Category: Wildlife

We are delighted to have bats in our garden as they are an important part of our ecosystem. For instance natural insect control is their specialty – one Little Brown Bat* can eat up to 1,000 mosquitos an hour. We wanted to find out which bats live here in the Garden, as well as learn… Continue reading Bats in the Garden

The Garden hosts a variety of bird life. We’ll be adding to this photo collection as the avians present themselves. BIRD CENSUS FOR RSBG A year-long bird census was conducted at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Gardens from May 1999 though April 2000 at the suggestion of the Nature Mapping Program located at the University of… Continue reading Birdlife in the Garden