In 1980, in an average sized garden in suburban Leicester (my home town), Jennifer Owen began cataloguing the wildlife found there. Over the next 30 years, she found 2,673 species of wildlife living there, including several insects previously unknown to science. A lecturer and amateur entomologist, she created a scientific study of amazing depth and value, all without any funding.
Jennifer Owen's regular suburban garden
recommended reading: One of Jennifer Owen's two books on her garden.
read a bit more about her incredible work here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/me-and-my-garden-how-jennifer-owen-became-an-unlikely-champion-of-british-wildlife-2131712.html
Inspired by her work, Ken Thompson from the University of Sheffield headed up some valuable studies himself, and wrote this excellent
book about it:
again, highly recommended for anyone with any interest in helping the birdies and beasties and generally saving the planet.
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