Water lovers
The ponds and lake at the bottom of the garden are tranquil spots for wildlife watching. They attract numerous types of birds that feed on the insects from the water.
In the warmer months swallows can be seen and sometimes hobbies flying low over the water. If you're really lucky, you might spot the flash of blue from a feeding kingfisher.
Coots, moorhens, mallards and Canadian geese frequently nest and bob about on the water. Dragonflies can be spotted darting around and colonies of the nationally scarce red-eyed damselfly have in the past bred in the banks of the lake.
Rural visitors
Upton is in the heart of rolling Warwickshire countryside which encourages wildlife into the garden including many mammals such as badgers, deer, mice, rabbits, shrews and voles.
Buzzards, kestrels, falcons, owls, yellowhammers, fieldfares, skylarks and redwings are some of the farmland birds that you might see at Upton.
The woodland, waterways and surrounding countryside all provide valuable habitats and feeding grounds for our long-eared, pipistrelle and serotine bats that are night-time visitors.
It’s not just the natural landscape that encourages wildlife into the gardens. The gardening team manages the gardens in a sensitive way to create ideal habitats for all types of wildlife.