Wildlife at Woodside

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bluetits1Woodside is surrounded by trees and farmland in a lovely rural area, so the walled garden is visited by an impressive number of wild birds, which can be observed at close quarters at the window feeders of the tearoom. We see blue tits, great tits, coal tits, chaffinch, sparrows, dunnocks, siskins, blackbirds, wrens, nuthatch and greater spotted woodpeckers feeding close to the window. Other less frequent garden visitors are goldfinches, waxwings and even hawfinches. We also have nesting swallows and collared doves and have buzzards and sparrowhawks overhead.

A lovely place to observe the wildlife at Woodside is in the Woodside Garden for Wildlife and Wellbeing, a dedicated area for wildlife within the walled garden. The pond there is home to pond skaters, great diving beetles, water boatmen, pond snails and a thriving breeding population of newts. Our shoal of goldfish add to the relaxing environment. We also have hedgehogs and lots of moths and butterflies – please tell us what you see so we can add it to our list.

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