Updated Homepatch List

Back in July I was delighted to report that I had finally counted 100 (+1) insect species in our suburban Suffolk garden.

Before I post my records below, I want to mention a creature that so nearly made the list: the impressive Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar which was spotted on 4 September 2020 so close to our home, but beyond our boundary. Perhaps next year...

For a creature to be counted in my list, it must be seen in our garden, under or above it. A red star * means an identification given via iSpot. [R] means a regular visitor and [O] an occasional one. And now to my updated list...

Avian sightings

• HPb1   Great Spotted Woodpecker [O]  [early March, June, Aug 2020]
• HPb2   Great tit [R] 2020
• HPb3   Long-tailed tit [R] 2020
• HPb4   Blackbird [R] 2020
• HPb5   Song Thrush  [27 April 2019 - a pair] [27 March 2020]
• HPb6   Blue tit [R] 2020
• HPb7   Robin  [R]  2020
• HPb8   Magpie [R] 2020
• HPb9   Wood Pigeon  [R] 2020
• HPb10 Dunnock [R] 2020
• HPb11 Starling [R] 2020
• HPb12 Carrion Crow [R] 2020
• HPb13 Goldfinch [R] 2020
• HPb14 Jay [O] 2020
• HPb15 Green Woodpecker [O] seen in passing [May 2020]
• HPb16 Wren [O] [27 March 2020]
• HPb17 Bullfinch [19 January 2017] 2020
• HPb18 Sparrowhawk [June 2020]
• HPb19 Mallard 
• HPb20 House Sparrow [1 June 2019] [June 2020]
• HPb21 Chaffinch 2020
• HPb22 Grey Heron [18 and 26 Feb 2020]
• HPb23 Collared Dove [R] 2020
• HPb24 Coal tit  
• HPb25 Redwing [20 January 2017] 
• HPb26 Kestrel  [8 June 2017]  
• HPb27 Blackcap [Feb 2020]
• HPb28 Greenfinch [6 Feb 2020]
• HPb29 Swift [15 July 2020] 
• HPb30 Buzzard [Sept 2020]

Mammal sightings

• HPm1 (?Wood) Mouse
• HPm2 Bat ... [1st 2015 sighting 7 May 2015] [Apr/May 2015]  [22 Jan 2017]  [Aug 2018]  [8 Aug 2019] [May, 17, 25 July 2020]
• HPm3 Shrew 
• HPm4 Grey Squirrel [R] and now [O] 2020
• HPm5 Stoat
• HPm6 Hedgehog  [9 Aug 2018] [1 June 2019]

Amphibian sightings

• HPam1 Common Frog [26 May 2019] 

Reptile sightings

• HPr1 Common Lizard (two: new species for the garden!) [1, 8 August 2020]

Insect sightings 

• HPi1 Small Tortoiseshell butterfly [March 2014] [27 Feb 2017]  2019, 2020: where are these butterflies?
• HPi2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee [March 2014] [Jan/Feb 2016] [Mar/Apr 2016] [2017] 2020
• HPi3 Brimstone butterfly [April 2014] [5 June 2019] 2020
• HPi4 7-spot Ladybird [April 2014] [Oct 2014] [2015] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015] [Mar/Apr 2016] 2020
• HPi5 Small Skipper butterfly [July 2014] [26 July 2019] [20,21 June 2020]
• HPi6 Meadow Brown butterfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [12 June 2020, six!]
• HPi7 Large White butterfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2016] [21 June 2020]
• HPi8 14-spot Yellow Ladybirds [July 2014] [May 2019] [1 July 2020]
• HPi9 Small White butterfly [May 2014] [Apr/May 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015 - larvae] [2 May 2019] 2020
• HPi10 Orange tip butterfly [May 2014] 2020
• HPi11 Harlequin ladybird  [May 2014] [October 2014] [Sept/Oct 2015] [1 April 2019, N.B. spotless] 
• HPi12 Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) [June 2014] [June/July 2016] [18 May 2018]
• HPi13 Ruby-tail Wasp [June 2014] [May/June 2015] [May/June 2016] [21 May 2017]  [May 2020]
• HPi14 Blackfly [R]  2020
• HPi15 Marmalade Hoverfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Jul/Aug 2016] [20 June 2020]
• HPi16 Gorse Shield bug [27 March 2020] New!
• HPi17 Migrant Hawker dragonflies [July 2014]
• HPi18 Gatekeeper butterfly [Jul/Aug 2016] [9 Aug 2019] 2020
• HPi19 Comma butterfly [August 2014] [June/July 2016] [2017] [8 Aug 2019] 2020
• HPi20 Red Admiral butterfly [August 2014] [October 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [8 Aug 2019] [14 June 2020]
• HPi21 Peacock butterfly [August 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Nov/Dec 2015] [8 Aug 2019] [27 March 2020]
• HPi22 Green bottle flies [August 2014] [May/June 2015] 2020
• HPi23 Ants [R] [27 March 2020]
• HPi24 Squashbug aka Dock Bug, (Coreus marginatus ) [August 2014] [May 2018, mating]
• HPi25 Birch Shieldbug (late instar?) [September 2014]
• HPi26 Lacewing [October 2014] [Sept/Oct 2015]  [14 June 2020]
• HPi27 Cereal Leaf Beetle [Apr/May 2015]
• HPi28 Painted Lady [2018] [8 Aug 2019]
• HPi29 Rosemary Beetle [[Sept/Oct 2015] [May/June 2016 - four] [May 2017]
• HPi30 Hawthorn Shieldbug [May/June 2015] 
• HPi31 Forest Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) [Sept/Oct 2015] 
• HPi32 Early Bumblebee [Mar/Apr 2016] 
• HPi33 *Species of Miridae [Mar/Apr 2016]  
• HPi34 Cranefly [R]  2020
• HPi35 Crossocerus, wasps family Crabronidae [May/June 2016] 
• HPi36 Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) [May/June 2016]
• HPi37 Tree Bumblebee (Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum) [May/June 2016] 
• HPi38 Moth Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) [May/June 2016] 
• HPi39 Holly Blue Butterfly  [26 May 2017]  [27 April and 6 June 2019] 2020
• HPi40 Dark Bush Cricket (nymph) [18 May 2017] [10 June 2019] [10 June 2020]
• HPi41 Common Cockchafer  [18 May 2017] [14 June 2019] [10 June 2020]
• HPi42 Scorpion Fly [May2017] [23 May 2017]  
• HPi43 Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica)  [2017] [13 May 2018][2019] 2020
• HPi44 Cabbage Bug (Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea)  [2017]  [9 June 2017]  
• HPi45 Light Brown Apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) [2017] [23 May 2017] 
• HPi46 Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)   [9 May 2018] 
• HPi47  Common Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)   [11 May 2018] 2020
• HPi48  Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)   [15 May 2018] 2020
• HPi49  Ruby Tiger moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)   [18 May 2018] 2020
• HPi50  Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata)   [24 May 2018]  [2019] 2020
• HPi51  Mullein Moth larva (Cucullia verbasci)   [14 June 2018] 
• HPi52  Silver Y moth (two)   [August 2018] 14 July 2020
• HPi53  Rove Beetle (Platydracus stercorarius)   [September 2018] 
• HPi54 *Species of Nomada [27 April 2019] 
• HPi55 Fire bug nymph [17 April 2019] 
• HPi56 Pine Ladybird [1 April 2019]  2020
• HPi57 Cinnabar moth [4 and 5 April 2019] [21 June 2020] 
• HPi58 Small Red Damselfly [20 May 2019]  2020 
• HPi59 *Tortoise Bug [3 June 2019]   
• HPi60 *Cryptolaemus montrouzieri [6 June 2019] 
• HPi61 *Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci)  [6 June 2019] 2020
• HPi62 *Empis tessellata [31 May 2019] 
• HPi63 *Macrophya [22 May 2019] 
• HPi64 *Bagworm moth case (Psychidae) [31 May 2019]  
• HPi65 *Greater Bulb-Fly (Merodon equestris) [22 May 2019]  2020
• HPi66 *Figwort Weevil larva (Cionus scrophulariae) [22 May 2019] 
• HPi67 *Arge Sawfly (Arge cyanocrocea) [22 May 2019]  2020
• HPi68 *Sarcophaga [16 May 2019]
• HPi69 *Juniper Shield Bug (Cyphosthetus tristriatus) [16 May 2019] 
• HPi70 *St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci) [28 April 2019] 
• HPi71 Fairy Longhorn moth (Adela) [9 May 2019]  
• HPi72 *Dagger Fly (Empis Tessellata) [13 May 2019]  
• HPi73 *Honey bee (Apis mellifera) [31 May 2019]  2020
• HPi74 *Rutpela maculata [14 June 2019] 
• HPi75 *Soldier Fly (Stratiomyidae) [12 June 2019] 
• HPi76 *Small Dusty Wave moth (Idaea seriata) [31 May and 5 Sept 2019]
• HPi77 *Planthopper (Issus Coleoptratus) [18 June 2019]  
• HPi78 Sexton (Burying) Beetle [7 Aug 2019] 
• HPi79 Small Copper [3 Aug 2019]  [10 May 2020]
• HPi80 *Speckled Bush Cricket [3 Aug 2019] 
• HPi81 Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) [24 Mar 2020]
• HPi82 *Rhyparochromus vulgaris Ground bug [2 April 2020] 
• HPi83 *Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena (Andrena) fulva) [11 April 2020] 
• HPi84 *Dolichovespula media [19 April 2020] 
• HPi85 Mother Shipton moth [May 2020]
• HPi86 Green Hairstreak [May 2020] 
• HPi87 *Angle Shades moth [25 May 2020] 
• HPi88 Green-veined White [Apr 2020]  
• HPi89 Malachite beetle [June 2020]   
• HPi90 Thick-legged Flower Beetle [June 2020]    
• HPi91 Common Froghopper [12 June 2020]     
• HPi92 Small Heath [13 June, 18 July 2020]    
• HPi93 Stag Beetle (female) [13 June 2020]    
• HPi94 Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius, m & f) [18 June 2020]    
• HPi95 Long hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta [18 June 2020]    
• HPi96 Blue-tailed Damselfly [14 June 2020]    
• HPi97 Common White Wave moth [13 June 2020]    
• HPi98 Ringlet butterfly [25 June 2020]    
• HPi99 Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis)  [26 June 2020]   
• HPi100 *Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) [27 June 2020] 
• HPi101 Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (see here) [3 July 2020]   
• HPi102 Ichneumon Amblyteles armatorius [10 July 2020]  
• HPi103 Emperor Dragonfly [16 July 2020] 
• HPi104 Swallowtail moth [16 July 2020] 
• HPi105 *Brown Argus (a first for the garden!) [18, 24 July 2020]
• HPi106 *White-point moth (another first for the garden!) [18 July 2020]
• HPi107 *Hairy-legged Mining Bee, aka Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hirtipes) (a first for the garden!) [18 July 2020] 
• HPi108 White Plume moth (and another first for the garden!) [25, 27 July 2020]
• HPi109 *Southern Hawker (female, and another first for the garden!) [8 Sept 2020]
• HPi110 Field Grasshoppers [Aug and Sept 2020]
• HPi111 Purple Hairstreak (a first for the garden!) [3 Aug 2020] 

Molluscs

• HPm1 Brown Lipped Snail (Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis) [May/June 2016] 2020
• HPm2 Field Slug (Deroceras) [May/June 2016] 

Arachnids

• HPa1 Zebra Spider [Apr/May 2015] [May/June 2015] [Mar/Apr 2016] [May 2018] 2020
• HPa2 Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) [May/June 2015] [27 April 2019]
• HPa3 *Cucumber spider (Arianella) [31 May 2019]  
• HPa4 *Jumping spider (Heliophanus) [22 May, Sept 2019]  
• HPa5 Crab spider, with pink stripes, aka 'White Death' (Misumena vatia) [9 Aug 2019]   
• HPa6 Nursery Web spider (Heliophanus) [22 Mar 2020] Spiderlings hatch: 27 June 2020
• HPa7 Wasp spider [new! four, 5-9 Sept 2020]