UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers: June 2012

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Midmarsh Jottings

Andrena Solitary Bee? - At first I couldn't make my mind up whether this was a bee or a fly. Size - a bit smaller and slimmer than a honey bee. [image: IMG_9032c] [image: IMG_9030...
25 minutes ago
Wilden Marsh

Grass about to disperse its pollen. - Sunrise: 05.01 am Sunset: 09.43 pm
48 minutes ago
Birding with Flowers

RSPB Blacktoft in June - On Tuesday we went to RSPB Blacktoft Sands, where we were promised Bearded Tits in abundance. We set off for Marshland hide first where 3 smart Spotted Re...
2 hours ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Ober Water - Such is the lateness of the season that I’ve left it until now to take my first full traverse of Ober Water. A warm, humid yet overcast day with very littl...
2 hours ago
Esticadinho Nature

Beetles take centre stage - The discovery of not only one, but two Scarce Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus was the highlight of a long weekend at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire. So...
8 hours ago
A Warbler A Day

Where are the butterflies? - After a grey weekend I hoped that with the weather warming up a bit there would be butterflies and dragonflies galore around when I walked round Testwood L...
8 hours ago
BirdPoem

Boom: Emptying the Skies trailer - I'm excited to see Jonathan Franzen's documentary about the horrific annual slaughter of birds in the Mediterranean making its fist appearances. He chose t...
9 hours ago
UK Wildlife

Wide angle emperor dragonfly and reed warbler - I started off today with a trip into town and had the rest of the morning to head to RSPB West Canvey Marshes. Or so I thought until I hit yet another stan...
9 hours ago
Woodlouse House

Bennison Peonies - Bennison Peonies is a small nursery specialising in Peony Roses. They are open this weekend to allow visitors to wander round their planting area and cu...
9 hours ago
The Isle of May NNR blog

Seabird open day 2013 - Seabirds! We had our annual Seabird day on Sunday. All boats were full which was hardly surprising considering the line up we had! We all got our fac...
10 hours ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Great Black Backed Gull - This is a picture I have tried to get may times, its ne [...]
10 hours ago
The Magpie's Hoard

Moonwort [Flickr] - Roger B. posted a photo: [image: Moonwort] Moonwort (*Botrychium lunaria*). Photographed near Sheldon, Derbyshire.
10 hours ago
FABirding

Nesting Avocet. - A very lonely *Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)* nesting on the sea defence shingle bank at Cley, Norfolk. *FAB.*
10 hours ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Butterflies and Dragonflies Article in Digital SLR Magazine - I'm pleased to have a 5 page article on dragonfly and butterfly photography in the latest issue of Digital SLR magazine (Issue 81, July). The article is ai...
11 hours ago
NI Bird Pics

Bill Guiller - Hen Harrier -
11 hours ago
Chiddys Blog

RETURN OF THE SEDGE - made a brief vist to this very obliging sedge warbler same place as yesterday not the the one from the last post so rattled of a few shots which i must adm...
11 hours ago
Brian's Birding Blog

The reeds of Rainham - Rainham marsh is my nearest RSPB reserve being just a ten minute drive away but I don't visit anywhere near enough so today I made the trip and walked the ...
12 hours ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

The Last Splash.... - (Following on from *CalCun* Rock) I’m still reeling from the direct hit of Knot dropping, I look around to see what has caused the panic, but I already kn...
12 hours ago
Purbeck Footprints

The Wild Side of Purbeck - I am knee deep in prints and frames, but really looking to this.
13 hours ago
the katsura tree | the world outside your window

I like weeds - [image: 20130618-193338.jpg]
13 hours ago
Birding the day away!

Avocet ~ Oare Marsh, Kent - 16.06.13 - *I always shoot prime 500 mainly because my combo of 1DmkIIn & 500L just didn't perform with a 1.4x and always at iso 400 any higher and your in a sand st...
13 hours ago
Bill's Birding

Storm Petrels on Mousa - Arriving back at Sumburgh airport on the afternoon of the 25th, I'd managed to pull together a last-minute bed and breakfast for a couple more days on the ...
13 hours ago
Tricia's Tales

A long overdue visit to Denmans Gardens - A visit to the Dentist this morning - got the all clear :D that's that then for another 6 months :D The so where to this afternoon? It was cloudy but brig...
14 hours ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Mystery Micro-moth - * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Can anyone ID thi...
15 hours ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Speckled Bush-cricket nymph - And in the front garden on mint, a Speckled Bush-cricket nymph...
15 hours ago
Steve's Birding And Wildlife Blog

Tophill Low....what a day,16.06.2013. - Another early start today saw Chris and myself travelling over the Humber into gods own country again,this time visiting the excellent Yorkshire water rese...
18 hours ago
Country Corners

Serendipity - I passed my exam and as a reward, took myself off to Bevercotes Pit Wood for a walk in the sunshine. My plan was to take some photos of the high grass in ...
18 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

Copeland Island Visited Part 5 - Today I am showing you the Gulls that both Stefan Greif and myself came across on Lighthouse Island. The 3 photos below are from Stefan. There were very ...
19 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Tuesday 18th June - Last night the Tawny Owl (of unknown origin) was heard to call at 18:40 at Castle Ward, but was not seen (David Stirling) A Corncrake was calling near Stew...
21 hours ago
An English Wood

Germander Speedwell (gallery) - Veronica chamaedrys, bountiful on [...]
21 hours ago
Wildlife Conservation: Heart of the Levels Wildlife Group

Batty Piece , a natural meadow in Somerset - The excitement of finding "ordinary" nature prospering in our meadow nature reserve. Two visits over the last two days have found a Small Blue and Large S...
21 hours ago
Ecology Escapades

Walking In The Countryside Is My Job! (Sometimes) - As you may have read from previous posts, being an ecologist is not always easy. However, last week saw me carrying out Extended Phase 1 Habitat surveys at...
22 hours ago
Owls about that then!

End of a friend??? - I have been waiting a few days to break the news, I was hoping that we were wrong and in the end all would be well? But sadly now we have had to resign our...
1 day ago
The Wold Ranger

Norfolk (Part 4 of 4) - Landscapes & a bit more Titchwell - Since this may be my last post for some time I have decided to focus on the photographic medium which I find the most challenging and interesting, and inde...
1 day ago
Life's Grandeur

Time-out - After an unproductive day in front of the computer yesterday, I took myself off for a short walk down Burlees Lane, up through the wood, and back home. Cont...
1 day ago
The Natural Stone

Moth pulchritude - This week has seen a significant rise in night time temperatures and the moths have responded by bouncing back with some good numbers flying in the garden....
1 day ago
Rambles with a Camera

The Magpie in my garden................................... is getting closer to the house - I have had this Magpie feeding in my garden for the past couple of weeks... ... it's a bird species I have always struggled to get close to. ...but this one...
1 day ago
The Early Birder

Blue-tailed Damselfly. - I was slow to rise and get going this morning and as a brief dip into my local patch just before midday only produced a single male Tufted Duck, Moorhen, ...
1 day ago
My Life Outside

Welsh3Peaks Challenge - Part 1 - After all the training, purchasing and planning, last weekend finally heralded the day that Team Cheese would launch itself into the history books of Welsh...
1 day ago
Cholsey Wildlife

Quiet on all fronts. - Cloudy, 19º, light to mod E, getting humid. A few visits to Lollingdon hill and very quiet just the local breeding species present and the odd *Swifts* fe...
1 day ago
Trent Valley Beetles

More Orchids - Twayblade and Common Spotted's - Twayblade - Holme Pierrepont 17th June 2013 I've been wandering around Holme Pierrepont for many years and I'm pretty confident that I've got a good eye ...
1 day ago
The Monday Pod

Better equipment does not a good photographer make! - On Saturday I had been invited to a friend’s place to photograph some badger cubs. I was very excited as I’d been trying to find some good ones to photogra...
1 day ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

Basking Sharks - Ever since moving to Cornwall, I’ve been itching to see a Basking Shark. I even fell over and hurt myself on the coast path once because I was concentratin...
1 day ago
Herts Nature

An unexpected bounty - I didn’t have great hopes for nature sightings this Sunday just gone as I had less than an hour’s active observation scheduled (during a walk to and from...
1 day ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Love my/your/our/the beach - *The Safari joined the *beach clean on the way to work this morning to do our bit to help achieve the new strict regulations. After a warm weekend we were ...
1 day ago
Views of the Ock

More whale photos.. - .. because you can't have too many pictures of these remarkable animals:
1 day ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Siggy’s back! - It’s been away for what seems an age, but finally my Sigma 500mm lens is back from the repairs and is as good as new thanks to the good people at Sigma...
1 day ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Clearance of Wildlife Habitat Investigated by Kent Police - The clearance of part of an area of outstanding natural beauty by contractors working for the National Grid is being investigated by Kent Police. ...Consulta...
1 day ago
Wildlife Matters

Mammal madness, reptile rampage, butterfly bountiful and amazing amphibians… - What with spring quickly sprinting into summer our native wildlife has come out of the wilderness with one big bang! Bumble bees, butterflies, birds and re...
1 day ago
Julie's Blog

Crimdon Dene - On Sunday 16th, my Dad and I went for a walk at Crimdon Dene, a special section of the Durham/Cleveland coast which has a nesting colony of Little Terns...
1 day ago
Bugman Jones

The curious incident of the ferret in the night-time - There was a time when I was pretty familiar with early morning BBC World Service programmes — 1996 in fact. It was part of the night-feeding routine of our...
1 day ago
A dribble of knowledge

Calling into question the accuracy of the ‘Standard Otter Survey’ - We are required to survey otters across Europe as the species has been designated as being of conservation concern, under the EU Habitats and Species Direc...
1 day ago
Notes of Nature

Silver birch - Betula pendula - Date Photographed: 06/05/2013 Location: Silverstreet Wood, Westbrook Resources: http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/birches/nbnsys0000003827 Date Photog...
1 day ago
entomacrographic

Pearly king - This little orange firecracker is a Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene, a male I believe, photographed on the 9th June at Bentley Wood. This wa...
1 day ago
In the Countryside

The Watchers - The Devil’s Punch Bowl is one of my old haunts and it is always a great delight to return here in the company of Tony Davies, who used to warden this patch...
2 days ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Weekend – including Sunday to Turnerwood - Some of my pics are possibly not very good ’cause they’re rather blurry. This is because of either the distance between me and the target or my hamhandedne...
2 days ago
indie birder

I like golf - Actually, I don’t. It’s boring. But, I’ve enjoyed visiting some golf courses recently, not least Kington Golf Club in Herefordshire last year. I’ve alway...
2 days ago
Birding Blog

Quality not Quantity - First time out for a while. Went to a survey site this morning. Didn't have very much there but we did have brilliant views of a Green Woodpecker. We also ...
2 days ago
The Wilder Garden

Nest update - All of a sudden our garage swallows are out and about. Today they've spent hours coming and going, resting when the rains is at its worst and then heading ...
2 days ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Greenfly - Discovered today that greenfly *love *fennel - oh dear, here they come! Also known as aphids they are prolific - they can be born pregnant so you can imagi...
2 days ago
Garden 65

Tiger Tiger - [image: close up of cat's eyes] Madam is back She stalks her jungle a dark mysterious place peopled with ancient statues of forgotten gods and l...
2 days ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

Couple of hoverflies - Canon 1Ds MkIII, Canon 100mm L-series prime lens, 1/320th sec, f/3.5, ISO 200 Canon 1Ds MkIII, Canon 100mm L-series prime lens, 1/320th sec, f/3.5, ISO 200
2 days ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Beauty in the common - NOW is the peak for the summer's common spotted orchids; they're at their brightest and in full flower on many meadows and byways. Roadsides are full of o...
2 days ago
Tarka Challenge

Reed Warbler - A Reed Warbler warbling at Parc Slip
2 days ago
The Bristol Wildlife Blog

Kingsweston Down - I visited Kingsweston Down yesterday: this is the large area of limestone grassland that runs along the top of the ridge which extends southwest from the B...
2 days ago
Another Bird Blog

A Green Day - Destination Conder Green again this morning. Just a couple of hours later there was a decent list of birds in my notebook plus new pictures to share with b...
2 days ago
Wild About...

Out and about this week - Took a week off from work and have been out and about with the other half. First up it was the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust reserve at Welney. The primary qu...
2 days ago
Mid Cheshire Barn Owls

Food Availability - This first year female was found roosting in one of our most prolific breeding sites at Lach Dennis last night. Although she was in superb condition she ...
2 days ago
The Lyons Den

Tales of the inexpectus - I attended the British Arachnological Society field event that Andy Philips and Chris Bentley organised yesterday at Rye Harbour. It was frustratingly win...
2 days ago
holdingmoments

Here we go - One from this morning. A *Long Tailed Tit*, with a caterpillar. Still playing catch up with the computer. Not been on here much, because when the we...
2 days ago
GJGPhotography

Facebook and Badgers…… - Hi – I’ve a stack of things to catch up with in on this site, not least of which my recent trip to Unst in the Shetland Islands. I never just blast away wi...
2 days ago
I Love Arnside & Silverdale

Daily Blogs starting with Sunday June 16th 2014 Week - Some records of whats been going on last week depicted in my journal art! *(Click over to enlarge)**(yesterday) Tuesday 19th June 2013.* * *Went up to Pavem...
2 days ago
Wild up North

Home is where the hole is... - Tree Sparrow feeding youngEverywhere there's a hole, be it in the stone walls of our house, or our nest boxes, there's one creature or another making thei...
2 days ago
Pegler Birding

The Scottish Highlands - Pt.2, 28th May, 2013 - *This post will be dedicated to just one day of our Scottish holiday, and even then it won't be the full day. The main reason being that not a single bird ...
2 days ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Enjoying a Common Sight. - The Common Darter must be one of our most abundant darters here.However when I made a visit to several small ponds close to my local patch a couple of days...
2 days ago
Killy Birder

Boys go to Bempton - 15th June. Malcolm, Sam and I enjoyed a boy’s day out today as we joined the RSPB Local Group Trip to Bempton. I choose my RSPB trips with care nowaday...
2 days ago
Kingfisher Diary

First 2013 brood fledged! - I’m pleased to be able to report that the first brood has successfully fledged, or at least I think they have. The first youngster emerged on Friday mornin...
3 days ago
shirls gardenwatch

Osprey - the ultimate fisher - During the Osprey season at the SWT Loch of the Lowes Reserve near Dunkeld (Scotland), as yet, I have never seen Ospreys fishing in front of the hides. Th...
3 days ago
Landscapism

'I see a new earth': Herzog v Machen - Opening scene of Heart of Glass; directed by Werner Herzog, soundtrack by Popol Vuh, 1976 'After years of labour, after years of toiling and groping in t...
3 days ago
leavesnbloom

What's in bloom in June? - [image: what's in bloom in June | Perthshire Scottish garden flowers] Here in the June garden there are plenty of hardy perennial blooms really 'shouting f...
3 days ago
Steve Ashton Wildlife Photography

The Jolly Boys Outing 2013. Part 2, The Moors and other stuff. - To see the complete "The Jolly Boys Outing 2013. Part 2, The Moors and other stuff." post please visit my new web site and click on the Diary/Blog button. ...
3 days ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Nature Diary: Winnall Moors, 14th June - Settled right on the edge of Winchester and barely a stone’s throw from the historic city’s centre is Winnall Moors, a wetland oasis of lush reedbeds, mars...
3 days ago
The Liverbirder

Flogging a Dead Horse - I guess this month requires concerted effort to grind out anything new. There is a substantial degree of repetition and it is becoming slightly tedious, WH...
3 days ago
Nature Writing Notes

10,000 Steps in Tokyo: Week 7 - Hearing Tokyo - * The Sound of Water - Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens, Tokyo* *Week 7 - Hearing Tokyo* *14th June* (10,952 steps) This week I want to try and focu...
3 days ago
A Birding Odyssey

What we're really up against when it comes to the persecution of Hen Harriers and other raptors. - Reading recently various comments on Bird Forum about raptor persecution prompted me to have yet another good think about the issue. Whilst the comments exp...
3 days ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

on buttercups - I recall from secondary school biology being taught how to use a Linnaeus key by identifying a meadow buttercup. Little did I know then that there are over...
3 days ago
Tales of the City

Guerilla art - One of my favourite local green spaces, Palace Road Nature Garden, has been undergoing a transformation. The undergrowth has been cleared, bark-chip paths ...
3 days ago
East Yorkshire Wildlife

Tophill Low - Plans were laid earlier in the week to head to Tophill Low on my Saturday off, to meet up with a couple of friends, Martin Hodges and Doug Fairweather, als...
3 days ago
Doorstep Birding

Scarce Chaser returns - Last Monday was the final day of my short break, and I was keen to get a final nature fix before returning to 9-5 grind. Problem was the weather was not ve...
3 days ago
Wild About Bungay

The Starling Gang - and Memories of Swallows. - 11th June Staithe Road, Bungay 6.36pm The Staithe Road Starling Gang - featuring "I'm the King of the Castle"! *That pole does actually lean - must be the...
3 days ago
Bishopthorpe Nature

Mothing in Dalby - We set three moth traps out around Dalby forest during the field course, and on Thursday, Terry Crawford of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union Lepidoptera Gr...
3 days ago
Valley Naturalist

Breeding gulls of Gwent - Great black-backed gull, Brynmawr Lesser black-backed gull, Brynmawr Lesser black-backed gull adult and young, Cwmbran Herring gull adult and young,...
4 days ago
Zoo Volunteer

New arrivals: European Souslik - New Arrivals: European Souslik European souslik, S.citellusSome recent visitors to the zoo will have noticed that the old prairie dog enclosure now appear...
4 days ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Bits and Bobs - It's been a bit of a struggle to get out with the camera much recently, with work for our village community group and the inevitable dog walking swallowing...
4 days ago
Jake's Bones

An hour in the woods - Last Saturday, dad and I got early and went out into a local wood to sit for an hour to see what we could see. It was the first time I had been in the wood...
4 days ago
The Barley Bird-er

A bit of Goshawk pulli ringing.... - On Friday 7th June I was invited by a good friend, Wayne Percy, to assist with the ringing of Northern Goshawk chicks in the New Forest. Wayne has spent th...
4 days ago
The Sleepy Sparrow

A Short Break - Sixty Minutes from Home - *Last week we holidayed all of 60 minutes away from home - on the edge of the Menai Straits. * * * *Day one - from Is Helen camp site, a stone’s throw fro...
4 days ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

Marvelous moths and brown butterflies - I was very disappointed whilst watching the final episode of this years' Springwatch BBC series, yesterday evening. An infuriated response was triggered fr...
4 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #202 - This Friday I have a big chunk of bone for you to have a go at identifying. It’s something I came across in a stray box – I expect it belongs to another sp...
5 days ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

Summer arrives, sort of - The camera is hardly getting a look in, except on class days, and I am restless in anticipation of our long awaited impending move to Nar Cottage. Butterfl...
5 days ago
Alan Tilmouth

Terning Slowly - After a slow sea-watch on a flat calm sea this morning produced few birds, a single Red-throated Diver and 5 Wigeon south the 'highlights', I headed along ...
5 days ago
Murmuration

Through A Hedge Backwards - Wild rose by Jo Sinclair My pocket-si...
5 days ago
Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow

Just a few of the birds who are nesting with us this year - One of the five pair of swallows that have made our buildings home for the summer if I can keep the Kestrel from getting inside the buildings there is a ...
6 days ago
Flying high!

Dowles Brook, Wyre Forest....09/06/2013 - A sunny and relatively warm morning for the walk around Dowles Brook. No Dipper or Grey Wagtails seen but a stunning male Common Redstart made up for them....
6 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

Black Kite out classed - I decided to chance my arm and head into Kent for the *Black Kite* which had been knocking around for a few days near Faversham. I was shocked into action ...
6 days ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

Dundreggan Biodiversity Discovery Day - [image: Trees for Life on Facebook][image: Trees for Life on Twitter][image: Trees for Life on Youtube] *Dundreggan Biodiversity Discovery Day* *Su...
6 days ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

One day in Hare-topia! - I'm pleased to say that I can now start up the hare workshops so if you wish to spend a day with me, learning how to photograph these wonderful animals, th...
6 days ago
Once Upon

Leave it to Bessy..... - OK......so......if I were to whisper in your ear the words Bessyboot, Tarn at Leaves and Glaramara .....would you nod appreciatively or sidle away a tad p...
6 days ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Copeland gulls (and flowers!) - Last weekend, I made my first visit of 2013 to one of my favourite places in Ireland, Copeland Bird Observatory (CBO). CBO is located on Old Lighthouse Isl...
6 days ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Reptilian refuge - Britain's reptiles simply don't deserve the bad rep given by that larger and more aggressive species *Homo sapiens*. For sure there is something about the ...
6 days ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

The herring gull that nested on our balcony - The herring gull that nested on our balcony in St Ives laid three eggs. There was a fracas with neighbouring gulls a couple of days ago and she ended up wi...
1 week ago
Hedgeland Tales

Reed and Sedge Warbler - Two small, brown birds. Both come to Britain in the summer months in fairly large numbers in order to breed. They like spending their time in reed beds or ...
1 week ago
hullvalley

Great, Small and micro - 5/6 Had a good walk round the Drewton Estate on Wednesday afternoon. The plan had been to look for butterflies and moths but the low cloud that plagued the...
1 week ago
Eday Ranger

Papay Excursion - Last week a wee gang of us Eday & Sanday folk went on the Orkney Ferries Sunday Excursion to Papa Westray. These excursions are a brilliant idea as usuall...
1 week ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Roaming in Romania - Days 1 and 2: Long Journey to the Delta - Following my trip to Hungary last year, I was so impressed with the abundance and diversity of bird life, that I decided to make a return visit to Eastern ...
1 week ago
Why watch wildlife?

Mull and Ardnamurchan Part 6 – Visiting Scotland - I thought I’d wrap up my series of blogposts on the Scotland trip with a reflection on some of the great places we stayed, ate, visited, just in case you f...
1 week ago
Butterfly Islands

Glanvilles and more at Wheelers Bay. - With a coldest spring for fifty years it was not surprising that the appearance of the Glanvilles at Wheelers Bay,Bonchurch was much later than usual.It wa...
1 week ago
Jason Ridge Photography

Wildlife Watching Supplies® – Announcement - Just a quick announcement to let you all know that Wildlife Watching Supplies® have been very kind enough to support me and my website. I...
1 week ago
from the robin's nest...

How to tell a dandelion from a smooth sow-thistle - So the only 2 species I got mixed up today whilst being tested on my smart targets were the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and smooth sow-thistle (Sonc...
1 week ago
Beyond the Riverbank

Yellow: Rape, Butter, Hammer and Moon - Blue, yellow and white flowers, with purple buds... the lovely Forget-me-not! From the classic signs of spring, to the turn of summer. My previous two blo...
1 week ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Common Sandpiper -
1 week ago
Hedge Britannia

Gillian Anderson and the hedge… - Quote from a Guardian piece about Gillian Anderson, of The Fall, the X-Files etc: Anderson was born in Chicago, but her parents moved to London when she wa...
1 week ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

BBC Natural World: A Highland Haven - This is one of my favourite documentaries & the more I watch the more it inspires.....
1 week ago
Murf's Wildlife

Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth - I was on Arranmore Island in Donegal last Friday and Saturday. While waiting for the boat to push off on the Saturday morning, I came upon these two Narro...
1 week ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

The cheapest 12 lifers... - Lack of posts for a while has been a result of being flat out with work, planning my next birding trip (Thailand in December), York Ornithological Club com...
1 week ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 9 June 2013, Errwood, Goyt Valley. - I try to visit the Goyt Valley at least once a year, usually the first week-end in June. At this time of year both the pied flycatchers and the redstarts...
1 week ago
Wild and Wonderful

Butterflies and Moths: A Caterpillar with Red Spots on Mersea Island - We crossed over The Strood, the small causeway bridge separating Mersea Island from the Essex mainland. There are certain tides in the year when you cann...
1 week ago
Victoria Hillman Wildlife Photography Blog

Apple Blossom, White bluebells & 1st trip to Romania - After the wedding and honeymoon there have been a few quiet days to unpack, ease back into life gently, ok not the last part! Chris was back to work straig...
1 week ago
Wild Sight

Pied Wagtail - I blame the BBC’s Springwatch. One year the team were based on a farm and purely by accident a pied wagtail was spotted flying back and forth to its nest,...
1 week ago
The Verdant Blog

Wild in the city - I was in London yesterday for the Great British Business Show 2013 at Excel. After the event I had a bit of time to kill before my train home so I took a ...
1 week ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

Stanton Gate Triangle Walk – June 2013 - June 3 2013 – Stanton Gate Triangle Walk Small car park (free) at end of rough track at bottom of Mill Road off B6003 (Church St) Stapleford, (you may pre...
1 week ago
Ian McCall

Stone sharks - In Wester Ross for the weekend. We came across stone sculptures amongst the rocks and dunes. Stone sharks, a turtle Continue reading →
1 week ago
Habitat Aid's Blog

The Tortoise and the Hare - Talk about tortoise and hare. We trashed the soil so badly around our new build when sloshing around in last year’s mud that it’s having to undergo compr...
1 week ago
Considering Birds

Garden BioBlitz: Reading Style - I made a half-hearted effort at the ‘Garden BioBlitz’ last year – an event which encourages all to go out and see what’s living in their gardens, whether b...
1 week ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Commission for The Species Recovery Trust - Cath was approached early this year by The Species Recovery Trust, an organisation who champion British flora and fauna that are on the critically endanger...
1 week ago
BTO Cymru

Oystercatcher goes to Orkney for the summer - The Lavan Sands estuary system is a designated Special Protection Area for its large wintering population of Eurasian Oystercatcher * haematopus ostralegus*...
1 week ago
natureoncam

Colour - It came to me as I pondered what to write about in this blog. Spring was finally here and everything natural was blooming, colour was everywhere. It is amazi...
2 weeks ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Repairing the path up to the Esk Hause shelter - Over the last couple of weeks we've started work on this years upland path repairs, with our first job being a section of path leading up to the stone shel...
2 weeks ago
Parus

Rutland ospreys and not a lot in north Wales - Last week was one of those difficult weeks that stretched out interminably as far as you could see without any hope of coming to an end. Which surprised me...
2 weeks ago
Chosen Path's Monthly Nature News

05. Chosen Paths - Nature News - May, 2013 - The critical State of Nature Report; a CO2 milestone surpassed; centuries-old plants brought back to life, and the first crane egg laid for 400 years. Ma...
2 weeks ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

2nd June 2013 - Oare Marshes - It was a glorious day at Oare, although the temperature did drastically drop when the clouds were over so it was on and off with the jumper all day. We us...
2 weeks ago
Birdie Num Num

Swift copulation - *02/06/2013 - Wentworth, Mausoleum* It was a very nice day yesterday wasn't it, very nice, stunning even, yes, stunning! The dew on the grass gave us wet ...
2 weeks ago
Donegal Wildlife

Another bioblitz - I was invited to another bioblitz on Saturday, this time at Lissan House, near Cookstown. The weather looked pretty dismal when I arrived, but eventually t...
2 weeks ago
Wild Nottingham

Meadow Flowers in Colwick Woods - Thanks to Nick Cairns for these great photos of meadow flowers, from Colwick Woods : This is a bee-level view of a diverse wild-flower meadow, a habitat wh...
2 weeks ago
Downland Views

Early Morning Antics - It is now my intention to write a post on the first Sunday of each month but, as is typical, I have a day full of activity so have had to start this post a...
2 weeks ago
Austin Thomas Photography - Blog

My second attempt at underwater photography. A Galapagos shark… - My last post showed an underwater image of a nice friendly inquisitive seal that I photographed in the Galapagos earlier this year. Well this post shows th...
2 weeks ago
Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

Ribblehead unspoiled - Heading for a day in the Ingleborough and Ribblehead area didn't disappoint. Yes; flowers weren't advanced as I expected but I should have known that as e...
2 weeks ago
Duckwoman's Diary

Birding in the coldest spring for over 50 years - It came as no surprise to me to hear the announcement that this spring has so far been the coldest in over 50 years. I think I've worn gloves for most of m...
2 weeks ago
Wessex Wanderings

Goring and Streatley - This year I promised myself a few long walks in May as it is the month when everything happens and it is not too cold or too hot. Unfortunately the very ...
2 weeks ago
Hares on the Hill

Dryads by Cilonw Brook - The Cilonw Brook falls quickly from the foot of Hay Bluff in a series of small waterfalls, cutting a deep channel through the woods before slowing and spre...
2 weeks ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Cold Spring - The Met Office are now suggesting that this will be the coldest spring for 50 years; what the long-term effect will be remains to be seen, but at the momen...
2 weeks ago
Pam's Place

St Aidan's Nature Reserve - I paid a visit to the newly opened RSPB reserve at the weekend. What a beautiful place it is, we spent a lot longer there than we planned and still didn'...
2 weeks ago
Naturanaute

Pond thrills with Froglife - Last week, I had the chance to take part in a (free – how amazing is that!) GCN Course organized by the amphibian conservation charity Froglife as part of ...
3 weeks ago
Garden Bird Year

Food for Young - Song Thrush with food for young (c.OOS) There's an urgency about the garden now: Blackbirds, Robins, Dunnocks and Song Thrushes are feeding with intent, us...
3 weeks ago
Between the Weave

Diving beetles - Unspectacular picture of a new pond (home to diving beetles - honest) Do you ever get really excited about a certain feature of wildlife; a particular bir...
3 weeks ago
Northshots

Any port in a storm? - HMS The Still Image was a fine vessel in her day, safely conveying a select group of passengers to ports stocked with bountiful produce. To board her you h...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Seabed Habitats

Happy World Turtle Day - The miraculous journey of infant sea turtles as these tiny animals run the gauntlet of predators and harsh conditions. Then, in numbers, see how human beha...
3 weeks ago
The Naturephile

The birds and the bees - Insects have been hit hard by climatic aberrations in recent years and on my meanderings around the Cambridgeshire countryside this year numbers of bees an...
3 weeks ago
The Lilac Grove

State Of Nature Report - I am afraid this is more of a rant and a plea than the normal blog posts I do. The State of Britain’s Nature report came out today. It makes very depressin...
3 weeks ago
Birders in Boxers

"Caerlan Cuckoos" - Last weekend I thought I'd give Caerlan Farm near Penrhiwfer in the Rhondda a go for Cuckoo where two birds have been showing quite well lately. I didn't ma...
4 weeks ago
Loose and Leafy

A DANDELINEAL FEAST - One of the oddities of Blogger is that while I am free to edit a post after it's published you can't change your comments - which offers wonderful possibi...
4 weeks ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

BS:5837 (2012) Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – William Morris: Recommendations. - The BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Recommendations; provides guidance in respect of trees on development sites....
4 weeks ago
Gabriel Hemery

Macedonian pine seedling and cone - Reblogged from The New Sylva: Read more… 28 more words
4 weeks 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 weeks ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

Drama! More photos - Most birds get pretty feisty in the breeding season. It could be all that testosterone knocking about, and sometimes the females are as bad as the males. S...
4 weeks ago
Myky Speaks

Small And Pretty Or Big And Ugly? - I’d like to talk about the birds in our garden. Before you start groaning and stop reading, this isn’t a How-to, or a lecture on what you should be putting...
4 weeks ago
Love our Lakes and Parks

The sun is out – go find nature! - At last, after a very wet and windy few days, the sun is back and it looks like spring again. So get out there and enjoy the outdoors. Take some time to g...
4 weeks ago
European Trees

To Value a Landscape, You Must Also Value the Forester, Arboriculturalist and Other Land Management Practitioners Working In It. - There cannot be many other professions that are so heavily infiltrated and usurped by ‘others’ as the UK Arboricultural & Forestry industry. Conservationis...
4 weeks ago
Wilde in the Woods

Wild flower summer cordials - Hopefully by now , mid May, elderflowers are starting to flower in a lane near you. And if not, they soon will be in June. Cordials are delightful and here...
5 weeks ago
Ian Butler Photography

Latest updates - Hi all, For all my latest images and updates and news of trips and tours please go to my facebook page and click ‘LIKE’. The link is here: https://www.face...
5 weeks ago
Wunderkammer

SAVE HEREFORDSHIRE MUSEUMS! - I received the following from an ex-colleague at the museum service I trained at. It’s a fantastic service that strives to be innovative and exciting despi...
5 weeks ago
Birds, Bees and Outer Hebrides

Skua Passage - The 11th May dawned wet and calm in contrast to the forecast that had predicted north-westerly winds around force 5 - 6. In the light of this I got back in...
5 weeks 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 ...
5 weeks ago
Paul Chanin | Mainly Mammals

10. How to scare an otter - I recently spent week at an otter conference in southern Ireland. About 50 people from 13 European countries gathered at Kinsale to talk about otter ecolog...
5 weeks ago
Wild Reviews

The Last Wolf – A Book Review - I read a lot, both fictional and non-fictional books and have done since I was very young. I enjoy it and at the same time I learn, expanding my mind and m...
5 weeks ago
Holywell Birding

Nature Watch - This morning I arrived back in the Tyne after a weekend filming with ORCA on DFDS Princess Seaways. Heading straight out, I bumped into SW, and met up with...
1 month ago
bogbumper

Love the toad and save the frogs - [image: Common Toad] It's Save the Frogs Day today. To celebrate, here's a toad I found in my garden the other week, and you can listen to John Shuttlewort...
1 month ago
Wiltshire Wildlife - Morgan's Hill

Morgan's Hill Reserve 360 Degree Virtual Tour - I freely admit that I haven't blogged for a while, but this little beauty is definitely worth the wait. Morgan's Hill is within Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's ...
1 month ago
Marilyn's Wildlife Diary

SWT Hazelwood Marshes - On New Years Day 2012 we walked The Sailers Path from Snape towards Aldeborough, and back. We saw the sign for the marshes but did not have time to go any...
1 month ago
Beneath the Stream

Honest Nature - The scene was quite beautiful. Freezing fog cloaked the park which in turn was surrounded by the yellow stone buildings of the ancient town which were, ...
1 month ago
Druridge Bay ... Watching Wildlife

Brrrrrrr! - A quiet day compared to yesterday. Sedge and Willow warblers still singing. Whitethroat put in a brief appearance but the wind chill was noticeable and the...
1 month ago
Inspired by Ecology

Scilly Birding - my first book! - Something really good turns upIn just five days time (on 25th April 2013), my first book will be released for publication. Brambleby Books are publishing “...
1 month ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

They’re back! - Spring has finally sprung down on the Fen. As if someone has flicked a switch, the reedbed is full of birds singing. A Chiffchaff calls from the hedge, a t...
1 month ago
The Wild West!

Great White Egret update - After being spoilt with some great - but distant - views of the Great White Egret over the last few days, I decided to have a break today and spent some ...
2 months ago
Wolvobirder's Nature Blog

Highgate Common, Belvide and garden birds - *7th to 14th April 2013* * *Apologies for the long absence. I am currently in the process of writing a short summary of my activities in 2012 which should g...
2 months ago
Joe Wynn Photography

'The Mountains Afar', Mull 2013- Part I - Lord Byron once wrote of Scotland that *'England thy beauties are tame and domestic* ** *To one who has roved on the mountains afar'* Now I don't know Byro...
2 months ago
Wild Watching

- On love When I think of love, I think of the depth of the earth and my own smallness. I think of how the earth will eat me, eventually, and how my fles...
2 months ago
Ryan Clark Nature Photography

Southern Spain - As some of you many know I recently went to the South of Spain on a university field trip. As this trip wasn’t a holiday it was a module in which I was exa...
2 months ago
Natural Born Blogger

Avocets and Twites - Highlights from another trip to the coast – the RSPB reserve at Marshside just north of Southport. Plenty of Avocets and Black-tailed Godwits with circa 15...
2 months 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...
2 months ago
Imogen's Attic.... an artist's online sketchbook

Newly arrived ospreys. - I have recently started a new job hence the lack of posts. Tonight I stopped on the way home to check on an osprey nest, and was treated to a wonderful v...
2 months ago
:: Wild Places Blog ::

Spring finally on the way! - We had a couple of weeks down on the mainland, the main reason, of course, for going was Ian’s mum’s funeral. Everything went as well as a funeral can go, ...
2 months ago
naturestimeline

March madness - Before I venture into the mayhem of March 2013, I must apologise for missing out the first Butterfly emergence of the year. This appeared in the form of a ...
2 months ago
The Early Birder

On the sea shore...... - Salthouse Shingle Ridge in Norfolk was cold but bright. Shelducks were appearing quite frequently. Very nice in flight, and here below you can see the love...
2 months ago
Oscar Dewhurst Wildlife Photography

A Focus on Nature - Today's post isn't going to be about my recent picture takings, but instead about an organisation called A Focus on Nature (visit their new website here ). ...
2 months ago
Geltsdale Wildlife Warrior

My Cumberland News Article... - I was asked to be interviewed for an article in the Cumberland News after doing one regarding a Cumbrian Aurora display last spring. The focus was on my e...
2 months ago
Steel City Birding

I've moved... - I’ve merged all my wildlife blogs scattered about the Internet, and moved home to Wordpress. http://sheffieldwildlife.wordpress.com
2 months ago
The Wild Photographer

Trench wood - Just back from a short walk in trench wood because they claimed that they had some lesser spotted woodpeckers, some woodcocks and marsh tit but i didn't se...
3 months ago
Tory Island Bird Blog

7th March; Chris Ingram - I recieved an e mail from Chris Ingram who was on Tory yesterday. He reported the following; Went to Tory yesterday, here is the list: Red-throated Diver ...
3 months 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 ...
3 months ago
Flora Cantiaci

For what porpoise? - I've set up a blog called 'From the Coast' so as not to fill this blog up with too many non-floral posts. However, some followers may find this postinterest...
3 months ago
21stcenturynaturalist

A Personable Little Bug - Firebug, *Pyrrhocoris apterus* As I progress through life, my opinions and outlook has changed, in a way that I would like to think is more mature. One thin...
4 months ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Corncrake Chess - Screenprint made in the studio - edition of 4. Black and white players are moving across the flat chequerboard of fields on Oronsay. They are pawns in a l...
4 months ago
WillowWhispering

Nature Tales - I’ve just finished reading a lovely book: ‘Nature Tales: Encounters with Britain’s Wildlife’. It’s a collection of essays written by nature writers from t...
4 months ago
Seeds for Rewilding

Little Island, Hundreds of Beetles - (This post relates to an ongoing project in Canterbury, the wider context of which you can read about here.) I have just finished curating my first beetle ...
4 months ago
The Urban Countryman

Winter Woodland Wonderland - The forecast snow duly arrived, gradually [...]
4 months 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 months 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 months ago
Natural Adventures

Barn Owl Project - I have lived in Dorset my entire life and I only saw my first Barn Owl last spring. I think I must have never been looking properly as now I have got my ey...
4 months 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...
5 months 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 ...
5 months ago
Compare the Marsh Tit

The last post - Jaques (Act IV scene i): […] *but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplat...
5 months 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. ...
5 months ago
Wildlife of Breen Oakwood

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

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
6 months ago
The Regional Tick

The Trilogy - Anybody still looking at this should know I am back, but on another channel so to speak, love you to have a look. All kicks off on Jan1st 2013, have a look...
6 months ago
wirral bird

A derelict church - It is mid November and the factories of tourism are closed. Guest houses have no vacancies and no occupants; tea rooms and cafés are dark and lifeless...
6 months ago
The Living Isle

Something Else the Romans Did for Us - We can thank the Romans for the beauty of Sweet Chestnut leaves currently lighting up the woods - they introduced it. What with our native Ash under attack f...
6 months 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...
6 months ago
Alcester Nature Photography

Mighty Oak - A few more shots from yesterdays walk along the River Arrow, a couple of old Oak trees and another one of the Arrow from inside the nature reserve in ...
6 months 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...
7 months ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

Could it be a Waxwing winter? - Anybody with access to the various bird news services will be aware of the increasing numbers of these northern Vikings. As true inhabitants of arctic and ...
7 months 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...
7 months ago
Cranfield's Wildlife Blog

Make the adder count on the #Recordpool - A mini website designed to enable reporting of spring counts of adders over February to June.
7 months ago
Wader Watch

Redshank - *Redshank* A common wader with instantly recognisable red legs.
7 months ago
bigcatdetective

Muntjac sniffing about. HD with sound..Pt 3 -
8 months 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...
8 months ago
The Heartwood Blog

Sculptural Trellis using Cleft Chestnut - Sculptural Trellis Here are some photos of a bespoke trellis fence that is made from cleft Sweet Chestnut batons and rinded small diameter poles. Part of...
8 months 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)...
9 months ago
Wild Times

Great Flocks! - When seen in large flocks, birds create quite a spectacle! I was made aware of this White Stork flock by a passing motorist while photographing waders alon...
9 months 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 TH...
9 months 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 Nor...
9 months ago
My Nature Scrapbook

Close Encounters - Here are some of the friends we made during our recent camping trip: A Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar, who seemed intent on reaching the top of our umbrella as ...
10 months 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 ...
10 months ago
Roots'n'Shoots

Aune Orchard Wild Camping - Come and Stay! - And there it is! We stand at the top of the orchard and look down, between the trees, towards the bell tent. It glimmers white amongst the amazing verdure...
11 months ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

May 2012 in the garden - A selection of photos taken during May in the garden. [image: apple-blossom] Apple Blossom [image: baby-chaffinch] Juvenile Chaffinch [image: baby-sis...
11 months 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...
11 months 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
The Birds In The Meadow

Orchids underfoot - So I guess I’ve telegraphed the punchline there, calling my blog post “orchids underfoot”. Well who cares, I’m in a big hurry to show you what I found toda...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Beyond the Tweets

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1 year ago
A Highland Naturalist's Diary

April 15th to 21st - TBA
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Ninjameys

Biodiversity Hotspots - “To qualify as a hotspot, a region must meet two strict criteria: it must contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants (> 0.5 percent of the world’s t...
2 years ago
Beyond the Human Eye

9 ways to promote your etsy store - I am a member of etsy I created a shop recently. I will share with you how to promote your shop more effectively: 1. Sign up with twitter, follow people an...
3 years ago
The Street Tree

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Greener Leith News - Natures Calendar

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Birding On Wheels

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Stand and Stare

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Penny Bun

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Clewer Garden Diary

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Norfolk'n Birds

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Sandy Wildlife

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The Badger's Eye

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Focus On Wildlife

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Accidental Nature

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Robert Cave Photography

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The Museum of Curiosities

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Life On An Oxfordshire Lawn

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Phil Coles - Natural History Blog

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