The Wild Garden is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. We’ve listed below some of the things you may see but it is not an exhaustive list. You may well spot something different ! Take a look at the lists below of some of the birds, flowers, trees and animals that we are aware of ….
Trees
The 12 acres of the Wild Garden is home to a wide variety of trees. A full audit was undertaken when the gardens came under charitable ownership and further audits are regularly taken to check on the health and wellbeing of those trees. The table below lists the 38 different species that can be found within the garden.
| Acer | Alder | Ash | Aspen | Beech |
| Blackthorn | Buckthorn | Cedar of Lebanon | Chestnut | Crab Apple |
| Cypress | Elder | Goat Willow | Grey Poplar | Hawthorn |
| Hazel | Holly | Hornbeam | Horse Chestnut | Larch |
| Lime | Maple | Oak | Pine | Plum |
| Robinia Acacia | Rowan | Scots Pine | Sessile Oak | Silver Birch |
| Sitka Spruce | Spruce | Swamp Cyprus | Sycamore | Western Red Cedar |
| Wild Cherry | Willow | Yew |
Flowers
At certain times of the year parts of the garden are carpeted by flowers – look out for Snowdrops in February, Daffodils in March and Wood Anemones and Bluebells in April / May.
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- Aconites
- Bluebells
- Daffodils
- Snowdrops
- Wood Anemones
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Fish
You may spot some of these fish in the round pond and canals. Tench are bottom dwelling and rarely seen but you may be lucky !
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- Crucian Carp
- Tench
- Perch
- Rudd
- Roach
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The Environment Agency supplied Tench and Carp for the ponds in 2017 and we are looking for their help as we hope to carry out some restocking shortly.
Birds
We get numerous winged visitors to the garden. Apart from the common garden birds (Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sparrow etc.), we also witness others birds, such as –
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- Greater Spotted Woodpecker
- Grey Heron
- Jay
- Nuthatch
- Pied Wagtail
- Tawny Owl
- Yellow Wagtail
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In addition, you can likely see some waterfowl – Mallard, Moorhen or Coot amongst others.
Animals
Less likely to see than some of the birds and flora but we know the gardens get visited by
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- Badger (There is an active sett in the garden)
- Fox
- Muntjac
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However, you’re more than likely to witness grey squirrels as they are in abundance !
Please note this page is still under construction and will be updated over the coming days and weeks with some images and upates to the lists