Stan's Garden (Lupineplein)'s Boletim

Arquivos de periódicos de janeiro 2020

28 de janeiro de 2020

Garden comparison march 2019 - november 2019

March 2019


November 2019

Work done:
Decreased paved garden area from ~80% to ~15% and planted a lot of native and naturalized plants.
Put up a great tit nest box and five house sparrow nest boxes.
Made a bench out of the slabs that came out of the garden.
Started building a raised planter that will contain a pond.
Put up bird feeders.

Still to do:
Create branch/habitat piles.
Plant more climbers and place trellises for them to cover.
Install the pond in the planter, and a container mini pond in the front garden.
Add more plants to the garden & front garden.
Cut back some of the exotic shrubs to make place for more interesting plants.
Record as many species in the garden as possible!

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Birds in 2019

30 species in the first year:

Common:
Wood Pigeon
Feral Pigeon
Magpie
Jackdaw
Black-headed Gull
Common Swift
Grey Heron
Blackbird
Robin
Dunnock
Wren
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
House Sparrow

Uncommon:
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Collared Dove
Carrion Crow
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Common Starling
Blackcap
Goldfinch

Rare:
Jay
Song Thrush
Chiffchaff
Short-toed Treecreeper
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest

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