Crossways: John Lyden's garden and meadow

Moved into the garden (and house) in summer 2014. About 1.5 acre garden, with "wood", orchard, pond etc and 4.5 acre traditional upland hay meadow, all managed organically. Located in the Clun Forest area of the Shropshire Hills, on the Welsh border. Sandwiched between Rhos Fiddle nature reserve and Riddings Wood PAWS, with a couple of houses and upland grazing. The meadow is a Local Wildlife Site.

Last modified: 

Sunday, September 10, 2023 - 22:23

Size: 

2.50hectares

Species total: 

1268

Ranking breakdown

Breakdown of species counts by category

Algae: 

1

Slime Moulds: 

3

Protists other than Algae and Slime Moulds: 

1

Lichens: 

11

Fungi other than Lichens, including fungoid organisms: 

65

Bryophytes: 

10

Vascular Plants: 

214

Molluscs: 

24

Annelid worms: 

7

Arachnids: 

43

Myriapods: 

6

Crustaceans: 

7

Springtails, proturans and 2-tailed bristletails: 

3

Insects: 3-tailed Bristletails: 

1

Insects: Odonata: 

8

Insects: orthopteroids: 

4

Insects: hemipteroids: 

86

Insects: Hymenoptera: 

74

Insects: Coleoptera: 

98

Insects: Diptera: 

193

Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies: 

24

Insects: Lepidoptera: moths: 

283

Insects: remaining small orders: 

20

Reptiles: 

1

Amphibians: 

4

Birds: 

62

Mammals: 

15