Jennifer Owen's Leicester garden

The subject of a famous inventory study over 30 years (1972 - 2001) involving many expert naturalists and published by Owen, J. (2010). Wildlife of a garden. A thirty-year study. Peterborough: Royal Horticultural Society. Despite all that effort, Owen recognised that her garden list was still far from complete and estimated, quite reasonably, that the insect list alone could exceed 10,000 given enough recording over enough time. The garden itself is "nothing special".

Last modified: 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 17:00
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Size: 

0.09hectares

Species total: 

2673

Ranking breakdown

Breakdown of species counts by category

Bryophytes: 

38

Vascular Plants: 

436

Molluscs: 

17

Annelid worms: 

5

Platyhelminth worms: 

4

Arachnids: 

92

Myriapods: 

12

Crustaceans: 

8

Insects: Odonata: 

7

Insects: orthopteroids: 

5

Insects: hemipteroids: 

201

Insects: Hymenoptera: 

771

Insects: Coleoptera: 

442

Insects: Diptera: 

145

Insects: Lepidoptera: butterflies: 

23

Insects: Lepidoptera: moths: 

375

Insects: remaining small orders: 

28

Amphibians: 

3

Birds: 

54

Mammals: 

7