UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: August 2010

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Birding For Pleasure

FUNGI - These Fungi were photographed at the car park were I was viewing the shore birds on a very dull day on Strangford Lough. *Many thanks for visting and...
2 hours ago
Notes of Nature

Wordless Wednesday: Driving through the New Forest -
8 hours ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

Appeal to save ice age heritage of Scotland’s national tree - Dead Scots pine, or snag, silhouetted against shafts of sunlight over Gleann na Ciche & Loch Affric Trees for Life has launched an initiative to save ancie...
8 hours ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Ivy Bee - Colletes hederae - I finally had my first Bedfordshire encounter with Ivy Bees (*Colletes hedereae*) today where there is a large aggregation in the paths at Cottage Bottom F...
10 hours ago
My Life Outside

Dinorwic Quarry Explored - Since my earliest days I’ve had a passion for exploring abandoned places. To begin with it was family holidays spent in our caravan which provided me with ...
10 hours ago
exploringwildlife.blogspot.co.uk

Costa Rica: Part Three - La Selva Biological Station - arrived lovely accomodation 1km from recpetion path to accommodation full of wildlife food eating with the researchers night walk morning walk after breakfas...
11 hours ago
Musings on the Wild

Things that go bump in the night - Last week my trail cams batteries ran down. When I installed a new set the settings of the camera were reset meaning that the shots taken were single JPEG ...
13 hours ago
Tricia's Tales

Warnham LNR - a short visit. - Not the best of days, but I did manage a short visit to Warnham where the Kingfisher was active. Also saw flock of about 40-50 which we believe to be San...
15 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Tuesday 19th September. - A Lapland Bunting was on the Giants Causeway path towards Runkerry Point.(Colin Guy) 3 Ruffs were at the south end of Dundrum South Inner Bay (same area w...
16 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

A New Addition To The Wilden Marsh Herd - A new addition the marsh herd arrived today. He’s called TWB, or TW for short. Filed under: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
16 hours ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

Visit Delayed... - Black-headed Gulls At Antrim Marina - Monday 18th September 2017 I decided against, to carry out my normal Sunday visit to Antrim Marina, in...
17 hours ago
Too Lazy To Weed

Rehab Time - Yesterday must be right up there as one of the most interesting days this year. I got to spend the whole day at Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Cen...
18 hours ago
Wild Barley

Stormy Bay - Storm Alieen was barreling into the UK and the Bay of Biscay between Spain and France was feeling it’s effects. Waking after a delayed start from Portsmout...
19 hours ago
An English Wood

Space oddity #wildflowers - There’s something unworldly about Devils-bit scabious, Succisa pratensis. Picture taken September 15.
20 hours ago
Why watch wildlife?

Monday Bird of the Week No.60 – Fieldfare - As we enter autumn there are a number of birds whose numbers will swell. Over the past few weeks we have focused on ducks, but today we move to a wintering...
20 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Tuesday Teaser - It seems yonks since I last had a series of 'guess what' type of posts so here is the first of a new series: What was this a photograph of before I DeepSty...
1 day ago
The Lyons Den

My Ero - This is *Ero tuberculata*, a nationally scarce species that is mostly a heathland specialist. The individuals at Graffham are quite bright orange compared...
1 day ago
Birding with Flowers

A Change of Scene - A visit to Fountains Abbey on a day off to admire the ruins. There were plenty of Nuthatches, and Jackdaws, and I could hear a Grey Wagtail, but the wild...
1 day ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Eastern Australia Highlights - I'm currently about to fly from Adelaide to Brisbane to head off on another Outback adventure, this time through Queensland (and probably dropping into nor...
1 day ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

Burton Marsh: Migrant Waders - The pools on the Dee estuary salt marsh between Burton Point and Denhall Quay on the Wirral, Cheshire boundary can… Read more Burton Marsh: Migrant Waders
1 day ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Arctic Warbler at Wells, PGT at Burnham and a bonus Phalarope - Norfolk with Suzanne today rewarded us with three cracking birds. I started at Burnham Overy where views of the Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler were difficult...
1 day ago
Cholsey Wildlife

Sunshine & Showers - Mainly cloudy with a few sunny spells and rain showers……………….again, 15°, light NNW. A *Common Redstart* still on the hill and a couple of *Yellowhammer* bu...
1 day ago
Pam's Place

Pontefract - On Sunday we went to a Kustom car show at Pontefract race course and we made a detour to walk around the lake there. When looking it up afterwards it seems...
1 day ago
Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

Visit to Arne - I took a trip to Arne on Friday 17th September, it was a glorious morning and it was good to
1 day ago
NI Bird Pics

Shoveler & Gannet - Cameron Moore. -
1 day ago
Random Jottings

Raindrops and Berries - The appearance of hundreds of berries in the hedgerows, points to the end of summer and the onset of Autumn. This year's crops of berries looks as if it's ...
1 day ago
The Roving Bumbarrel

A Spotted Crake in the Ingrebourne Valley - Found by Rainham's Site Manager Andrew on Saturday morning this Spotted Crake has been showing at times very well from the main viewing area at Hornchurch ...
1 day ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

2017 Autumn Visible Bird Migration Daily Records over Hutton Roof and Burton In Kendal - Just a little sketch showing the directions of migration over Hutton Roof (Click over to enlarge) IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT HISTORIC RECORDS PLEASE CLICK O...
1 day ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

Recorders and Recording Schemes - The Society collects information about the wildlife and geology of the Sheffield area. Details of the society's recorders and recording schemes can be foun...
2 days ago
UK Wildlife

Black tern, peregrine and hobby at RSPB Rainham Marshes - Had a quick family visit to Rainham Marshes this morning and it was an enjoyable couple of hours. I didn’t have the time to put my usual effort in, but had...
2 days ago
A life at the shoreline

Bar tailed Godwit - A few small flocks of Bar tailed Godwits have made their way from Russia and scandinavia and are on patrol of the shoreline between Quilty Beach and Seafie...
2 days ago
Murtagh's Meadow

First frost - We woke this morning to blue skies, but also white encrusted grass. The sun soon had things gently steaming and the frost quickly disappeared. It was just ...
2 days ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

Back again… - I feel privileged enough as it is to spend a fortnight each year volunteering on RSPB Ramsey Island but this year I’m luckier still – I’ve just landed for ...
2 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

A Redstart to beat all Redstarts - There may well be an *American Redstart* on the Island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides at the moment, but on Saturday morning on Wanstead Flats a *Common Re...
2 days ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

Peatlands for Birds; Fens, Mires & Bogs - Peatlands for Birds; Fens, Mires & Bogs was a three day conference in Sheffield, facilitated by Prof Ian D Rotherham of Sheffield Hallam University. An ex...
2 days ago
Birds to Bryophytes

Exorcising the demon. Rosy starling, Kendal - My first ever rosy (rose-coloured) starling was a replendent full summer plumage adult way back in August 1994, at Moelfre on Anglesey. Wonderful though ...
2 days ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

The Seven Year Itch for 'Storm Bats' - Regular readers will have noticed I have not updated this blog for a while. There has been a couple of reasons for this. Firstly I thought I needed to have...
2 days ago
Birding the day away!

Caspian Gull ~ 1cy ~ Dungeness, Kent - 16.09.17 - *Conditions seemed good for great day on the beach at Dungeness, light winds with a bit of rain then brightening up late on and an in-coming tide ...* *Ga...
2 days ago
Valley Naturalist

Wing of a goldfinch - Got to Garnlydan Reservoir early this morning. Parked in Powys and walked back into Gwent hoping this upland reservoir was about to produce something wor...
3 days ago
Gabriel Hemery

Talk at Oxford Blackwells - I'll be talking about my latest book-in-progress GREEN GOLD at Oxford Blackwells on Friday 13th October. Tickets £5. Read More
3 days ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Two trips to the Southside - *The Safari has been* enjoying the many superb pics of the recent *Leach's Petrels* along our coast - *this one* by young EM is a real humdinger! And what ...
3 days ago
Pegler Birding

A Return to Ticknall Limeyards - on 25th August, 2017 - *It seems that I need to clear up a couple of matters before I embark on the main topic of this post!* *Some people had noticed that a blog post about Chal...
3 days ago
Flying high!

A visit from a Barley Bird! - A Barley Bird flew into my garden earlier this afternoon. A Barley Bird I hear you say....ok, a Grey Wagtail. I looked up Grey Wagtail in my book 'All the ...
4 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #312 answer - Last week I gave you this specimen to identify, which came in as an enquiry after being found in someone’s toilet: There were a variety of great responses,...
5 days ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 473 - Marvellous Migfest - Hey everyone, it's Post 473 and every year in the Autumn months we get to see one of nature's magnificent processes in action, migration! Many of the birds...
5 days ago
Views from an urban lake

Willows in the Wind - [image: Wind in the Willows] With storm Eileen barrelling through the UK in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with winds in excess of 40 miles per hou...
5 days ago
Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- Moth trap numbers have fallen sharply but I was pleased to see my first Feathered Gothic for 4 years. Today I had another day at Dungeness in challenging w...
6 days ago
Purbeck Footprints

A Good Hare Day - This evening's wander was always going to be good, rain that had hounded the day had cleared and left a beautiful evening. Amongst the Sika and Roe, one mas...
6 days ago
Austin's Birding Blog

16/09/2017 New Brighton, Wirral - Leach's Petrel: There are certain days which are truly spectacular - and today is one of them! It's been a long while since the Wirral has had such good c...
6 days ago
Wild and Wonderful

A Medley of Moths - Muslin Moth *(Diaphora mendica or **Cycnia mendica), 16 Sept 2015, Flatford Mill, Suffolk* Having posted a photograph for each butterfly species I have se...
1 week ago
The Portland Naturalist

Southern Spain: 21/8 - 26/8 - *Day 1, 21st August:* We touched down at Malaga at lunchtime, having experienced Abi's first ever flight, despite having missed our train to the airport ba...
1 week ago
Common By Nature

A sneak peek at an outstanding new book - If, like me, you are an avid consumer of natural history based literature, you will surely love the below extract from Peter Reason’s new book, In Search o...
1 week ago
Another Bird Blog

A Smelly Old Business - How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists for decades, with Earth's ...
1 week ago
Natural Born Blogger

Bempton Cliffs - A quick recap on an enjoyable few days spent on Flamborough Head looking over the North Sea and the cliffs stretching up the coast to the RSPB nature reser...
1 week ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

10th September - I’ll start with this magnificent beast, a Convolvulus Hawkmoth. Unfortunately not in the parish but close by in Scruton found in a friend’s garden… It ha...
1 week ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

Fungi in the wood - The woodlands behind my house are teeming with fungi at the moment. Woodlands, along with Grasslands are the best place to go looking for fungus. Toadstool...
1 week ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

Patches grind to a halt - Not a lot to report. I have had three walks in the evening to try and add manx shearwater to the list and have failed each time. WOW has turned up some nic...
1 week ago
Rambles with a Camera

Looking forward to watching the Red Deer Rut next month................................ - It's a wonderful time of year. Red Deer Stag... Tatton Park Cheshire.
1 week ago
Wildlife Matters

“Simon Says” – Is growth the main conservation issue? - (Above) A mountain of dogfish on a trawler Concerned scientists Recently I was sent an email from the Union of Concerned Scientists offering me the opportu...
1 week ago
Seabed Habitats

Fête du Maërl - Historically, when fishermen in Brittany would land maërl, not only would they land more fish, they would also be able to use the maërl to condition their ...
1 week ago
A Birding Odyssey

Spurn MigFest ! - Don't forget ! With thoughts of Martin Garner and Andy Roadhouse.
1 week ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

What is Rewilding anyway? Episode 1: Derek Gow - Welcome to the first installment of a new podcast series, What is Rewilding anyway? While much discussion and early stages of practice of the concept now a...
1 week ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

Thomas Hardy’s Egdon Heath - Mistaken marriages, passionate affairs, tragic deaths, richly interwoven with folklore and superstition. This is the complex concoction contained in The R...
1 week ago
Islay Natural History Trust

September Islay Nature rAmbles - We need you to pray or invoke good weather with an anti-rain dance or something, this year Sundays have mainly rained including last Sundays watch for bird...
1 week ago
In a Beekeepers Garden

Vespa crabro- Horningsea - As the season draws to a close it was good to end with the finding of a Hornets nest.
1 week ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Hortus Britannicus - *I found this first edition of an amazing work of early 19th. century scholarship in an antiquarian bookshop many years ago. J.C. Loudon's Hortus Britannic...
2 weeks ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Let Wilderness Be Itself - Our juvenile robin is now sporting a full red breast. Nearly all but the odd straggler Swallow and House Martin have just this week left for warmer cl...
2 weeks ago
Hethersett Birdlife

A MEGA, a patch first and a LIFER. - Wow a busy few days around the village but I will start with the one I missed and only found out about today. In Birdwatching a Mega is a real rarity and i...
2 weeks ago
Druridge Diary

Scarce grebes - It's been a weekend of scarce grebes on the patch. On Friday a juvenile* red-necked grebe *was reported on the sea to the south of Chibburn Links. I headed...
2 weeks ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

More Moths at Toton - INTRODUCTION: This was the third moth trapping session at Toton Sidings this year and the fourth session working towards a baseline study of wildlife in To...
2 weeks ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

Star Trails and Lizard Tails - Breckland. At first glance, arid and inhospitable, with hot, dry sandy soil and prickly gorse, but look closer, and you’ll find that one of the driest area...
2 weeks ago
LOOSE AND LEAFY in Winter

IF YOU ARE HERE YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE - Please adjust your URLs! Loose and Leafy has moved to Halifax! Click and Visit!
2 weeks ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Base-of-the-Tree cam - With the help of our regular ecology volunteers Luke, Jason and Connor, I've been maintaining a trail camera network around the biodiversity areas. There's...
2 weeks ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Lowland Heath and Highland Adventures - Tuesday 22nd August A day of pick ups with Aaron provided an excellent moment with a real favourite of mine; the Moorland Hawker. As if on cue my subject a...
2 weeks ago
Bugman Jones

I’ve been rather busy - No blog post for 2 months — what is going on? Well, I’ve been rather busy, not least shooing the final proofs of the Beetles volume of the New Naturalist L...
2 weeks ago
Bug Mad Girl

Little devils - There are only a few days left of the summer holidays, so I took the kids for a walk around Yoesden. It's always a brilliant place to see butterflies and t...
2 weeks ago
Esticadinho Nature

New landmark moth records reached at Tophill Low NR by August’s end - Moth recording at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire during the second half of August saw more site scarcities appear. The reserve’s second ever Maiden’s Blush...
2 weeks ago
Killy Birder

Postcard From Sweden. Part Three...Heading South. - Day six was to see us heading back south, and although a long drive it wasn’t without some very interesting stops along the way. Early in the day we had...
2 weeks ago
Ruffled Feathers

There is a roving Spanish Dunlin..... - Just received another postcard, this time of YELLOW T67 1,142kms SSW in NW Spain (1,142kms). It was originally ringed just a week earlier at Ynyslas on ...
2 weeks ago
Linacre Blogger

Linacre- 1st September 2017 - The sun was out this morning, so I decided to have a few hours down at Linacre. There were 6 species of butterfly on the wing, 3 dragonflies and 1 damselfl...
2 weeks ago
Wessex Wanderings

Greywell, Mapledurwell and North Warnborough - I decided to tackle the longest standing planned walk that had lain un-walked for over five years. I seem to remember a vague plan of extending my networ...
2 weeks ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Spring in Strathfarrar, part 2 – flowers galore - A week after the day in Glen Strathfarrar that I wrote about in my last blog, I returned to the glen for another visit. Unlike the first trip, this time I ...
2 weeks ago
Newhaven Wildlife

Late August at Castle Hill LNR, Newhaven - I did the week 22 walk on Sunday 27th in what for Castle Hill was uncharacteristically calm weather. This made for good butterfly conditions along the cli...
2 weeks ago
EFRS

Two Swifts and a packet of crisps please - *(CLICK ON A PIC AND IT WILL GO BIG)* A small ramekin of hand crafted wasabi nuts to be correct but it was The Sheppey. Before we get to that lets ...
2 weeks ago
Julie's Blog

Garden Moth Update - 23rd July 2017 - I switched on my moth light on 23rd July 2017. Willow Beauty 2 Riband Wave (non-banded) 2 Riband Wave (banded) 2 Marbled Beauty 4 Brown House Moth 2 Mother ...
2 weeks ago
Cornish Rock Pools

Giants of the Cornish rock pools - Last week I shared with you the miniature world of the sea slugs, so this week I’ll super-size things and bring you some big fish. Silly-season reports of ...
2 weeks ago
Sustainable Garden

garden peace - There is a peace about the garden. A still warm day. Birds both more visible and audible now. The trickling song of robins: this one in the Fragrant Garden...
2 weeks ago
Ian Butler Photography

New Square Greeting Cards - New greeting cards just sent off for printing including 10 new designs! Will be available to buy from next week. … Continue reading →
2 weeks ago
Bill's Birding

I got lost - A few weekends ago I nipped over to Aberystwyth to catch up with some old school friends. I got horribly lost on my home and ended up first at the Dyfi Osp...
2 weeks ago
Birders in Boxers

Woodchat Shrike : Fairy Hill, Gower - On Saturday evening as myself and Neil were returning from our pelagic I received a 'grapevine' text advising of a male Woodchat Shrike being found on the ...
3 weeks ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

Vee Skerries - Stood on North Skerry, looking back to the Mary Ann and across to Ormal Skerry This summer has been made brilliant by the many people here in Aith that ...
3 weeks ago
The Caged Naturalist

Menorca and Autumn's First Arrival - I'm back this week from a weeks holiday in Menorca. We went self catering and rented a villa set in its own extensive plot. The owner was clearly a keen bi...
3 weeks ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Early Summer - “Variable” just about sums it up: June – the Marjoram patch attracted a wide range of hoverflies, bees and other invertebrates and Field Scabious appeared...
3 weeks ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Blue Shieldbug - I'm a fan of shield bugs generally. They're such a pleasing shape. Yesterday I was putting a mass of dried weeds into the compost bin and found this little...
3 weeks ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Mating weevils, France -
4 weeks ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

Myth busting- cow lifespan. - Time for some myth busting, or as I like to call it ‘British Dairy Isn’t Scary ‘. This has been prompted by the run up to world plant based juice or nut ju...
4 weeks ago
Butterfly Pictures

Small Blue, Cupido minimus - Things have been rather hectic for me this last year, or so, and I haven't been looking after my blog as I should! I have still been out and about looking ...
4 weeks ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Quiet at Bouldnor. - Dodging the heavy showers was the name of the game today although when the sun shone it was pleasantly warm.However a walk around the ponds at Bouldnor did...
4 weeks ago
The Wold Ranger

Saran dan Masukan Agar Blog Bisa Menghasilkan Dollar - World Ranger Blog | Saran dan Masukan Agar Blog Bisa Menghasilkan Dollar - Ada beberapa hal yang wajib atau perlu dilengkapi terlebih dahulu semoga blog ya...
4 weeks ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Skomer II - the other side - Yes Skomer is mostly about the puffins, but when you have time to explore there is much more to see. At the time we visited the bluebells were in full swing...
4 weeks ago
Hares on the Hill

John Blakemore’s multiple exposures and my problem with bracken - I listened to John Blakemore’s talk at last years Meeting of Minds†† conference recently (links at the bottom of this). It was the first opportunity that I...
5 weeks ago
BTO Cymru

2017 WOS COnference. Cynhadledd 2017 CAC -
5 weeks ago
The Curious Naturalist

Wildflower meadow management at Chapel Green, Rocklands - Today villagers got together to carry out the annual cut of Chapel Green wild-flower meadow. Further posts on this wonderful local asset, managed by the c...
5 weeks ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Continuing our work at Hole in the Wall - Since last posting here, we've spent much of our time working on the Hole in the Wall project over in Ullswater. We've been making decent progress and the ...
5 weeks ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

Glow worms search - Just posted a comment on Curry Rivel facebook page to report on our Glow Worm search. Better than I dared hope! Curry Rivel David GermanWe were searching...
5 weeks ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

August 2017 ! - 31st Aug - A beautiful warm sunny morning unlike yesterday, not many birds on show still, only bird of note was a single juvenile Green Woodpecker, A few S...
5 weeks ago
Yorkie's Wildlife Photos

It's been a while - I've not posted anything for months so I thought I would catch up with some of the macro shots I have been taking recently. Today it will be butterflies. ...
1 month ago
Considering Birds

Picking Fruit - I must need a break – I’ve made a cup of tea without a tea bag in it. It’s time to walk the garden and see what’s ready to be picked. I grab a punnet and h...
1 month ago
Harry's Wildlife

High on Fritillaries - So, in late July I went to the Lake District with my family, and no matter how glorified it is compared with its biological value, Arnside still has good b...
1 month ago
Zoo Volunteer

Dragonflies 2: Common Darter - Territorial male Common Darter One of the commonest dragonflies in the UK, especially in the south, is the Common Darter *Sympetrum striolatum*. One of at ...
1 month ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

BBC Wildlife Magazine Ladybirds - Over the years my images have been published in a variety of different magazines, books and newspapers but there's no doubt that I get the greatest satisfa...
1 month ago
Sketchbook Squirrel

Crikey! It's August... - ...it's August already! Where did this year go, and where did all that blogging time go? ' The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough...
1 month ago
Woodlouse House

August 2017 - I should be outside painting the window frames but the rain arrived. The wooden frames were my idea ... people kept telling me to go for plastic ones bu...
1 month ago
shirls gardenwatch

Wordless Wednesday: Mind the gap - This post was published by Shirley for shirls gardenwatch in August 2017.
1 month ago
Butterfly Islands

Rain Dampens Down Activity On Broughton Down - Despite the sunshine on my journey to Broughton Down in Hampshire yesterday,the heavens opened as soon as I stepped onto this area of chalk grassland.This ...
1 month ago
The Early Birder

RSPB South Stack - I had a lovely time at South Stack on the island of Anglesey in later Spring. There was a lot going on, as birds were busy pairing up, nest building and so...
1 month ago
The Early Birder

Lowland Heath Specialities. - During a butterfly foray on *Chobham Common* last weekend despite being plagued by inclement weather I managed to get a few images of some of the speci...
1 month ago
Landscapism

Ben Myers - The Gallows Pole: Once upon a time in the West Riding - The arresting cover of Ben Myers' sixth novel is a statement of intent for the work inside: historical fiction with danger and harshness and radicalism f...
1 month ago
Wader World

White Rumped Swifts bring to a Close.... - *Just to round off this short break to Tarifa with a few pics to close out with. Stunning views are afforded from various view points looking accross the...
1 month ago
Rockablog

Growing Pins - It’s been a busy time here on The Rock this past month with the vast majority of eggs having now hatched. We’ve seen the eggs here tern from chick to fled...
1 month ago
holdingmoments

Annus horribilis - My mothers health deteriorated rapidly this year. She had been diagnosed in the last couple of years with Alzheimer's, Lewy bodies dementia and Vascular...
1 month ago
indie birder

Birding San Diego, California, USA - May 2017 - Part 2 - Following on from Part 1, as I tried to squeeze in as many birding opportunities as possible during a week-long work trip to Sand Diego, California in earl...
1 month ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

Roman Bridge, Galloway Forest Park - 7th May 2016 -
2 months ago
FABirding

Inquisitive Doe. - I came across this *Roe Doe* hiding in one of the local farmer's crop fields recently. She was monitoring all the comings and goings along a nearby footpa...
2 months ago
Pear tree and Beyond

A Royal Visit ! - Well its not every day an Emperor visits your garden and takes a breather on a plant less than five feet away from you, fortunately my camera was not fa...
2 months ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Red Kites in Scotland - The red kite is one of our most beautiful birds of prey, there are a number of strongholds here in Scotland where breeding programmes and feeding stations ...
2 months ago
Donegal Wildlife

Year end - The last year or so has been spent mostly poring over microscopes and identifying obscure specimens from different parts of Ireland. I also started the Iri...
2 months ago
Wildlife in my local patch

Photos for Dof E skill section - A selection of photos from the last 6 months to illustrate my developing interest in nature photography. The post Photos for Dof E skill section appeared...
2 months ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Adder Hibernacula - What criteria should we use to define adder hibernacula? After all, hibernaculua are not necessarily just holes in the ground. One approach is to identify ...
2 months ago
The Wildlifewriter

Instrumental Solo - “*Why don't ospreys migrate together as a family unit?” *It has almost assumed the status of Frequently Asked Question, and the answer is simple... *It's be...
2 months ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Of Swans and Cygnets - May – Still sitting, taking the occasional practice flight or stroll around the nest. And then on the 28th of May: There’s nine of the little beauties. ...
2 months ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Kingfishers - It’s been a while since I’ve really managed to photograph Kingfishers and four years since I blogged a post showing them. They can be very elusive but o...
2 months ago
florafaunauk

Swans in The Moss - Mute Swans - Cygnus olor and Cygnets in breeding Plumage amongst Reeds in Leighton Moss . Adults with red tinged breeding plumage and Cygnets still in down...
2 months ago
Beneath the Boughs

Day 29 – Bat - I completely forgot to share this square yesterday! I posted it on instagram but neglected the blog – sorry! So here’s day 29: I really struggled to get a ...
2 months ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Swiss Alps - fantastically flowery - OUR Summer holiday this year was a week or so in the Swiss alps to walk and see the wonderful alpine meadows and WOW we were not disappointed. W...
2 months ago
Rambles through Nature

Seal Island Visit - I was recently back down in St Ives, Cornwall, with a day to spare between several very attractive walks along the peninsula’s coastline. I had spent the m...
2 months ago
Entomacrographic

Invasion - Until 2004, the blue alder leaf beetle Agelastica alni was thought to be very rare in Britain, possibly extinct although there were some historical records...
2 months ago
Inspired by Ecology

1000 species challenge - Meadow grassland at Westmeston Church - not as many species as earlier in the year*Introduction* As part of the summer's activities of Pan-Species lister...
2 months ago
Samanta's Wildlife

HELP! I’m in my late 20s and looking to re-start academia. - I still consider myself a young woman but the prospect of re-entering academia at my age is without a doubt a little daunting. I feel as if I am starting a...
3 months ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Twin-spotted Quaker - I've been a little quiet lately on this blog to say the least. But perhaps I'll start again. After a great weekend walking along the South Wales Coast last...
3 months ago
Bird and Bug Diaries...

- Manchester worker bee, based on the mosaics situated throughout the city centre
3 months ago
The Street Tree

Street Tree Walks, Talks and Other Events - Since the launch of my book, London’s Street Trees, earlier this week, I have been asked about associated walks, talks and other events I’m doing. So I cre...
3 months ago
The Art of Nature

Here be dragons! - It's half term! Which means I've been rather occupied putting together activities and running events for our visiting families. Yesterday, we held a *very*...
3 months ago
WillowWhispering

The Running Hare - The Secret Life of Farmland - I’ve just finished reading The Running Hare – The Secret Life of Farmland by John Lewis-Stempel. He was the winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize in 201...
3 months ago
Uisce | Water and words flow through a Celtic environment

Mary Gillham in Ireland – Lovely turns of phrase - Welsh naturalist Dr. Mary Gillham of Cardiff University had a special relationship with Ireland and some of the accounts of her visits have lovely turns of...
3 months ago
Kingfisher Diary

Olympus 300mm F4 Pro more observations - Well it’s still very much early days for me with the Olympus set up, and I still have a nice warm glow about the system. Thus far my only gripe is the au...
3 months ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 23 May 2017, Macedonia. - My wife and I made our almost annual trip to Macedonia last week. It's always a chance to do some photography which, as you'll probably notice from the r...
3 months ago
Hedgeland Tales

Hobby -
4 months ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

A Certain Romance... - The breeze ruffles the tide edge into ragged waves that start to creep up the Hilbre Swash, a small channel that runs part way along the east side of the i...
4 months ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

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4 months ago
Outdoors

Why Not Croak & Coot Tag Team Competition! - Open Gardens I promised Jen Dening I would give a mention to the Open Garden event taking place this weekend at Stone Rings Close, Harrogate, so here it is...
4 months ago
Ecologica

Lightening fast responses allow birds to cope with urban noise - Animals in urban environments face many unique challenges including finding and adapting to new sources of food, coping with almost continual human disturb...
4 months ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Iron Gall Ink - Whilst working as Artist in Residence in the oak woods at Taynish, I made some drawings using Oak Gall Ink, also called Iron Gall Ink. The oak trees grow ...
4 months ago
Daily Nature Blog

UK resident orca Lulu found contaminated with ‘shocking’ levels of toxic chemical - Last year Lulu, a 20 year old female orca from the UK’s only resident population, was found dead off the Isle of Tiree, after becoming entangled in fishing...
4 months ago
DGPix Wildlife and Nature Photography

Common Sandpiper - The influx of summer migrant birds is really picking up pace now, and my local patch has now got 3 common sandpipers frequenting the shoreline.These lovely...
4 months ago
leavesnbloom

Pep Ventosa Photography Technique - The Pep Ventosa photography technique is a whole new way of seeing and depicting the flow of time with your camera. Master the technique and it will open u...
4 months ago
Owls about that then!

Blowing the cobwebs away......... - After spending most of my free time during the winter months making and erecting Barn Owl boxes and barrels I had a very welcome and overdue "owling" sessi...
4 months ago
The Naturephile

The great grey shrike - Back in January there was a report of a great grey shrike at Wicken Fen and I’d never seen one before so I decided to go and have a look. A distant tree ac...
4 months ago
Harbour Master

TRIP OUT - Trip out last night to a new site resulted in a few new moths for me small waved umber waved umber red/green carpet yellow barred brindle pale prominent
5 months ago
Murf's Wildlife

Sri Lanka 2017 (Day 4) - My sincere apologies to anyone following my blog for the delay in updating this trip report. Day 4 we were brought on an early morning safari to Horton Pl...
5 months ago
Garden Bird Year

On the move.. - Just the like the spring migrants, we are on the move.. This blog is now updated regularly on our new website www.irishgardenbirds.ie Come and see us so...
5 months ago
Spinkyblurb

Exploring wildlife through maps. - I recently completed an online course from the University of Oxford's Continuing Education Department, introducing me to the joys of GIS (Geographic Inform...
5 months ago
Oisín Duffy - Nature Notes

Small Blue - The Small Blue butterfly is the smallest species of butterfly in Ireland and also has quite a restricted range, only being found in certain areas across th...
5 months ago
Wild South London

Jack in-the-box - There was a smattering of sun through the cloud, and spring seemed to be uncoiling itself.
6 months ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Where have you been? - In the last post I touched on how some birds, despite being colour-ringed, can go long periods undetected. Well, Suzanne got another example last weekend.....
6 months ago
My Nature Notes

Rough hawkbit: the answer lies in the soil - I think it is very easy to get dismissive, jump to a conclusion and move on when you see a flower. I know I do it, I try not to but I still do. With rough ...
6 months ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

"Ay! to a bird that looked like a mouse (8th March 2017) - *Wednesday 8th March 2017 * *"Ay! to a bird that looked like a mouse"* Just like a mouse (but not a mouse) A mouse going vertical, running up a tree from...
6 months ago
An Irish Nature Journal | A Digital Journal of Irish Nature

More Shore Birds! - Last weekend my friend and I spent another day watching and counting shore birds for the I-Webs survey here in Kerry. The weather was relatively came after...
6 months ago
A Day In the Life of a Wildlife Artist

This blog has moved - Thank you for following me! Please note this blog has now moved to: http://www.robertefuller.com/diary/ Click on the link to keep on following me. www.ro...
6 months ago
George's wonderful wildlife report

A whale of a time. - Hello and welcome after a very, very long time to my latest publication. I have recently spent two months on the road with my brother taking in some of the...
6 months ago
Jenny McLaren- art, fieldnotes & findings

Stories to tell..... - "Old Forest above Gairloch" ⒸJenny McLaren 2017 SOLD At the end of 2014 I stopped regularly posting on this blog. I never felt I found my "authentic voice...
6 months ago
Wild Sight

Nature’s Canvas - It was a gift that kept on giving. I was captivated by its endless variety and unpredictability, and the fact that I can remember it decades later shows w...
7 months ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

Komorebi (木漏れ日): Sunshine filtering through the trees. - There is a Japanese term “Komorebi”, for which no simple English translation exists. Yet it is a distinct phenomenon, that anyone who spends time among t...
7 months ago
Ecology Liz's Blog

Blog Reopened & Update - So, I’m back! A lot has changed in my life over the last few months while I’ve had my blog closed. I’ve started studying filmmaking, and it has become my ...
7 months ago
European Trees

Britain the Best Place in the World for a Non Woodland Tree Safari – but come quick! - For those interested in large land mammals a safari in the Serengeti would be among the top locations in the world to visit, for those interested in sea-li...
7 months ago
Barcode Ecology

2017 Wildlife Resolutions - After last year’s mixed success of completing my resolutions, I am going to not aim quite so high – but I am still going to set myself 17 resolutions for...
7 months ago
naturestimeline

A kind winter thus far in the UK - What a difference a year makes. Winter 2015/16 when compared to winter 2016.17 is so vastly different. Find out more here at naturestimeline.com Continue r...
8 months ago
Ben Porter Wildlife Photography

I've moved! - I have decided to move my blog over to wordpress, for a variety of reasons, although am having issues redirecting the address. Consequently, if you'd like ...
8 months ago
Beetle Boy's BioBlog

Dinosaurs: how they lived and evolved, book review - For Christmas, I got a variety of great zoology and paleontology books, but probably one of the best that I got is *Dinosaurs: How They Lived And Evolved*,...
8 months ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

27th to 31st December 2016 - Madeira - There were a couple of other days out birding and a trip to Gran Canaria before the end of the year but none of these produced much so I've skipped them in...
8 months ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

In Search of the Lynx - A couple of weeks ago I did a first and embarked on a Naturetrek holiday, so an organised group holiday with guides etc.. Expectations were high but that's...
9 months ago
Wunderkammer

Using Instagram to Incorporate Visitor Reactions - Originally posted on Hannah R.F. Hethmon: I’m currently on holiday in London for two weeks. Of course, as a DC native living in Nashville, I miss the capit...
10 months ago
The Liverbirder

Still 'Ere - Still birding, still focusing on the patch and still doing a bit of twitching if a Lifer appears. So far this year I've added: Penduline Tit 22/03/2016 Sal...
10 months ago
from the robin's nest...

Goat or grey? - A common question I ask myself is when encountering a willow with non-lanceolate shaped leaves would be: is it goat or grey willow? To confuse matters ev...
10 months ago
The Monday Pod

Lee Filters SW150 mark II filter holder with a 14-24mm and a big stopper - Last weekend I finally took my newly ordered Lee Filters SW150 mark II filter holder along with a big stopper out on a test. My Nikon 14-24mm is my favouri...
10 months ago
Views of the Ock

Views of the Kennall Vale - Whilst it is great to live somewhere where there are endangered and charismatic animals like water voles ( http://viewsoftheock.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/...
10 months ago
daphnegoeswildindevon

How extraordinary the ordinary can be... - I’ve been very preoccupied lately with tasks, with health concerns, with visitors, with my own visits to people, with just daily routine really, and I wa...
11 months ago
The Things Around Me

The firsts of spring - 20th March As the vernal equinox arrives and the changing of the clocks approaches, it is impossible not to take each seasonal event as a sign. The evidenc...
11 months ago
The Barley Bird-er

Back in the Bay of Biscay - September 2016 - There is not a year that goes by without me taking a trip out on the open water in search of seabirds and cetaceans. This year I chose Biscay, and a late s...
11 months ago
Will's Wildlife

A rare spot of birding - I used to think of myself as a bit of a birder, then I was a birder who looked at other wildlife, and these days it's the other wildlife that I look at mos...
11 months ago
Tales of the City

Fin. - I've been blogging here for many years now – since before I had anything published; before I even started writing a book. Fragments of things I wrote here ...
1 year ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

A late flurry - Some friendly September weather did seem to bring out a small flurry of late emergences in some species who had a tough year like small coppers. Finger’s c...
1 year ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) captured mid-hover during an enjoyable afternoon spent at the International Centre for Birds of Prey in Newent, Gloucestershire...
1 year ago
WildChild Scotland

Mull Hen Harrier Day 2016 - Mull Hen Harrier Day 2016 Sunday 7th found us braving the very autumnal weather for the second year running on Mull. We were one of 12 national events acr...
1 year ago
Birds and a brew...

Summer update! - It's been a while since my last post... I have been busy! Here is a quick photo update from life on Arran.
1 year ago
A Small Field Called Ellers Meadow

Summer - We have passed the longest day so I think I can finally say summer is here! It has been a while since my last blog so I thought I would give a bit of a upd...
1 year ago
Murmuration

Bat Out Of Hell - Image: Jo SinclairI saw a bat evacuate its attic in the blazing light of day. It flew rapidly back and forth, looking uncertain of the way back in, then s...
1 year ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

The lonely ringlet, and other garden tales - Once upon a time, in a wild garden in the heart of Cornwall, there lived a ringlet. The hero of our tale loved to bask in the sunshine, spreading his velve...
1 year ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

lapwings - No, I have never seen lapwings on the lane, but there are plenty on Saunder Height. Or at least there were. 50+ of them, regularly, year after year. Not th...
1 year ago
Red on Wight

- I do not often come across Reds, but recently while in Bouldnor Forest this one made itself known.While keeping its distance and up the safety of the conif...
1 year ago
Garden 65

Unseen - I had an erotic dream about Chris Packham the other night. You know it's Springwatch time when you dream of Chris Packham. Not that in my waking hours I...
1 year ago
Heart of Wild

30DaysWild – a week of pure joy - A few days ago I was asked by the BBOWT (Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust) to write a guest post on a week of my activities for 30DaysWild, here […]
1 year ago
The Thrifty Magpies Nest

Birds nest in my wood this year - Discovering bird nests is one of my favourite spring past times and each year Ian, my step dad, and I seek out as many as we can in the wood. We have a ...
1 year ago
Wild Nottingham

NWT City Group June activities - The Notts Wildlife Trust City Local Group have several activities planned during June… Saturday 4th June – 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. Practical work party. Rem...
1 year ago
Wild up North

Red-backed Shrike at St Marys. - A male Red-backed Shrike made a brief appearance at St Marys, Whitley Bay today.
1 year ago
Irish Wildlife - Blog

Dublin Bay - When I was younger I read a book called The Day Sea Rolled back. Today it seemed like the sea had rolled all the way to the horizon. Dublin Bay was awa...
1 year ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

You never stop learning! - Originally posted on naturestimeline: You never stop learning, well I also never stop undertaking my own research or following that of others. This post is...
1 year ago
Natural Communicator

Elements Of Nature: An afternoon with artist Carol Sinclair - Carol Sinclair's website portfolio Enjoy a studio visit, artist talk and nature walk at the home and studio of sculptor Carol Sinclair. Hear how nature ...
1 year ago
Herts Nature

Contoh Proposal Kegiatan Sekolah Terbaru 2016 -
1 year ago
Alan Tilmouth

The Last Eagle - It started with a question, 'has anyone seen the eagle?' followed by the long-expecetd news that England's last remaining resident Golden Eagle at Haweswat...
1 year ago
Photographing Dabbling Ducks

Gardening for Bumblebees - Spring is upon us and animals are emerging from hibernation. Our gardens are suddenly filled with impossibly loud buzzing from the tiniest creatures, but t...
1 year ago
Steel City Birding

Chandeliers for Elegant Home Decor - No other single item can compare with a crystal chandelier when it comes to adding a sense of elegance and formality to a living space. From the days wh...
1 year ago
Cranfield's Wildlife Blog

dragons have awoken in New Alresford -
1 year ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

New season, new look? - After success of my local patch blog's move to Wordpress, ( oakbytherifepatch.wordpress.com) this blog is following! Inspired by the new season, I too am ...
1 year ago
Wild Wanderings

Walking With Wolves - A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to walk with wolves in Cartmel, Lake District courtesy of Predator Experience. This walk was based just two mil...
1 year ago
The Heartwood Blog

Mobile Sawmill at Buckland Filleigh, Devon - Mobile Sawmill We’re now able to provide customers with locally sawn timber using our Peterson Winch Production Frame mobile sawmill, our goal is to help...
1 year ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Beetle Gallery (Coleoptera) - British Beetles…British Beetles….British Beetles…..British Beetles…..British Beetles Any Art work may be purchased by going back to the Homepage and cl...
1 year ago
Wild Life

Spurge-laurel - Came across this growing by the side of a path on our way to the Half Moon in Plumpton. It also caught the eye of our friend who was vi...
1 year ago
The Rambling Ecologist

Te Araroa 10: Te Anau to Bluff - Morning all, Welcome to the final installment (baring some random additional content if I think of anything worth writing about) of my Te Araroa journey, f...
1 year ago
Tales from Fox Cottage and The Bee Hive Studio

- The Sounds of Spring Stirrings It was a rather overcast but dry day in February, about a fortnight ago. That morning found me and my two dogs walking u...
1 year ago
Jake's Bones

All good things... - I've been blogging now at least once a week for six years and seven months, and this is my 416th blog post here. It's been an exhausting, brilliant and ama...
1 year ago
Marilyn's Wildlife Diary

Listing update and resolutions for 2016 - I have just updated my list and have realised that while I did not add much during 2015, there are still some big holes in it. For example I attended an F...
1 year ago
Wild Valleys

Daudebardia rufa - Been itching to get out with the Glamorgan Fungus Group ever since it was reformed back in April 2014. Not only for the fungi but a chance to find new site...
1 year ago
Wild Reviews

Criminalising natural curiosity - We’re so far detached from nature that we no longer allow adults or children to connect. We’re a no touch, ‘no can do’ species these days and we’re doing a...
1 year ago
Once Upon

Besmirched Birch - Stop press. You know how I mentioned that I had valiantly 'taken on' an allotment plot, yes, remember?....ok..one of the attractive features of this par...
1 year ago
At Home With Urban Nature

BTO: Goldfinch feeding survey - [image: Goldfinches by Paul Newton] Goldfinches by Paul Newton. Submit your resultsfor the Goldfinch Survey *"Like you, we love watching Goldfinches. You tel...
1 year ago
Oscar Dewhurst Wildlife Photography

Looking back at 2015 - 2015 was another year where my photography was sporadic, mainly due to university commitments where I was doing my second year at Durham. In fact my first ...
1 year ago
21st Century Naturalist

The First Irish Trees - The wettest winter on record has finally brought us a cold snap. Temperatures that were touching the mid-teens have finally reverted to the winter norm and...
1 year ago
Micro moths of Kent

50 not out - A few more early stage searches over the weekend, around home and Barham Downs/Higham Park, has brought my year list to 50 species, my quickest half centur...
1 year ago
Doorstep Birding

New Year Flower Hunt - 1st January 2016 The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland invites people every year to undertake a New Year Plant survey. The idea is to find as many f...
1 year ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

Bird on a stick -
1 year ago
Compare the Marsh Tit

Home - On a ridge above the Himalayan hamlet of Ulley a snow leopard walks through deep snow. The asiatic ibex on the next ridge stare in alarm but return to gra...
1 year ago
Jason Ridge Photography

New - A new website deserves a new lens and some new photographs. Hello, welcome to my brand new website and blog. As you can see i have completely re-designed t...
1 year ago
Wings and Things

Fracking idiots - Yesterday the Bullingdon club and associates (parliament) voted through a change in legislation to allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to take place ...
1 year ago
Hemel Birding

JACK SNIPE, 29+ COMMON SNIPE, RAVEN, LESSER REDPOLL, & 5 RED KITES & 2 BUZZARDS up together, at Great Gaddesden N of Hemel Garden Centre. -
1 year ago
Duckwoman's Diary

I only ever get pigeons! - People are always coming to tell me that they put out food to attract birds but they only ever get pigeons. If this sounds like you then you'll be pleased ...
1 year ago
The Occasional Birder

Scotland 2015 Part 2 - Fort William and beyond - Back on the mainland, and we headed to Fort William for the next stage of our trip where we had one destination in mind, Allt Mhuic. About 20 minutes out...
1 year ago
Austin Thomas Photography - Blog

This years Photographic Safari to Kenya was a roaring success… - I am recently back from my 2015 trip to the Maasai Mara where once again, the wildlife and photographic opportunities did not disappoint. Leopards galore, ...
1 year ago
Nature North East

Moving On! - My journey, it seems, has come to an untimely end, on Google Blogger at least. I am very pleased to announce my Nature North East website is now officially...
1 year ago
Roby Milling

It's Raining DNA, Hallelujah - Common Vetch Rosebay Willow Herb Broad leaved Dock The fact that ‘Wild Flowers’ are so called tells us a lot about the way we view nature. They are named ...
1 year ago
Blog Natur y Draenog Gwyrdd

Curlew - 30th August Nevern Estuary - high tide sunny, dry I saw a Curlew here just where the left bank meets the river. It flew off eventually with a 'curlew' ca...
2 years ago
wirral bird

Ferns - Each evening I followed the same routine – alight the train, walk down the narrow passageway, cross the road, follow the pavement to a T junction, turn rig...
2 years ago
Trent Valley Beetles

Cynthia and Erica - Picture says it all, Budby Heath Nottinghamshire, *Cynthia cardui* on Heather, Also photographs of Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshell feeding on the heather ...
2 years ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

Cresswell & Snab Point (23rd August 2015) - Great weather so Mrs Y and I decided to have a quick trip up the coast, trying to avoid the crowds. First up went spent 30 minutes at Snab Point, although...
2 years ago
Ben's Birds and Beastly Bugs

Summer update - Sorry I have not posted for a while. Here are a some photos that I have taken in different places over the last few months. All are taken in France apart ...
2 years ago
Wildlife Conservation

Anti Hunting - 'Trophy' Hunting, Hunting for 'Sport' - [image: Cecil - Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe by Vince O] [image: Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic License] by Vi...
2 years ago
Victoria Hillman Nature Photography Blog

Maltese Wall Lizards - As I was writing my post about our trip to Gozo earlier in the year I realised that I did in fact take a lot of photos of Maltese wall lizards (*Podarcis f...
2 years ago
Hedge Britannia

Freeman’s Wood, Lancaster - I’ve just been contacted by John Angus about a really interesting project on land ownership near Lancaster: I will let him explain and give the link: I am ...
2 years ago
Holywell Birding

30 Days of Wild - Day 10 - Patch - Having a patch is where it all began for me, starting from the bottom up, learning the basics, learning the patterns of annual cycles and seasons, and t...
2 years ago
Birding Blog

Beautiful Bluebells - Visited a local woodland a few weeks ago to photograph the bluebells.
2 years ago
Beyond the Riverbank

Gran Canaria: Sharks, Sun Cream & Cats - Sun cream. The first day of the trip to Gran Canaria to find and hopefully film angel sharks, included the need to rub sun cream into the three bald patc...
2 years ago
The Den of Wild Intrigue

The Enrapture of Nature and True Love - What does it take to be effortlessly stolen away from ‘yourself’; to not just be passively content, but to be enraptured? To feel that child-like, mischiev...
2 years ago
Gillian Dinsmore’s Bird Ringing Blog

Eggciting News! - [image: WP_20150507_031] The gulls seem to be picking up the pace now down at the main study site for The Galloway Common Gull Study. After checking a se...
2 years ago
The Wilder Garden

Slow going - The great thing about a blog is that it becomes your memory. Mine isn't great, and I lose track of time. So, I can remember taking out the last of the Leya...
2 years ago
The Natural Stone

Cambodia and Bangkok - Now it's fair to say this was not an exclusively wildlife oriented break. Cambodia, and in particular Siem Reap, is famous for its Khmer temples and I was ...
2 years ago
Myky Speaks

Why I Do - Well, it’s been a while. Over a year in fact. A lot has happened in that time, both good and bad. I’m not going to bore you by going through it all, suffic...
2 years ago
Matt Gould's Wildlife Photography

Toad in a pond - I am currently house sitting for a month and I am surrounded by cool and interesting wildlife, on the first evening I saw a deer in the garden (which had g...
2 years ago
Liz Morrison's Wildlife Conservation Blog | The joyful ramblings of a budding conservation ecologist!

In Anticipation of Spring. - Last week took us to the end of February and with it the end of the woodland work that we routinely carry out in winter on the Pitsford reserve, avoiding d...
2 years ago
Parus

Very. Slow. Progress. - So February ends (or will have done by the next opportunity I'll have to raise bins) and I'm halfway to my projected "oh fuck it" date. During February I a...
2 years ago
In the Countryside

Our place in nature - There has been much discussion over the years about our place within the natural world; are we part of nature or apart from it? Some authors have suggested...
2 years ago
Wild About...

Box End Park WeBS: 18/01/2015 - It was Great Duck Hunt day in Bedfordshire so everyone was out counting wildfowl at the local waterways. This is done to try to get an overall view of the ...
2 years ago
Tarka Challenge

Lesser Stag Beetle - Whilst I was collecting the eggs from my chickens I noticed this small beetle lying dead on the floor, so I picked it up and brought it to my desk to s...
2 years ago
The Official Blog of British Wildlife

British Wildlife Publishing & Bloomsbury – An Announcement - Hello, A very happy new year to you all. Before returning to normal service with posts about all aspects of British natural history and wildlife, we have a...
2 years ago
Birdie Num Num

Woodnook, Season 3, Episode 1. - *30/11/2014 - Wentworth, Woodnook* By heck it was good to be back ringing at Woodnook this morning! Gorgeous sunrise on what could have been a Spring morn...
2 years ago
Wild About Bungay

Autumn bouquet - Castle Hills, Bungay October 17th, 2014 These photos of Castle Hills were taken in mid October, when several wild flowers were still in bloom, including Bu...
2 years ago
Mid Cheshire Barn Owls

Late Second Brood - A late brood of Barn Owls was ringed this afternoon which matched the record of 2013 as the latest brood that I have ringed; unlike last year though when t...
2 years ago
Wild Times

Hoopoe - Despite a howling gale, I was pleased to be able to capture some pleasing images of this marvellous bird - a first for the village.
2 years ago
Joe Wynn Photography

Scilly Birding - I'll refrain from using the obvious pun for the duration of this post, which I can assure you is no mean feat of self-restraint. I planned to visit the Isl...
2 years ago
Life's Grandeur

Dipping out - I think it's about time I made it official and placed this website in indefinite hiatus. ‘Life's Grandeur’ is a cool domain name, so I might well return to...
3 years ago
The Lilac Grove

Hot, Hot, Hot - What a warm couple of weeks! It's been lovely and has brought out lots of moths and insects which is wonderful it see. But it can also cause problems. The ...
3 years ago
A Warbler A Day

June/July Highlights - I’m sorry about the lack of updates recently. The World Cup and a busy time at work have rather got in the way. I have managed to get some nature walks in ...
3 years ago
GJGPhotography

Summer catch up - Hi – I’ve rather neglected my blog, and my website this year, so this is just a short word to say that I have been taking a break from the camera while I t...
3 years ago
The Bristol Wildlife Blog

The Uskmouth Savi’s Warbler - A Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) at the RSPB’s Uskmouth Nature Reserve has now entered the third week of its stay. The bird was found by Mathew M...
3 years ago
natureoncam

Alaska, western Canada and the Rockies - A trip overview - From the 5th of May until yesterday the 4th of June, I have been travelling through the places as shown above by cruise liner, ferry boat and RV better kno...
3 years ago
Steve's Birding And Wildlife Blog

The Big Count....MSQ,Sunday 18.05.2014. - As the title suggests i was hoping for a big count of Odonata on my visit to the Sand Quarries today and didn't fair too badly with the most Hairy's record...
3 years ago
Downland Views

Lambing 2014 - As promised a post about this year's lambing... With many hours of hard work and 4 am starts I am proud to say there are now 46 healthy, happy lambs runnin...
3 years ago
Bogbumper

Boops boops - I was feeling sad until I found out that there's a fish with the Latin name Boops boops — Amy Schwartz (@lizardschwartz) April 26, 2014
3 years ago
Natural Ramblings

Ten Thousand Birds ornithology since Darwin by Tim Burkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie Book review - Ten Thousand Birds Ornithology since Darwin By Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie Those of you that know me, know Im passionate about wildlife pa...
3 years ago
The Hardy Green Project

Where the Chaff are the Finches?? - There hasn't been too much activity in the garden recently, the Sunflower Hearts are being eaten mostly by great, blue and coat tits, who don't like stayin...
3 years ago
The Museum of Curiosities

Programming swarm intelligence - Incidentally, exploring swarm intelligence isn't terribly difficult if you know a bit of programming... when I was experimenting with it, I just used VBA a...
3 years ago
Natural Adventures

Simon King Wildlife - Having not posted for a while I thought I would do an update on the project I am currently working on. I have recently started working as an assistant for ...
3 years ago
Wiltshire Wildlife - Morgan's Hill

@WiltsWildlife - Winter Scrub Clearance in Morgan's Hill Quarry - This winter has, so far, been relatively mild, but there is still an awful lot of work to do up on the reserve. Because of the difficulty in getting cattle...
3 years ago
Beyond the Human Eye

An insect bibliophile - *I found this little insect, which is less than two millimetres long, in a bag of walnuts imported from France. It's a psocid, commonly known as a booklo...
3 years ago
The Isle of May NNR blog

The Isle of May NNR blog is moving to a new site - The Isle of May blog was Scotland's first National Nature Reserve blog and has been so successful that other National Nature Reserves are following our...
3 years ago
Birds, Bees and Outer Hebrides

Marsh Sandpiper on North Uist, 30th December 2013 - On the afternoon of 30th December whilst out birding with John Kemp we came across an odd, medium sized wader in a flood pool on the machair near Kyles Pai...
3 years ago
Imogen's Attic.... an artist's online sketchbook

- Hello all, just to let you know I have been very busy working under my own name of Jenny McLaren- and because working under two names is getting a bit com...
3 years ago
Ian McCall

Autumn beach - Autumn colours on the beach this afternoon. Walked to where the kids gather and light fires. It’s a nice south facing spot. And there are great views over ...
3 years ago
Alcester Nature Photography

Backlit Teasels - Quick picture of some backlit Teasels, I quite liked the lens flare it added some interest to the picture (IMHO). A Goldfinch feeding on them would have ...
3 years ago
Earthfast Images

New fungi photos - I've updated the 'Fungi' section of my portfolio. Recent additions include 'Porcelain Fungus' and 'Giant Puffball'. See www.rogerbutterfield.co.uk/fungi [...
3 years ago
Wild Places Blog

25th September, Camino de Santiago, Azofra to Santo Domingo de Calzada, 15.2km - A pleasant but felt like a long walk to the very bizarre small town of Cirueña – the first cafe stop of the day. Cirueña seems to be made up of deserted ho...
3 years ago
Back Garden Wildlife

Resilient Nature - I really enjoy this time of year in a temperate climate where nature provides a bounty for all to enjoy. My back garden is full of apples at the moment. ...
4 years ago
Flora Cantiaci

An unusual conglomeration of wildflowers - I've been staying in Bridgnorth this week. Looking north-east from High Town you can see a bare cliff, called, unimaginatively, High Rock. A walk up clearl...
4 years ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

POND - ALDERFLY?
4 years ago
Bernwood Forest Bechstein's Project

Bernwood Forest Bechstein's Project 2013 - Another year and another season getting to know our local Bechstein's bats. We've spent the winter getting data sorted and embarking on new projects as we...
4 years ago
Birding in Over

An afternoon at the lakes - Here are a few photos from a couple of hours that I spent walking around the lakes, whilst Holly was at the Wildlife Explorers group. Egyptian goose - one ...
4 years ago
The Hesitant Weasel...

SNOW BOARING#2 the night they came home… - Early morning, its not quite dark and its far from warm – but the wild is a hardy beast, so off we go, pre brekkers to get the traps back (regular readers ...
4 years ago
Naturanaute

How much biodiversity on a roadside? - I have been obsessed by roadbanks and escarpments since travelling to South-East Asia. Walking in the rainforest, you can’t help but be amazed by the diver...
4 years ago
Wolvobirder's Nature Blog

Highgate Common, Belvide and garden birds - *7th to 14th April 2013* Apologies for the long absence. I managed to get out and about a bit last week to do a spot of bird watching and grabbed some pho...
4 years ago
ShySongbird's Nature News

Small Signs of Spring - As the weather here in the UK has been bad for so long I haven't had many opportunities to get out with the camera but I thought I would post some of the...
4 years ago
Wild Watching

Some more otterel - The poet Keats does not mention otters in his light-hearted doggerel dedicated to the river Teign (shown below as it looked today). Their absence from Ke...
4 years ago
Lockington Moth News

Moths of Lincolnshire - [image: Bookmark and Share] [image: Nature Blog Network] Click here to return to Moth News [image: Robinson Trap Blacklight] Robinson Trap with 26W CFL ...
4 years ago
A Walk on the Wild Side

New Post, New Images and Imminent Floods! - It's been a long time since I posted on here... but I have spent today loading lots of new photos onto the pages of this blog.... so that now, if you tak...
4 years ago
Lighthouse Journal

- We've moved! As many of you know, we're now the Wardens of Skokholm Island. It's a fantastic place, Britain's first Bird Observatory, home to Britain's den...
4 years ago
According to GaiaBird

Secret ministry - This morning we stepped out into a bright wintry landscape, every branch, blade of grass and building sheathed in a fine layer of frost. Small birds jostle...
4 years ago
Urban Tails

A Year in Trees- part I - Since moving to Scotland and hearing about the majestic Caledonian Pine Forests I have rediscovered my love of trees. Learning about trees is possibly one ...
4 years ago
Feral Pigeon Project

We’ve moved!! Come and join us on our new website. - Hi folks, Just a quicky to say that the Feral Pigeon Project has MOVED! We now have our own dedicated website and blog and we’d love you to join us there. ...
4 years ago
Wildlife of Breen Oakwood

Cock Pheasant - * * * * * * * * * To learn more about *Pheasants*, visit *RSPB ~ Pheasants* * * * * * * * * *
4 years ago
Graham Hush

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
4 years ago
Borstal Heath Wildlife Blog

Ash Panic - Maure Juana is our treasured Borstal Heath hippy – bless her. She was middle aged in the 60s but is still peddling the peace and love, even though a littl...
4 years ago
Wildlife Imaging Blog

Combe Hill Wildlife - First Bramblings of the year. - Over the weekend we had our first Bramblings visit us this winter and also again today. Both times it was a couple of females with no sign of a male yet. N...
4 years ago
IOW Birder

Red Squirrels V Buzzards: A Dilema ... - Hi everyone, Ive just received an e-mail from BBC South, who are following up reports of buzzard attacks on red squirrels, here on the island. They are do...
4 years ago
Big Cat Detective

Muntjac sniffing about. HD with sound..Pt 3 -
4 years ago
Writes for nature

A sign of the times - It is the autumn equinox today. The day the the Equator teeters beneath the Sun before the Earth tips our northern lands over into the darker days. And wha...
4 years ago
The Happy Conservationist

Survey photos... - And finally some photographs from my surveying exploits... Peacock butterfly (*Inachis io*) Common Darter (*Sympetrum striolatum*) Dark Bush-cricket (male)...
5 years ago
Pod's World

HERE ENDETH THE FIRST CHAPTER - *THAT'S ALL FROM THE POD'S WORLD BLOG FOLKS...* *MY NEW BLOG ENTITLED POD'S WORLD 2 CAN BE FOUND AT...* *www.patchbirder2.blogspot.com* *A BIG THANK YOU T...
5 years ago
kirkstall creatures great and small

North Cave Wetlands (2) - More sightings from North Cave Wetlands, nice to see this *Common Blue* butterfly as I've seen so few this year. Although *Brown Argus* are present at N...
5 years ago
Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow

Meadow changing from yellow to purple and pink - The meadow is now changing from mainly yellow and white to purple pink and white . The Ox Eye Daisies have now gone to seed as has the Birds Foot Trefoi...
5 years ago
One Step Beyond

A Familiar, Slipper and Birds Eye - [image: P1060359] *Lady’s Slipper Orchid (part of the reintroduction programme)* Officially declared extinct in 1917 due to over zealous Victorian co...
5 years ago
A Scientist in the Making

Salamandrus - All hail the newt God Salamandrus! He is kind and provides the exquisite harvest of Triturus cristatus when you least expect it, He is vengeful withholding...
5 years ago
ticehurst moths

Barred Umber - My 2012 spring visit to the Weald was so cold and wet that I did not record any moths. But whilst looking for something else I have just found this phot...
5 years ago
The Northumberland Naturalist

Mull Birds - During my recent tour of the west coast of Scotland, I spent an enjoyable six days on Mull. My list of birds for the sixteen days I was away numbered eight...
5 years ago
Nature Writing Notes

Swallows & Swifts - Swallow & butterfly motifs - Hirano Shrine, Kyoto, Japan. There’s something special about swallows. I’m not quite sure what it is: that they migr...
5 years ago
Islay Birder

12th May,2012. - This site is no longer in use. Please see http://www.birdingodyssey.blogspot.com/ for all entries and sign up as a Follower.. Many thanks, John Ar...
5 years ago
Beyond the Tweets

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5 years ago
The Malvern Birder

New Site - New Blog - New Blog - I've now incorporated my blog with my new site. The blog here now will be closed - I thought it was about time I started writing about my outin...
5 years ago
Garden Birds

Parklife - It’s been a while since we updated this blog. In autumn of 2011, we moved from the house, where over several years we turned a garden that when we first a...
5 years ago
Sandy Wildlife

Valediction - Hello and thank you to everybody who has visited my Sandy Wildlife blog. I've recently moved from Bedfordshire to East Kent, so the time has come for me t...
5 years ago
Stand and Stare

As I was saying... - My, how time flies when you are not having fun. Now...where was I? Oh yes - rhynchokinesis - otherwise known as handy-bendy-beak syndrome. I have touch...
5 years ago
Birding On Wheels

Canada Goose, Branta canadendus , enigma - In last autumn I had been at one of my favourite spots along the bay, when I heard a lot of noise and saw a of Geese arriving and spotted them lan...
5 years ago
Norfolk'n Birds

how wordpress sells your soul - Do you use wordpress to blog? Thought it a little less contentious than the ever-expanding über information-hoarder that is google/blogger? WordPress wo...
5 years ago
Phil Coles - Natural History Blog

- The view from the Worminghall home office window – January 24th 2012! This is a first for me but certainly not for others; Siskin ( Carduelis spinus - http:...
5 years ago
Accidental Nature

Secret Seals of the South East - Recently I was a guest presenter on BBC 2’S Autumnwatch, tracking down the secret seals of the South East. This population of grey and common seals, ran...
5 years ago
Clewer Garden Diary

A few birds feeding in our garden - This female blackcap (sylvia atricapilla) was feeding on honeysuckle berries outside our dining room window. and we have had a robin on our fat feeder and ...
5 years ago
Life On An Oxfordshire Lawn

Two Noctuidae Moths - The Square Spot Rustic and The Setaceous Hebrew Character - I am an amateur naturalist trying to discover everything living in my garden. Some time ago I blogged (here and here for example) my homebuilt mothtrap. I...
5 years ago
Beneath the Stream

Owl vs. Goose: Winner Takes All - Our perception of the natural world continues to take its place as the virtue that divides mankind. But what these perceptions represent has changed and ...
5 years ago
Focus On Wildlife

Trench Wood - More Butterflies - At this time of year at Trench Wood the rides are lined with Scabious in full flower and the insects flock to the abundant flower heads to feed, especia...
6 years ago
Scottish Wildlife Blog

Kildonan, Isle of Arran - On this visit to Kildonan I went rockpooling and focused primarily on photographing the denizens of the deep! This blog entry is divided into shore sectio...
6 years ago
Penny Bun

How Blipfoto changed my life - for 50 days. - I've been neglecting my blog again, but this time I think I have a slightly better excuse than usual. Last time I mentioned that I was aiming to try to pho...
6 years ago
The Badger's Eye

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