UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers: July 2012

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florafaunauk

Bird Of The Day The Reed Bunting - Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus The Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizida. It occurs on poorly d...
4 hours ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Something is a stirring in Somerset - THE wonderful bright sunshine today had a big impact on the wildlife - they were all at it! The great-crested grebes, the Canada geese and even the goosan...
5 hours ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary

Badgers - A couple of videos from the trail camera. (Sorry that they don't play on ipads)
6 hours ago
Cholsey Wildlife

Ride a White Horse - *White Horse Hill* Sunny, 14º, light SSE (windier on WH Hill). A trip to White Horse Hill *(highest point in Oxfordshire @ 262m)* today as Loren had no...
7 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

Closer look at a leaf skeleton. - Sunrise: 06.40 Sunset: 06.01Filed under: Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, Wildlife Photography Tagged: Canon 500D DSLR camera., Canon EFS 60 mm f2...
8 hours ago
A Warbler A Day

Andover Bird Challenge 2014 - This morning I joined some others on the Andover Bird Challenge. This is an annual event organised by the local group of the Hampshire wildlife Trust which...
8 hours ago
Druridge Diary

Still like winter - Despite the news claiming that temperatures would hit 15 degrees today, it still felt very much like winter at Druridge this morning. Ornithologically, it...
8 hours ago
Birds and a brew...

Quick Update... - Just returned to Yorkshire after spending a couple of months helping out on the Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project. The project aims to remove invas...
9 hours ago
NI Bird Pics

Tufted Duck - James O'Neill. -
9 hours ago
Linacre Blogger

New (ringing) species at Linacre - This morning was the first ringing session at Linacre since January (see here), when we were rained off after an hour, so we were very pleased to get on si...
9 hours ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

First day out - My first real outing of 2014 took me first to Cooper's Hill. Nice to see a Green Tiger Beetle, a solitary solitary bee, and a *Bombus lapidarius*bumblebee, ...
10 hours ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Still winter out there - *The Safari was out* minutes after 07.00 on our way to the North Blackpool Pond Trail for our first Winter Thrushes survey of the month. It wasn't as cold ...
11 hours ago
Tricia's Tales

Wimpole Estate and little lambs! - It was meant to be sunny in the Cambridge area today... it was certainly bright .. but not good for photography. But it was very springlike with all the sn...
11 hours ago
Purbeck Footprints

Saturday Adders - There are a few topics that tend to always come up while we are on a walk, the chance of seeing Dolphins is one and the Adders are another. For me, seeing a...
13 hours ago
Oscar Dewhurst Wildlife Photography

Peru 1 - As some of you will know, I flew to Peru on 19 February, and will be here until 4 May. So far I've been in the Cusco region, seeing various ruins including...
14 hours ago
Trent Valley Beetles

Spring has arrived - spiders are out on the house wall. - Nursery Web Spider = Carlton Nottinghamshire 8th March 2014 At last a little warmth in the air. Compared to last winter 2013/2014 winter was pretty mild. ...
15 hours ago
Islay Natural History Trust

A Celebration of Fenceposts - What better way to celebrate the good news that the INHT can stay put, at least for another couple of years, than to post some posts?!! A few weeks ago I w...
16 hours ago
An English Wood

Oak - One of the wood’s larger exa […]
17 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Saturday 8th March - A Short-eared Owl was still at Ballyquintin Point. (Richard Weyl). A Brambling was visiting a garden in Carnmoney. (Cecil Smyth). 30 Whooper Swan and a Bla...
20 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

Long tailed Tit - I thought I would continue with my Saturdays post and today I am showing you the *Long tailed Tit (**Aegithalos caudatus)*. I was sitting on the doorstep,...
21 hours ago
My Nature Notes

Stourpaine and the Trailway - The track of the long-since abandoned Somerset and Dorset railway line has been renovated to provide a footpath and cycleway along the Stour Valley in Nort...
21 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Sun and Spots - Friday started out very overcast with the odd shower. By the afternoon things turned out more cheerful with blue sky, white clouds and plenty of Sunshine. ...
23 hours ago
A life at the shoreline

Jacky and the Donkey - Within the grounds of The Falls Hotel , Ennistymon.. Jackdaws are beginning making there nests in the nearby wood. Some Jackdaws are taking there nesting ...
1 day ago
Zoo Volunteer

Quest for the Wild Canary Part 2: Plants and habitats - Tricholaena sp, Teneriffe The Canaries are famous for their flowers, and although as our visit was in February there was not a great number in bloom, the ...
1 day ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

The signs are ‘Add’(er)ing up to Spring’s arrival? - It’s beginning to feel that winter flew with that magical ‘Skydancer’ on 15 February, I do so hope that he finds a mate and is successful in his endeavours...
1 day ago
Owls about that then!

Two for the price of one! - On more occasions than I care to remember I have come away from a particular location (usually an owl site) after investing many hours without even a sight...
1 day ago
Views of the Ock

First Bees of 2014 - Another one of the gems of Oxford is the Botanic Gardens ( http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/) and on Saturday 1st March seemed it seemed we weren't the on...
1 day ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Tigers and Great Whites in the LDV? - This last week there's been a bit of movement through the local area, almost making me want to get out birding. Almost. Jack and Ollie found two Bean Geese...
1 day ago
shirls gardenwatch

The Gardenwatch Report: FEB 2014 - A monthly garden history covering all aspects of the garden in the form of a Gardenwatch Report seems like a useful plan to refer back to. As the garden y...
1 day ago
Butterfly Islands

Taking to the Shade. - A lovely warm afternoon at Walters Copse,Newtown today,no chilly breeze and the prospect of warmer weather next week.The butterflies responded with severa...
1 day ago
The Lyons Den

Cairngormless - I'm still feeling rough so I'm trawling through old files to find interesting tales from the past. In 2007 I spent a month working at Abernethy RSPB with ...
1 day ago
Another Bird Blog

March Madness - I hope this isn’t getting monotonous for blog readers but there isn’t much to thrill today after a quiet morning up Conder and Cockerham way. It’s just tha...
1 day ago
Jonsblog

Spring Tides - Things are moving along here at Glenloy Lodge and spring is in the air. A small flutter of snow did not put a damper of proceedings yesterday, but the ra...
1 day ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Path repairs at Dora's Field - Since our last update we've been busily working away in Dora's Field, at Rydal, just outside Ambleside. Our work was replacing some old slate steps with so...
1 day ago
Wild Nottingham

New plant at Attenborough - A plant has been recorded at Attenborough Nature Reserve for the first time : Winter Aconite. Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) is an attractive perennial...
1 day ago
Wild and Wonderful

'I'm Following a Tree' Project ... and you can join in, too - I have chosen a Silver Birch as my tree and will be taking part in the new project, 'I'm Following a Tree', run from the wonderful Loose and Leafyblog. I...
1 day ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

Beautiful British Wildlife - I remember, as a child, visiting a zoo. There were secretive leopards, and wrinkly rhino, and towering giraffes and penguins that made us laugh. They made ...
1 day ago
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Mass jellyfish stranding on the Northumberland coast - *More old pictures from the mid-1990s. These are from Embleton beach in Northumberland and show the most spectacular mass jellyfish stranding that I've eve...
1 day ago
Ecology Escapades

Bats Close Up - It is only in the past year, after four seasons of carrying out bat surveys, that I managed to finally see bats in the hand. I attended a training course l...
1 day ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #221 - Here’s the Friday feline for this week: Any idea what species this skull is from? As usual you can put your questions, comments and suggestions below and I...
1 day ago
LOOSE AND LEAFY

READY, STEADY - AND WE'RE OFF! - *Tree Followers! The link box for your tree following posts is on Loose and Leafy!* I'm Following a Tree From now on There will be a link box on Loo...
1 day ago
Landscapism

Scarp; Black Mountains - North facing scarp of the Black Mountains towards Twampa, from Rhiw Constab
2 days ago
Rambles with a Camera

Interlude............................................................................................................ - All's going well with the parents and hopefully Mandy's dad will be home next week. I haven't been out with the camera for ages but hopefully will get a cha...
2 days ago
Bugman Jones

Verrall time is here again - Another year, another Verrall Supper. One hundred and eighty-five entomologists sat down to dinner at the Rembrandt Hotel again. After standing at the bar,...
2 days ago
Steve Ashton Wildlife Photography

March and the onset of Spring (02/03/14) - Now an annual pilgrimage, I spent a couple of hours last Sunday morning (2nd March) with the Nuthatches that come down to a fallen tree baited with food in...
2 days ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

O'er t'Moors - I am not sure if it a reflection of my advancing age, but I find myself increasingly drawn to remote places. I love the solitude of just being out alone wi...
2 days ago
Birding with Flowers

A Wizard Day - Before the class started I stopped at a new glade on the way to the car park, and in the sole tree left in the middle of the new heath area was a Buzzard -...
2 days ago
Jake's Bones

Exhuming the buzzard skeleton - I've written a lot about my badger body recently, but it wasn't the only animal that I had left in Mortuary Wood. Last May one of my friends' granddad brou...
2 days ago
Hemel Birding

RED KITE calling low over Lawn Lane, Corner Hall. -
2 days ago
George's wonderful wildlife report

That missed sighting - Hello and welcome to my latest blog. As I mentioned in my previous piece, I have recently started volunteering at my local nature reserve and with the wea...
2 days ago
Notes of Nature

Taking a break - Feeling a bit tired at the moment, so I'm going to take a little break from the blog. Will be back as soon as I can. Until then, here's a lovely Alstroemer...
2 days ago
Gabriel Hemery

The NEW SYLVA book in the author’s hands - Originally posted on The New Sylva: The New Sylva book in-hand Today – by chance World Book Day – the first bound…
2 days ago
Once Upon

The couple next door.... - Don't know if I've mentioned it.......but Jack and Vera live across the road from me. Jack and Vera are very much a couple. A couple of Jackdaws. They live ...
2 days ago
The Wold Ranger

Colour and life continue to return - The largely clement weather which we have enjoyed since mid-February has continued into March and the last few days have given us ample opportunities to e...
2 days ago
Killy Birder

Great Crested Grebes...Lake Action. - 4th Mar. I was alerted by Sam that there are now two *Great Crested Grebes*on the lake and that he had heard calling from the bird first to arrive back. ...
2 days ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Winter visitors still here - I spotted this redwing today (and a couple more that I wasn’t able to photograph). I guess they’ll be heading back to their northerly breeding grounds soon.
3 days ago
Hedgeland Tales

Red Kites - Have just got back from some time away in Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway to be precise and have got hundreds of photos to go through and dispose of. Som...
3 days ago
Birding the day away!

Glaucous Gull ~ 1st. W ~ Dungeness, Kent - 02.03.14 - *Having only had two distant fly-by's on separate days of this bird, the weather conditions seemed good for the long awaited prolonged views !!* *It turns o...
3 days ago
Pegler Birding

Getting Ready For The Mating Season - February/March, 2014 - *No, not me, but the Little Owls! It's at about this time of year that the Little Owls start showing themselves as pairs more often than is usual. I guess ...
3 days ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

Patch and brief Dunge visit - A walk on Sunday morning round the patch produced another MEDITERRANEAN GULL with a mixed flock of COMMON and BLACK HEADED. Lots of birds were singing, not...
3 days ago
Gillian Dinsmore’s Bird Ringing Blog

Noisy Neighbours - As I write this blog post at my desk in my small student room at university, beside me on my wee windowsill there is a noisy, chattering group of bonnie b...
3 days ago
Murmuration

I Saw The Light - Brimstone butterfly - all photographs by Jo Sinclair Brimstone butterfly - all photographs by Jo Sinclair I almost blundered straight past it. Tucked a...
3 days ago
The Early Birder

Same old same old. - You see all sorts on the water. If you're lucky you'll get to see something a little out of the ordinary, but most of the time it's the same old suspects. ...
3 days ago
A Birding Odyssey

Update on E-petition. - First of all , apologies for the delay in posting this. By way of explanation I'd simply draw attention to various entries from a newsheet put out by a loc...
3 days ago
Steve's Birding And Wildlife Blog

Lincolnshire Little Bunting...03.03.2014. - After hearing while Trace and myself where away that Linc's birder Dean Nicholson had come up with another cracking find in the form of a presumed winterin...
3 days ago
BirdPoem

Starlings and St Mary's Bay - In the photos below it looks like I've accidentally smudged fingers on my camera lens, but there's no mistake here - this is the brief view I had of a fant...
4 days ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Mediterranean Gull - Green AETC - I was driving along the shore of Larne Lough on Sunday afternoon and I noticed that the number of gulls has increased dramatically recently. This is the st...
4 days ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Rainham - After a meeting today in Orpington I stopped to check the stone barges at Rainham on the way home. I searched for Water Pipit but only found Rock and Scandi...
4 days ago
Red on Wight

- A drey is a nest built by the red squirrel in the forks of branches,situated close to the main trunk.It is made up of twigs and leaves and the hollow insid...
4 days ago
The Monday Pod

Back from Japan - Sorry for the delay in this post. You might notice that I’ve changed the layout to something a bit more minimalist for the homepage, and I’d love to hear y...
4 days ago
Random Jottings

Goose - It wasn't just the Coots which were actively preening and primping themselves around Straw's Bridge yesterday. The Canada Geese too were having a bit of a...
4 days ago
Herts Nature

Kata Kata Cinta Mario Teguh Terbaru | Kumpulan Kata Mutiara Bijak Cinta - Kata Kata Cinta Mario Teguh Terbaru | Kumpulan Kata Mutiara Bijak Cinta: Pada dasarnya sebuah kata atau kalimat seperti Kata Kata Cinta Mario Teguh yang a...
5 days ago
Seabed Habitats

Maerl: A Rare Seabed Habitat - Click the maerl to learn more about our planned marine science documentary about maerl beds. This rare & diverse seabed habitat of great conservation signi...
5 days ago
My Life Outside

Long-tailed Duck at the Knap, Barry - If you're anything like me then it's usually easy to recall that first encounter with a new species of wildlife whether it be bird, mammal or anything in bet...
5 days ago
Doorstep Birding

Moths on the March - Although mothing has been limited, at least what has turned up have been new species so far this year. This trend continued when I attempted a bit of improm...
5 days ago
naturestimeline

So long Winter, see you in nine months time - After the Winter we have witnessed here in the United Kingdom, I think most would welcome a human type gestation period of calm before the rebirth of a Win...
5 days ago
The Lilac Grove

Frogspawn and Still Waiting for Hogs - It's been a relatively quiet week here, the rain has continued to fall, but spring is just round the corner. The frogs have been croaking very loudly at ni...
5 days ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

A cornucopia of catkins - This is a remarkable year for hazel catkins. I don’t recall ever seeing quite as many in the area where we work as there are out at the moment. The hazels ...
6 days ago
Wader World

A Long Walk On The Marshes. - *Gym or a walk out on the marshes was the question today and seeing as I trained yesterday I decided I would take the later option. Even though it was ...
6 days ago
Birders in Boxers

Parc Slip NR - A few images from the last couple of weekends at Parc Slip NR,Tondu,Bridgend which has become something of a "local patch" for me........... Not diff...
6 days ago
Birdie Num Num

Happy Sundays - *03/02/2014 - Wentworth, Woodnook* Been a while hasn't it? Well there you go. It's been a quiet Winter for us, ringing wise, though to be fair it hasn't ...
6 days ago
Barcode Ecology

When you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all - Crumbs, what a fortnight it has been! Incredibly busy and full of interesting places. Half term was certainly an eventful week, starting with the closure o...
6 days ago
Wild up North

Sprung! - Last week saw some spring arrivals to the garden, and some preparations for those to come. First off was a very aptly named Spring Usher, a new moth for th...
6 days ago
Bill's Birding

Mellow Mosses - As opposed to usual, a pretty rubbish session was had at Grimley yesterday morning. There's no point ranting on about it on here, but it basically involved...
6 days ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

Hayle Estuary and Porth Kidney Sands - There’s something about an estuary. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the simplicity. Open expanses of mudflats, silted islets between meanderi...
6 days ago
Valley Naturalist

News from the pit head - A brief visit to one of the best kept landscape secrets of Gwent. The Blaenserchan valley near Pontypool was left to nature when the National Coal Board...
6 days ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

Selkies - In the east of Shetland's mainland is an area called Nesting. South Nesting is, to my mind, one of the most beautiful places to look for wildlife in Shetla...
1 week ago
The Liverbirder

Bring it on! - *Osprey* over Kielder and East Chev earlier in the week, *Sand Martin* in Dorset yesterday and *Northern Wheatear* in Hants today. Get set for migrants!
1 week ago
Mid Cheshire Barn Owls

Nesting Tawny Owl - A beautiful spring afternoon revealed our first nesting Tawny Owl of the year. Confirming the sedentary nature of Tawny Owls, this female, who was incubat...
1 week ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Thrid se’nnight o’ Solmonað - Sorry clicked wrong button
1 week ago
Garden Bird Year

Spring Colours - Blue Tit (c.OOS) There's still another day or so to go with the Garden Bird Survey: However, there's a real spring feeling in the air: birdsong no doubt tri...
1 week ago
Why watch wildlife?

Blackbird singing in the… kitchen? - I recently introduced the above Blackbird to the blog. Due to some past scrape his left foot is damaged, and he tends to hold his left wing down too. But h...
1 week ago
Tales of the City

Smelling a rat - Regular readers may remember the dead fox I found on the common, and my thwarted attempts to retrieve its head for water maceration. Today I found a dead r...
1 week ago
Victoria Hillman Wildlife Photography Blog

The Photography Show 2014 & Somerset Wildlife Trust - Hello and Happy New Year (I know's it's now 1st March). Things have been hectic these last couple of months and here's just a couple of things that have be...
1 week ago
In the Countryside

A winter store - In moving the remains of an old fence panel I inadvertently stumbled across a great cache of hazel nuts, carefully stored away by one of the wood mice wit...
1 week ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Iolo Williams State of nature Speech - I meant to post about this in the past, but it got lost amongst everything else. If you missed this first time around and you want to hear a powerful, pas...
1 week ago
The Barley Bird-er

Mothing is finally getting going! - Following my first mothing session of the year on the 20th February, I have put the trap out on several other occasions this week. The species list has bee...
1 week ago
Austin Thomas Photography - Blog

My new photography hide… - Here is a sneak preview of the inside of my new Photography Hide. Last October I set about constructing a hide in my garden for the purpose of photography....
1 week ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

February summary - Going on how busy February has been around this place, my fears about the impending loss of my social life this spring are well founded. Here are a load of...
1 week ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

Springhill House in Rossendale - This is a sketch I did last year for a friend for her web site. I did the sketch from photographs and historic captions. If you wish to visit Janet's histo...
1 week ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Experimenting with Springtails - There are very few macro subjects around over the winter months but I can always rely on finding a good number of tiny Globular Springtails on the leaves o...
1 week ago
leavesnbloom

Winter on the Wane - [image: winter on the wane - crocus flowers] Winter's waning by the time the crocus start to bloom as they usually start to flower as the snow is melting...
1 week ago
The Naturephile

Seabirds and serendipity - Every now and then an event occurs which reaffirms ones faith in human nature. Just such an event befell me last week whilst away on a trip to the coast ne...
1 week ago
Duckwoman's Diary

Winter collection from D&G 2014 - Hello birdwatchers I hope that you've managed to stay dry if you've been out to watch wildlife over the last month. The terrible coastal storms have hit m...
1 week ago
Jenny McLaren- art, fieldnotes & findings

Lynx sketch - My first sketch in ages, a wonky looking lynx. I feel a bit out of practice after a fortnight of feeling not very well but I'm on the mend now. Plannin...
1 week ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

Nature Notes for week up to 27th February 2014 - Over the last two weeks, on most days Skylarks, have been counted going over, mainly in pairs, but sometimes in larger parties. I have watched the Lark n...
1 week ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Jays and Bullfinches and Woodpeckers – Sweden - I have been a little busy these last few weeks with my [...]
1 week ago
Natural Born Blogger

Death and Glory - Scarlet Elf Cups amongst the moss covered debris on the woodland floor in Didsbury. 70mph winds, saturated ground and a few old favourites come crashing ...
1 week ago
UK Wildlife

Berosus water beetle, Rhantus diving beetle and caddisfly larva - A couple of weeks ago I decided to get out the photographic aquarium and try some freshwater invertebrate photography, as I hadn’t tried any for a while. I...
1 week ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

Hare Workshops Approaching - pt2... - I've set up a second blog solely for this years Hare Workshops. To have a gander click HERE. I've populated it with a few shots from last year just to get ...
1 week ago
Considering Birds

Firequest Reloaded - On Friday morning I took a brief stroll in the Harris Garden before starting work, seeking to make up for the lepidopteron disaster that had occurred there...
1 week ago
Entomacrographic

This one’s for you - One of my school friends has been on my mind a lot recently. Horribly I found out via Facebook that he passed away last August and of course I regret I hav...
1 week ago
Donegal Wildlife

Gap in the rain - I decided that enough was enough and went out to look for some Celandine. The most likely local location is near a sheltered stream, and sure enough, the f...
1 week ago
Harbour Master

DEATH WISH - Another weekend in the harbour,very very quiet just the normal wintering birds juv eider and med gull and kittiwakes,talking of kittiwakes one single bird ...
1 week ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

23rd February 2014 - Horsey Mere, Winterton and Waveney Forest - The Sunday of the Norfolk weekend was spent more in the Broads area, slowly working the way home. An early start (much to the dismay of the B&B owner) was...
1 week ago
Esticadinho Nature

Caspian appears as Kumlien’s returns – twice in a week!!! - The evening gull roost at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire continues to draw attention. The highlight of the week was a 1st winter Caspian Gull Larus cachinn...
1 week ago
The Cowboy Birder

Iceland Gull, Stone Barges - Rainham - With news of one, possibly two *Iceland Gulls* having been seen along the Thames in recent weeks, I headed out early to the Stone Barges at Rainham, were o...
1 week ago
Wild Sight

Zing! - When I’m out with my camera I am often surprised by just how quickly things can change. I had been out on a photo foray for most of the afternoon (I often...
1 week ago
Naturanaute

Paper, paste, plants and patience - A mysterious title for a not so mysterious activity…about a month ago, I took part in an Herbarium Workshop organised by the South London Botanical Institu...
2 weeks ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

A few birds - A quick round up of this weeks photography, I’ve been trying out a new lens combination and I’m thoroughly impressed. What do you think? All of these were ...
2 weeks ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

The Sand From Far Away.... - I am stood watching a flock of Knot 12,000 strong flying in tight zig zags across the sands at Hoylake shore. It is reminding me of a strange meteorologic...
2 weeks ago
Austin's Birding Blog

22/02/2014 Hope Carr Nature Reserve - House Sparrow: My first visit to this little Nature Reserve in Leigh, my first thoughts were not that great, the place was full of rubbish and a interpen...
2 weeks ago
The Hardy Green Project

The Day of the Robin - We've added a second feeding station to the garden and hanged a feeder filled with sunflower hearts, but it is the Robins that are hogging the limelight at...
2 weeks ago
from the robin's nest...

Ivy berries - Ivy belongs to the family *Araliaceae,* a family of flowering plants to include a diverse array of habitual form such as trees, shrubs and lianas. Within...
2 weeks ago
Jason Ridge Photography

WIN – Portable Observation & Photographic Hide - Fancy a chance of winning a Portable Observation & Photographic Hide from CJ Wildlife ? First make sure you ‘like’ my Facebook page by clicking... The po...
2 weeks ago
Wild About...

Box End Park WeBS: 16/02/2014 - I was just glad to be able to access the park for my Webs count this week. The previous weekend the entire park was under water so it was good to see some ...
2 weeks ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Hovering Blackbirds - Over the past two weeks one of the blackbirds in the garden has started to attempt to hover near the fat ball feeder. I've not seen this behaviour before i...
2 weeks ago
The Wilder Garden

Song time - At last there's just the beginnings of spring here. For the first time today there's a chaffinch singing in the garden and the snowdrops in the hedge are i...
2 weeks ago
Kingfisher Diary

Shugborough’s Kingfishers - This is a 15 minute film that I have made using the footage that I gathered during the 2012 breeding season. It follows the adults from pair bonding throug...
2 weeks ago
Beetle Boy's BioBlog

A Strange, Fluffy Gall - Recently I have published a post on galls, and one of the species that I briefly mentioned was the Moss Gall, formed by the Gall Wasps known by the scienti...
2 weeks ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

200th Post is a Sad Post - Very sad to find a dead barn owl on the site today. It wasn't badly damaged and didn't seem to have been there for too long - maybe a casualty of the storm...
2 weeks ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Amphibians on the Move! - There are quite a few rumblings of amphibian movement over the past few days. The mild wet conditions have even brought out toads on roads. Smooth newts have...
2 weeks ago
GJGPhotography

Poland 2014 - As I mentioned in my last blog, I recently headed off to central Europe to photograph Sea Eagles, Buzzards and Corvids. 6 days away, 4 days in the hides an...
2 weeks ago
East Yorkshire Wildlife

Final Post - Thankyou to everyone that has followed this Blog since its inception. I’ve taken the decision to amalgamate this Blog with my East Riding Dragonflies Websi...
2 weeks ago
Earthfast Images

Shieldbug Nymph - [image: Shieldbug Nymph by Roger B.] Shieldbug Nymph, a photo by Roger Butterfield on Flickr.
2 weeks ago
Holywell Birding

Bittern-less - For the past two winters there's been sporadic sightings of Bittern at Holywell Pond, this is most likely a wintering bird, but due to the vast reed-bed, a...
2 weeks ago
Ecologica

Nature on my doorstep - I know I’ve been away for a long time (has it really been four months?) but I have a good reason. I have just moved from Durham in the north […]
2 weeks ago
Wunderkammer

BIOBLITZ: NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS REVIEW 4 - It’s taken me an inexcusable amount of time to get back to my blog and finish the Bioblitz series. I realise no one was waiting with bated breath to read […]
2 weeks ago
Wild About Bungay

Ramble Around the Common - 12th June 2013 - In Memory of Jasmine Lingwood - On a sunny day in June, I went for a ramble at Outney Common with my friend Phil and Jasmine's husband, John Lingwood. John explained that this was one o...
2 weeks ago
Flying high!

Madeira....3rd-10th February 2014. - A week's holiday on the Island of Madeira was a great one, my first visit to this Portuguese archipelago. The weather was very good with just one day of ra...
3 weeks ago
Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow

- We have just had the worst storm I have known in the 40 years we have lived here . As i walked down the meadow this afternoon after the storm had passed I ...
3 weeks ago
Wessex Wanderings

Flooding on the Thames at Purley - With Ed Milliband visiting the next door village of Purley-on-Thames this morning I felt I ought to take a look myself. I can sympathize with local Conse...
3 weeks ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Teen Wolf – The Rewilding of Britain’s youth as the key to an eco-revolution - Teen Wolf – The Rewilding of Britain’s youth as the key to an eco-revolution My latest blog for A Focus on Nature, examining how rewilding and a youth cons...
3 weeks ago
The Natural Stone

Eagles and Owls in Netherlands - Caspian Plover, Brown Shrike, Hawk Owl, Snowy Owl. All mouthwatering prospects and at one point all available in the Netherlands recently. It was this temp...
3 weeks ago
Life's Grandeur

Boxing day - After 11 successful years out of 11, we have had to retire our trusty blue tit nest box.
3 weeks ago
holdingmoments

Sun - Well, Sunday 9th February has been a pretty shit day if you're a member of the animal kingdom; and I don't include humans. I think they are a race apart....
3 weeks ago
Murf's Wildlife

American Wigeon - Passing though Tullaghans in County Leitrim today just south of Bundoran in Donegal, I stopped on the main road to check the flooded fields for the America...
4 weeks ago
Ian Butler Photography

215/365 Montezume Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma - Into the seventh week of leading photography tours in Costa Rica. I have met a lot of superb people and the birds here are magnificent. One of the birds ...
4 weeks ago
Parus

I don't think I'm going to be very good at yearlisting. - I've realised pretty quickly that buying a house, along with all that entails, doesn't really mix well with trying to do a yearlist. I'm hoping that doing ...
4 weeks ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

Sun, Mist and Rain - January has been an odd mixture of golden sunrises and vivid sunsets with heavy overnight rainstorms, though here in East Anglia we’ve escaped lightly comp...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Julie's Blog

Barnacle Geese at RSPB Saltholme -
4 weeks ago
Wildlife Conservation: Heart of the Levels Wildlife Group

The Next Ten Years for People and Nature: Chris Baines -
5 weeks ago
The Wild West!

Red Fox - Yesterday I decided to leave the Trailcam at a new sett. Entering the woodland I came across several tufts of Red Fox fur caught on the lowest strand of th...
5 weeks ago
A dribble of knowledge

The “Infallible” DNA Test - Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and pine marten (Martes martes) produce scats (faeces) that look quite similar. There are a list of rules, suggestions, smells and de...
5 weeks ago
DGPix Wildlife and Nature Photography

First Wild Bird Workshop of 2014 - The third seasonal course of this series was held on 25th & 26th January, and the first of 2014. I've had some really good workshops this past year, and t...
5 weeks ago
Beyond the Riverbank

Poland II : Wieliczka Salt Mines & Krakow Jewish Quarters - After last weeks rather sinister and foreboding post, this one will hopefully have a slightly happier feel to it as I put up the last few photos from the ...
5 weeks ago
Wild Valleys

Brown Field Site - One of the best brown field sites found locally to me has to be the area in between Aberbargoed, Bedwellty and Markham, its apparently owned by the Environ...
5 weeks ago
indie birder

Norfolk and Suffolk, 17th-19th January 2014 - The third weekend of the year and it's another weekend devoted entirely to birding. That's 3 of out 3 for 2014. That can't last... This time it was three d...
5 weeks ago
European Trees

Putting Culture back into Arboriculture - The suggestion of new woodland to help towards tackling flooding is not new. But the risk in pushing policy solely towards increased ‘native woodland’ crea...
5 weeks ago
Garden 65

On Not Going Out In The Rain - I was going to venture into the sodden Garden65 and report on that soddenness, but it's raining and I have my slippers on, so I'll stay here indoors and ...
5 weeks ago
The Rambling Ecologist

Mysterious silence - Morning all, Just thought I’d write a very quick post to apologise for the massive lack of posts going up here for the past few months. I’m currently study...
1 month ago
Cranfield's Wildlife Blog

2014 – a new project for this year - I will be at the Herpetofauna Workers’ Meeting at the end of the month. An excellent meeting which sold out within 13 days. My company is sponsoring the ev...
1 month ago
Myky Speaks

Get Out Of The Armchair - We’re always being told that wildlife thrives anywhere- towns and cities, the countryside, gardens, nature reserves etc. And while it’s true, we only ever ...
1 month ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Server Problems - Many apologies for the site being down this past week. Not my fault, and totally out of my control. My hosting server suffered a major hardware failure at ...
1 month 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 ...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Alan Tilmouth

Exclusive: New Study Links Immigrant Sea Eagles to Baby-killing Gene - In an extraordinary turn of events an eminent, bespectacled scientist at Aberdeen University has leaked genetic research that highlights the existence of a...
1 month ago
Hares on the Hill

Happy New Year - My apologies for not posting for a while. We have been incredibly busy with work, the puppy, Christmas, a 30 metre dutch barge, which may be crossing the E...
1 month ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

The Tyranny of Tree Preservation - Tree preservation orders are legal orders which make it an offence to cut down, uproot, prune, lop or damage a tree without first obtaining Council cons...
1 month ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

Surveys show need to conserve western Scotland’s healthy seas - Volunteers onboard Silurian Copyright G.Leaper *Research surveys conducted by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) during 2013 have identified a rem...
1 month ago
The Bristol Wildlife Blog

A Siberian Chiffchaff on a Bristol dung-heap - Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) is a leaf-warbler familiar to birdwatchers in Britain, as a common summer visitor, and in much of the country as...
1 month 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...
2 months 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...
2 months ago
The Heartwood Blog

Stairs and Fencing in Cleft Sweet Chestnut - Intro This project involved working jointly with another company Quay Carpentry www.quaycarpentry.co.uk. The brief for their customer was to craft compon...
2 months ago
Bogbumper

Early morning -
2 months ago
Compare the Marsh Tit

Normal service resumed - This morning three Egyptian geese flew clangourously over my house. Twice. This seems as good a reason as any for writing a blog. Now, where were we?
2 months ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 2 January 2014, Wallasey, Wirral. - Well, I've managed to get 2014 off to a good start with a trip to Wallasey on the North Coast of the Wirral. The weather was perfect: the sun was shining...
2 months ago
Nature Writing Notes

Tokyo Park Life - Bridge to West Beach, Kasai Rinkai Park When I returned to Tokyo in autumn for another temporary work contract, I promised myself that I'd blog less a...
2 months ago
Joe Wynn Photography

2013- The Year In As Many Characters or Fewer - Hello internet! Remember me? No me neither. Still, i've had a fairly mental last few months so it's perhaps unsurprising how little time i've had for updat...
2 months 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...
2 months ago
natureoncam

A Scottish Highlands Christmas - For a complete change this Christmas my wife and I went on a train journey to the Highlands of Scotland. Taking in the Settle and Carlisle railway over the R...
2 months ago
Woodlouse House

My Poor Plum Tree - I'm back! Work days are behind me again and I now have time to garden and blog again! Last week's storm brought down our plum tree! Disaster for us .......
2 months ago
The Early Birder

Christmas Greetings - Over the past few months much of my time has been spent researching family genealogy interspersed with just a few wildlife outings hence the lack of postin...
2 months ago
Downland Views

Last Post (for a while) - I have legitimately been able to forget the housework and go off exploring the countryside as the doctor said walking would strengthen my knee and help wit...
3 months ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Children’s insect events for 2014 - Blog Wildlife Art Company These are the dates booked so far for 2014, in which Cath will be running insect-related arts and crafts sessions or microscop...
3 months ago
Tarka Challenge

Glow worms - Here is the short film I made for our Wildlife Trust Group Christmas meeting, its all about Glow worms
3 months ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - With poor light this morning and a heavy mist shrouding the landscape, this Grey Squirrel obliged by posing perfectly. Good job, too, because the long and he...
3 months ago
Natural Ramblings

Britains day Flying Moths by - Britains Day-Flying Moths A field guide to the day flying moths of Britain and Ireland After having the opportunity to review Britain’s butterflies by Davi...
3 months ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

Scottish Highlands - Saturday 7th to 14th September 2013 - Here are a few pictures from my week in the Scottish Highlands which included trips to Skye, the Flow Country, Speyside, The Black Isle, Gairloch & the sur...
3 months 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 months ago
BTO Cymru

Where do you go to my lovely? - On Tuesday BTO ringers from the SCAN ringing group and RSPB staff at Ynys Hir caught and ringed 25 Barnacle geese from the increasing winter flock there. ...
3 months ago
Wildlife Matters

Autumnal Allsorts - To begin this installment of the Skills for the Future blog we have to say some farewells (not goodbyes!) to some of our fantastic team mates. Tom, from th...
3 months ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

End of Season Dragonflies - On the Isle of Wight at this time there is always the hope of encountering a rarity.However into November and it is the Common Darter that is the dragonfly...
4 months ago
the katsura tree | the world outside your window

I’m going to have to go back up there - But more on that story later. Something, (possibly a Jackdaw), has kicked the camera out of the box. My ingenious home-brew plant-pot inspired camera mount...
4 months 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 ...
4 months 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 ...
4 months ago
Between the Weave

Updates from the garden - This is my first post since July as I have been busy writing books (for example, Sadie and the Lost Treasure). So, July. Well that was a hot month. But hey...
5 months 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...
5 months ago
Ryan Clark Nature Photography

A quick update - Hello everyone, Just a quick update from me. As some of you will know I have been rather busy this summer with my fieldwork for my dissertation. Unfortun...
5 months ago
Wild Reviews

Windhover - I caught this morning morning’s minion, king- dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him stea...
5 months 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. ...
5 months ago
Pam's Place

Leighton Moss - During a holiday last week I spent a day at Leighton Moss reserve in Lancashire. It's a beautiful place and it's a shame I don't live closer, i'd be spendi...
6 months ago
Beneath the Stream

Blog moving to new site - Dear loyal followers, I'm no longer going to update this blog but instead everything has moved to my website at www.colin-williams.com. Just click on the ...
6 months ago
WillowWhispering

Finca Son Jorbo, Mallorca – (A birders’ delight) - This summer we returned to the beautiful island of Mallorcafor our annual holiday. We stayed at a traditional 17th century farmhouse in a rural location on...
6 months 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...
6 months ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Back to my Roots - Posts have been few recently, due to a combination of lacking in general motivation and being unhappy with my photography. My mind has wondered back ...
6 months ago
FABirding

Recurvirostra avosetta.. - Adult [Pied]* Avocet* *(Recurvirostra avosetta)* and below is one of this years offspring. . Both photographed at Tichwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk. * FAB.* ...
6 months ago
Hedge Britannia

At the Cutting Edge – hedge poetry - Here’s another charming poem from Nizgal (whose Sheep from Oats I put on the blog last year) – he has belatedly got in touch, very nice to hear from him. A...
6 months ago
Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

Coastal Foray - The end of summer is a very good time for coastal walks in sand dunes and along salt water marshes because many of the best coastal plants flower in the la...
6 months ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

A change of direction – cross posted from naturestimeline - Time for a widespread change of direction with this Blog? Maybe, maybe not. See my posting from the other blog - naturestimeline Please provide your though...
6 months ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

Paget Estate, Charnwood Forest visit-July 2013 - July 29 Paget Estate, Charnwood Forest Meet Home Farm car park (by arrangement only), Woodhouse Lane. (Turn off opposite reservoir.) Short walk (some sti...
7 months ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

POND - ALDERFLY?
7 months ago
The Natural World of Wildlife

The Galapagos Finches Evolution in Action - *Evolution is a fantastic process, and is basically the change of inherited traits of a certain population from generation to generation. Evo...
7 months ago
Bishopthorpe Nature

Heatwave heaven at Strensall - Yesterday I spent the whole day at Strensall Common surveying Dark Bordered Beauties along with Dave Wainwright, Terry Crawford, Penny Relf, Tallulah Gulle...
7 months ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Wren -
8 months ago
Inspired by Ecology

To Twitch or not to twitch – that IS a question! - Dusky Thrush, Margate Cemetery, May 2013Not long ago, a rare bird from the far east, a Dusky Thrush turned up in East Kent. This was the first time this sp...
8 months ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

bats - I knew there were bats in the area because we have had pipistrelles in the house before and local dog walkers see them regularly in the evening, so I set o...
8 months 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 ...
8 months 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...
9 months 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...
9 months 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...
9 months 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 ...
9 months 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...
9 months 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...
9 months 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 ...
9 months 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...
9 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
11 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
11 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...
11 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 ...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
The Urban Countryman

Winter Woodland Wonderland - The forecast snow duly arrived, gradually [...]
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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. ...
1 year ago
Wildlife of Breen Oakwood

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

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
1 year 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...
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
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