for the scent.

Vibernum

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Styrax japonicus

Bumblebees and jumping spider

Azelia

A Rhododendron. 

Lavender

Goldfinches and bees

Red campion

 

Shamrock

 

Devil’s bit scabious

All bees

Snakes head Fritillary

Bumblebees

Lady’ smock, Cuckoo flower

Orange tip butterfly Pls see link

Garlic mustard

https://sussexrambler.blogspot.com/search?q=orange+tip

Ground ivy

Please see this link

Ivy

Holly Blue butterfly and lots more

Wild strawberry

Pigeon, mammals, slugs etc.

Barren strawberry

insects

Foxgloves

Bumblebees

Violets

Insects and Bullfinches

Rosemary

All bees

Buddleia

Butterflies, bees

Cuckoo and other bees

Please see https://sussexrambler.blogspot.com/search?q=bees+my+garden

Brambles

 

Fox cubs and mum

Cute cubs in the link

https://sussexrambler.blogspot.com/search?q=fox  Check this link

Badger

 

 Native orchids

Common-spotted; Common twayblade; Southern marsh; Fragrant.

Cornflowers

Bees and Goldfinches

Yellow rattle

Bees

Scabious

 

Ragwort

 

Honeysuckle

 

Enchanters nightshade & Willowherb

Elephant Hawk moth

Spiders

Numerous species

Finally, a few more pictures at http://www.peterlovetttalks.co.uk/page19.html

Guests are usually welcomed at our meetings. This one is fully subscribed though.

Many more u3a special interest group details can be seen at https://www.haywardsheathu3a.org.uk/


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