At the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown I started a Day in our garden series of posts with the intention of having something new each day. I did not expect it to last long and also expected there to be many gaps when I had nothing new. Lockdown was announced on March 23, and March 24 was the day I created the first post with photos from the day.
I have done the odd re-cap during the series when I had nothing new to write about or show photos of, and on some days, though I had nothing new, I have shared photos, taken during the day, of something seen before.
I will be editing this page as time goes on and adding each day to the list below. I will also try to have a one photo of each thing spotted during the series. The first photo of each thing spotted may not be the best – for example I might have posted a photo of a Rose bud but a photo of the whole bush in bloom, taken later, might be a better photo. It looks as though there are 300+ photos taken during this series.
Scroll down below the text to see sample photos or click on the links to see the post from that day.
List of the Days.
Day 1 in our garden – Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Comma Butterfly, Peacock Butterfly and Long Tailed Tit.
Day 2 in our garden – Blue Tits at the nest box.
Day 3 in our garden – Goldfinch and Greenfinch.
Day 4 in our garden – Squirrel, Celandine, Bleeding Heart, Cherry buds, Forget Me Not, Bee Hoverfly, Orange Tail Bumble Bee
Day 5 in our garden – Blackbird, Great Tit, Dunnock and Magpie.
Day 6 in our garden – Robin and Wood Pigeon.
Day 7 in our garden – Crows.
Day 8 in our garden – Centipeded, Millipede, Woodlouse, Leaf Hopper, Snail and Slug.
Day 9 in our garden – Tawny Mining Bee and Spider.
Day 10 in our garden – Dandelion, Cuckoo Bee (Nomada flava)
Day 11 in our garden – Ant and Hedgehog poo,
Day 12 in our garden – Coal Tit.
Day 13 in our garden – Red Kite and Worm.
Day 14 in our garden – Moth, Helicopter, Buzzard, Grub and Rosemary Beetle.
Day 15 in our garden – Jackdaw.
Day 16 in our garden – Honey Bee, Cherry Blossom (White & Pink), the Moon, Collared Dove and Bullfinch.
Day 17 in our garden – a re-cap and Light Brown Apple Moth ID..
Day 18 in our garden – Field Mouse, Clematis Alpina and Clematis Montana.
Day 19 in our garden – Hawthorn, Holly Blue Butterfly (???) and Orange Tip Butterfly (???).
Day 20 in our garden – Convolvulus, Iberis, Daisy, Choisya and Viburnum.
Day 21 in our garden – Caterpillar.
Day 22 in our garden – Green Veined White Butterfly, Ashy Grey Mining Bee and Rook.
Day 23 in our garden – Chiffchaff and Sparrowhawk.
Day 24 in our garden – Sphaeridium lunatum Beetle
Day 25 in our garden – Hoverfly.
Day 26 in our garden – Jay.
Day 27 in our garden – Large White Butterfly.
Day 28 in our garden – nothing new.
Day 29 in our garden – Small White Butterfly and a Cargo Plane.
Day 30 in our garden – Hedgehog.
Day 31 in our garden – Shield Bug and Long Horned Beetle.
Day 32 in our garden – a re-cap of birds so far – 21 species.
Day 33 in our garden – Grey Heron, Small Flying Insect (??) and Speckled Wood Butterfly.
Day 34 in our garden – Wild Arum.
Day 35 in our garden – Gracillaria syringella Moth and Ajuga Reptans.
Day 36 in our garden – Bluebells.
Day 37 in our garden – Gull.
Day 38 in our garden – Rosemary, Chive and House Fly.
Day 39 in our garden – RAF Airbus A400.
Day 40 in our garden – Herb Robert and Buttercup.
Day 41 in our garden – Hedge Garlic and Aphids.
Day 42 in our garden – nothing new.
Day 43 in our garden – Hebe pinguifolia Pagei.
Day 44 in our garden – Swift, Weather Balloon, Hoverfly (different variety)
Day 45 in our garden – United Airlines.
Day 46 in our garden – Police Helicopter. And a Daisy video.
Day 47 in our garden – Wild Strawberry and Rose.
Day 48 in our garden – nothing new – attempts at Blue Tits in flight.
Day 49 in our garden – nothing new – more attempts at Blue Tits in flight.
Day 50 in our garden – Pink Geranium.
Day 51 in our garden – a re-cap of Moths and Butterflies.
Day 52 in our garden – Lilac.
Day 53 in our garden – Hebe parahebe.
Day 54 in our garden – Albertine Rose and Juvenile Robin.
Day 55 in our garden – nothing new – a Great Tit in the conservatory.
Day 56 in our garden – a re-cap/index page with some photos of Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Blackbird and a Helicopter – new photos of things seen before.
Day 57 in our garden – an Ant’s Nest.
Day 58 in our garden – a Carpet Beetle and a Black Headed Gull.
Day 59 in our garden – a few nice photos of Blue Tits with food for their young.
Day 60 in our garden – Geranium Karmina
Day 61 in our garden – Herb Bennet or Wood Avens. (Geum urbanum)
Day 62 in our garden – Honeysuckle
Day 63 in our garden – Large Red Damselfly
Day 64 in our garden – Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata)
Day 65 in our garden – Mint Moth, two spot Ladybird, Vine Weevil, Flies and Spiders, and Dog Rose
Day 66 in our garden – Cuckoo Spit and Red Spider Mite.
Day 67 in our garden – Geranium Sanguineum
Day 68 in our garden – Willow Herb and small helicopter.
Day 69 in our garden – Basil, Toadflax, Harlequin Ladybird, Enoplognatha ovata
Day 70 in our garden – links to the new “index” page for the series.
Day 71 in our garden – Nursery Web Spider, Zebra Spider, No. 5.
Day 72 in our garden – Just a puddle. Yes, a puddle.
Day 73 in our garden – Pinks.
Day 74 in our garden – Hail in June
Day 75 in our garden – Campanula portenschlagiana
Day 76 in our garden – Elder
Day 77 in our garden – Wall Screw-moss
Day 78 in our garden – cherry eating.
Day 79 in our garden – Great Tit being fed.
Day 80 in our garden – Robin.
Day 81 in our garden – the Chiffchaff.
Day 82 in our garden – Blackbirds eating cherries.
Day 83 in our garden – Tortoiseshell Butterflies.
Miss a few.
Day 99 in our garden – Wood Pigeon eating cherries.
Day 103 in our garden – The End? I have been out.
Day 143 in our garden – Violas.
Galleries of photos
Below are photo galleries of particular types of things with the intention of limiting it to one photo each.
Butterflies and Moths
Birds
24 different species arranged in approximate size order.
Insects, Spiders, etc.
Plants
Others
