UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: July 2012

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NI Bird Pics

Vivienne Beck - Long-tailed Tits - Collecting cobwebs for a nest!
6 minutes ago
NI Birds

Habitat Damage - At this time of year we get many reports about hedgerows being cut / damaged and fields being drained - a reflection of diminishing habitats in NI for our ...
18 minutes ago
Wilden Marsh

iphone Common Dog Violet. - Sunrise: 06.07 Sunset: 08.11Filed under: Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve Tagged: common dog-violet, iPhone Photography, Kidderminster, Macro photo...
24 minutes ago
Herts Nature

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3 hours ago
Hemel Birding

Visiting Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire for Easter - where should I go birding? - I have had a few requests from people visiting Hemel for Easter who wanted to know where to go birding in the area so I have copied here my quick(ish) res...
4 hours ago
Butterfly Islands

Another New Arrival - With the sunny warm weather still with us today another spring time species made an appearance at Whiteways Quarry.The first Grizzled Skipper was seen flit...
5 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

Good Fences - Oxford Island - This is post is really a twin to go with the other post I did earlier today regarding Oxford Island so I hope you will have a look at what I found with my ...
5 hours ago
Random Jottings

Vole - There could only be one subject for today's blog post. As we were returning from our walk around Mapperley Reservoir, we passed over what was historically...
6 hours ago
Ecology Escapades

Newts Galore - A gorgeous evening last week saw Steve and I carrying out our first great crested newt survey of the season. We are heading into our third season surveying...
6 hours ago
An English Wood

Healer of bones - Greater Stichwort, Stellaria holos […]
7 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Stock Doves - Every morning this week a pair of Stock Doves have visited the garden. They spend most of their time under the seed feeders feeding on any seeds scattered ...
8 hours ago
Tarka Challenge

Venture Travel Magazine - Here is my interview with Venture Travel Magazine - http://www.venturetravelmag.com/blog/wildlife-challenge
8 hours ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary

Monthly photos of scenes around my Local Patch - I came home yesterday to a surprise. I had won a DVD 'The Life of Mammals" in a competition in a magazine where I had name 'Who sang that bird song'. I've...
9 hours ago
A Birding Odyssey

Spring passage ratchets up ! 16.4.2014 - A *Phylloscopus *that flipped through the garden early on and a Northern Wheatear nearby suggested that there had been passage overnight. A couple of hour...
9 hours ago
Pegler Birding

Theraputic Thursdays - 10th April, 2014 - *Anyone who's main passion is owls can tell you that it tends to be a relatively lonely occupation. Much of the time the search is fruitless, and it often ...
10 hours ago
The Natural Stone

Brambling, Ferry Meadows - One of two males seen at Ferry Meadows this morning. The other was a rather brighter summer individual. Brambling *Fringilla montifringilla* Canon Powersh...
10 hours ago
My Nature Notes

A tired common lizard? - I was leading a walk when we encountered a common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) on a discarded car tyre. Despite being very vulnerable and with over a dozen pe...
12 hours ago
My Life Outside

Carreg Cennen Castle - Mink and Ashy Mining Bees - If Saturday served to remind us that winter is not yet clear of the rear view mirror then Sunday was definitely a sign that it's days are severely numbered. ...
19 hours ago
Considering Birds

Considerando Uccelli - It’s probably best not to habitually make excuses for my absence, but one very good one I can offer for the last, oh, I don’t know how many blog-free weeks...
19 hours ago
Landscapism

There is no time like Spring - "There is no time like Spring, when life's alive in everything." Christina Rossetti, *Spring.* This post is nothing more than a visual reminder; a reminde...
19 hours ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Mediterranean Gull - White E742 - Last week, during a short stop-off at Glynn to check the black-headed gull flock for colour-rings, I noticed four Mediterranean gulls preening and bathing ...
20 hours ago
Anglesey Wild Flower Meadow

Mid April - Mid April and the Swallows have arrived spot on the 14th a little earlier than usual they normally arrive around the 17th in time for my birthday .the best...
20 hours ago
Cholsey Wildlife

April Garden - Sunny, 16º, light NE. Still a bit of a chill to the wind other than that a warm day spent gardening. A little frustrating not getting out but there is al...
20 hours ago
Linacre Blogger

Bees, Butterflies and a Bee-Fly - The weather yesterday was gorgeous, with temperatures of 13 degrees, blue skies and bright sunshine. As a result I decided to have a look at the insects at...
22 hours ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Small mammals vs. large mammals - Working with animals and teenagers may at first seem a hairy sort of idea, but then again you might be surprised. At the end of a manic March, a group of a...
23 hours ago
Killy Birder

Peacocks, Popeye and Characters - 15th April. I began my walk from Brier Dene today, thinking that my bag seemed ever so light and that this reflected my growing fitness following long w...
1 day ago
Garden Bird Year

Food for young - From evening song post.. (C.OOS) I have noticed a few Blackbirds in recent days, apparently carrying food for young. I watched one closely this morning, ...
1 day ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Very quick update for you - *The Safari has been and* still is busy but we have been able to get out a bit over the last couple of days. A morning watch on Patch 2 gave us the long awa...
1 day ago
Bill's Birding

Dusking for moths - Although we've being treated to a decent run of very warm and sunny spring days of late, we're also having to deal with some distinctly chilly, cloudless n...
1 day ago
Another Bird Blog

Different Days, Different Birds - On Tuesday we spent a day at Blackpool Zoo with our two granddaughters. Today I took a well-earned rest and spent a good three hours birding the usual spot...
1 day ago
Donegal Wildlife

Beautiful high pressure - A rare high-pressure weather system brought dry heat yesterday, so a lot was going on. My first worker bumblebee (probably Bombus terrestris, but hard to b...
1 day ago
florafaunauk

The Chiff Chaff - Spring Song -
1 day ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Forest Flutterings - Reports of Large Red damselflies are now starting to appear from most Southern Counties, and there have even been reports of Broad-bodied Chasers and a Hai...
1 day ago
Zygoma

Mermania! - I’ve already posted a teaser about my mermaid research, but now I’m pleased to say that the academic paper is available in the Journal of Museum Ethnograph...
1 day ago
The Wilder Garden

Fur's fair - Still no sign of swallows here, although we saw them at the coast at the weekend. Someone told me that they move along the coast and then head inland along...
1 day ago
Gabriel Hemery

Poplar and mistletoe - I escaped to France last week during the hiatus of the launch of The New Sylva - appropriately enough losing myself among the bocage and marais in Normandy.
1 day ago
Wild Nottingham

Jack by the Hedge - I’m focussing on foraging again today. Jack by the Hedge (Alliaria petiolata) is a spring foraging favourite; also known as Garlic Mustard, it is a very c...
1 day ago
Naturanaute

An oasis of wilderness - Green spaces are prized treasures in the brick and concrete jungle of cities. Yet, according to a report commissioned in 2013, London is the greenest city ...
1 day ago
Wild and Wonderful

Hedgehogs and Hibernation - I saw my first hedgehog of 2014 last week when we were on the beautiful windswept island of Great Cumbrae, a ten minute ferry ride from Largs on the west...
1 day ago
The Early Birder

Stroll at Dungeness RSPB on Monday. - On Sunday we travelled into Kent to meet up with friends that we hadn't seen for nearly two years. After a cup of coffee and a chat I acted as the taxi dri...
1 day ago
FABirding

Sedge Warbler. - A few images of *Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)* photographed during a stroll around Dungeness RSPB. *(See the post on my main blog)* Check o...
1 day ago
Wild up North

Willow Warbler - Snapped! - Outside our holiday cottage in Pembrokeshire was a large Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum). This North American shrub was literally buzzing with bees, a...
1 day ago
Samanta's Wildlife

Ivy Leaved Toadflax - Since March I have been trying to find a positive ID for a small, purple bilaterally asymmetrical viola-like flower with a yellow centre that grows on wall...
1 day ago
Austin's Birding Blog

15/04/2014 Binn Green, Dove Stone RSPB - Brambling: After seeing Tanmay's crippling pictures of the male Two Barred Crossbill from yesterday I decided to use my day off and go try my luck. Afte...
1 day ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Honey Bees drinking - A muddy wheel-rut was providing a convenient source of water for honey bees today, with dozens topping-up at any one moment. I guess the nest/hive wasn't t...
1 day ago
Rambles with a Camera

I've just seen my first Swallows this year.......................................................... - Travelling home from work tonight I spotted my first Swallows of 2014... only a few but wonderful to see. These images are from last summer... along the Ri...
2 days ago
Trent Valley Beetles

Anoplius viaticus and an unlucky spider. - One of the first pictures with new extension tubes, shocking composition but beetle is in decent detail. Back on Budby Heath today armed with a new bit of ...
2 days ago
Owls about that then!

Super Sunday! - On Sunday morning Col Green and I had a couple of spare hours so we used the time wisely and went and checked some more owl boxes. Due to the time constrai...
2 days ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

LENS Summer Walks Woodside - Apr 14 Woodside Farm Nature Reserve, Shipley. Part of this new reserve is run as a farm with cows and sheep. See it at lambing time. Can be very wet, so pl...
2 days ago
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

The Plant that turns Lawns Blue - *It's the season for slender speedwell Veronica filiformis, a Victorian rockery favourite that first hopped over the garden wall in 1838, but didn't really...
2 days ago
Tricia's Tales

An impromptu visit for bluebells at Winkworth Arboretum - Spur of the moment decision... needed to get some exercise to headed off to Winkworth Arboretum - it's all on a steep hill... so exercise I got!! Birdsong ...
2 days ago
Doorstep Birding

Orange Tips it over 200 - Couple of weekends ago there were plenty of Brimstones, and a single Chiffy. This weekend Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps were very well represented, and Swallow...
2 days ago
Views from an urban lake

Fossils A Photographic Field Guide - Review - Fossils a Photographic Field Guide - Cover image Fossils A Photographic Field Guide by Chris and Helen Pellant |239 Pages | New Holland |Paper Back | 2013 ...
2 days ago
Islay Natural History Trust

Serenity at Killinallan - The Sanderling was unfazed by our presence; the skies were serene; the Emperor Moth had got on with its emerging; the Marsh Fritillary Caterpillars were na...
2 days ago
leavesnbloom

The April Garden - [image: a ladybird about to fly off my hand] It's April and the garden finally is bursting into life. As each week goes by less and less soil is visible ...
2 days ago
BirdPoem

Can you hear the nightingales sing? (Part 2) - Last year I wrote a blog about Lodge Hill - a miraculous chunk of north Kent's rural landscape on the Hoo Peninsular that is home to the Nightingale, a rar...
2 days ago
Natural Born Blogger

Mud glorious mud - Peacock butterfly nectaring on Willow catkins. In contrast to last month’s trip up north to Silverdale and Arnside on this occasion it was gloriously sunny...
2 days ago
Barcode Ecology

Wear Sunscreen - An interesting week full of different things – events, exploration and of course some moths. With a moth trap on loan from a friend, and permission to set ...
2 days ago
The Early Birder

Titchwell - A visit to Titchwell is always highly anticipated when I go to Norfolk. This visit just as good as any other. A pair of Red-crested Pochards were a first f...
2 days ago
Steve's Birding And Wildlife Blog

MSQ.... - Another sunny day on offer today saw me heading over to MSQ to see what goodies were on offer at this superb inland reserve.I started in usual fashion by c...
2 days ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

First of 2014. - I have been on the lookout for the first damselfly to emerge from my garden pond this year and today a female Large Red obliged. The weather has been warm a...
3 days ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

Hare Workshop Images 2014 - A few images that have rolled off the back of the hare lorry recently...
3 days ago
Jason Ridge Photography

Opticron Countryman BGA HD – Review - Another day and another pair of binoculars to put to the test, this time the Opticron Countryman BGA HD 8×32. My reviews may not be as...
3 days ago
The Lilac Grove

The Sun Came Out! - The weather has changed a bit here, sunny but still chilly at night. This has prompted some changes in the garden at last. The Blue Tits have been adding d...
3 days ago
A Warbler A Day

Warbling in the Spring Sun - I’ve enjoyed another sunny weekend in Hampshire. Yesterday I went to Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve. When I arrived it was high tide and resting on the sh...
3 days ago
Mid Cheshire Barn Owls

Interesting Recoveries - In late October I ringed my latest ever brood of Barn Owls and this fellow was the oldest of the brood of three. With late broods it is always going to be ...
3 days ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

The rooks of Kergord - Kergord is lower than I remember most rookeries to be... The wind is slamming the house as I write this, shaking the fabric of it. I feel safe enough and g...
3 days ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Parasitic wasp - Ichneumon stramentor - On Friday night as I was clearing the kitchen getting ready to sit down and watch a film with the family I came across this fantastic ichneumon wasp. It se...
3 days ago
Austin Thomas Photography - Blog

The Little Owls are back and they have started nesting already… - I did my first photo session of 2014 with the Little Owls this weekend. I had spotted a Little Owl a few weeks ago when I was out scanning the fields with ...
3 days ago
Alan Tilmouth

BAWC - It stands for Birders Against Wildlife Crime. Years worth of pent-up frustration at dead raptor after dead raptor, nests being robbed of eggs, Hen Harriers...
3 days ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Quick trip to the Valley gives the year list a boost - Having had a day in doors or gardening to be more accurate I managed to slope off for a couple of hours for an evening walk around Lee Valley. First off I ...
3 days ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

The last couple of weeks - It has been hard work inland with nothing changing much, until the last couple of days here, what was pleasing was a singing WILLOW WARBLER (71) that has n...
3 days ago
Wild Reviews

“The Eagle’s Way” – Book Review - Last season I read “The Last Wolf” by Jim Crumley and spent a little time afterwards reviewing it. His most recent publication came out this year and is ve...
3 days ago
The Barley Bird-er

Botley Wood Bird Ringing - April 2014 - It was a dawn start this morning with the first proper ringing session of the year at Botley Wood. I say first proper session because we have done some rin...
3 days ago
Purbeck Footprints

The Long Way Round - Our April wander, in two weeks time, will take us to Chapman's Pool and I wanted to go a slightly different way than normal. This meant a bit of a recky:...
4 days ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Buzzin Round the Zoo - Now and again I like to make a visit to my local zoo at Chester. Is is a very good zoo and they a operate a large number of important conservation and edu...
4 days ago
Valley Naturalist

A Phylloscopus morning - An early morning visit to The British was greeted by a keen wind and some fresh fly tipping of plaster, broken bathroom tiles and plastic water pipes. De...
4 days ago
Tales of the City

Spring fever - The streets around where I live, on a sunny spring day like today, are glorious. There's nothing special about them: these are rows of Victorian and Edward...
4 days ago
shirls gardenwatch

Fixed: error 99 with Canon EFS 17-85mm :-) - Message read ‘error 99’ on the back of Canon 400D display (LCD monitor) when using the Canon EFS 17-85mm lens. This camera worked fine with other lenses so...
4 days ago
Wild Sight

You Must Go Back - If a place is worth visiting, it’s worth visiting at least twice. There is a school of thought that says you can never go back. I think that they are bui...
4 days ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

GUEST BLOG: Bumblebees by Keith Heywood - This is the first Guest blog we have featured and it has been provided by Keith Heywood who has recently taken up an interest in ‘bumblebees’. If you have...
4 days ago
Druridge Diary

Wheatears and willow warblers - There appeared to be a 'mini-fall' of *wheatears* this morning at Druridge, I counted at least seven along about 200m of the dune fence, pushed this way an...
4 days ago
The Lyons Den

Shepherd & Dog & Beetle - As I was walking back from the bar at the Shepherd & Dog in Fulking I had a look at a decaying cherry tree that drew my eye. I walked right up to a specim...
4 days ago
Zoo Volunteer

Quest for the Wild Canary 8: Houbara Bustard and Waders - Female Houbara Bustard, Fuerteventura One of the key target species of any birding trip to the eastern Canary islands is the local race of Houbara Bustard ...
4 days ago
Hedgeland Tales

Pied-billed Grebe at Rutland Water - I received a phone call on Wednesday afternoon from my friend Chris Orders to inform me that a pretty rare bird had been reported from Rutland Water, a 3...
4 days ago
Wildlife news from Wild Lochaber

Orca Fin - Finishing our pre-season checks here at Glenloy Lodge, but have already taken a couple of guests out for early morning tours to see blackcock and otter. On...
5 days ago
Victoria Hillman Nature Photography Blog

Spring is here - Hello everyone, Spring must be here, saw my first swallow today! Hope everyone has been enjoying the lovely weather we've been having here in Somerset over...
5 days ago
holdingmoments

I feel a blog coming on - Hopefully tomorrow, my computer will be restored back to full health; one way or the other. Been kind of lost with it only working for an hour at a time....
5 days ago
Kingfisher Diary

A little miracle - Since discovering the Dutch Nature Channel website with its live webcam feed from their kingfisher nest bank, I have been checking in most days to watch th...
5 days ago
The Wold Ranger

A few recent photos - Here are a few more spring photos taken during the last couple of days as the weather has remained clement and warm enough for spring to continue its stead...
5 days ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Season of mists and... - I thought that it was Autumn that provided the mists hanging in the valleys, but this week on the way to work there were some extraordinary formations. I ...
5 days ago
A life at the shoreline

Female Siskin - A surprise visitor to my doorstep , a lovely female Siskin
5 days ago
UK Wildlife

Black winged stilt at RSPB Bowers Marsh - I got a Text today from the wonderful Howard Vaughan informing me that there was a pair of Black Winged Stilts at RSPB Bowers Marsh. They are the first see...
5 days ago
Oscar Dewhurst Wildlife Photography

Thanks to - Several organisations have helped me with my trip to Peru, through monetary or equipment support, so I'd just like to thank them. Firstly, I am very gratef...
5 days ago
Seabed Habitats

Porosity- the Philosophy of Life - A philosophy professor stood before his class with items on the table in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a very large and empty jar and pr...
6 days ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

More Spring - Warm weather – and Spring – are holding out, at least for the moment. The Scarlet Tiger caterpillars are growing, garden birds are preening their breeding ...
6 days ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) - I've recently noticed several bees in my garden that I didn't at first recognise. It turns out they are the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), a relative ne...
6 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

Epping Forest - Epping Forest is virtually on my doorstep but apart from the odd weekend family amble through the woods and brief winter visit in search of ducks at Connau...
6 days ago
Esticadinho Nature

Moths provide highlight of early April - Warm conditions during the Spring always provide great conditions for early season insects at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire – and the opportunity to photo...
6 days ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

A Magical Moment - I was working from home today, with laptop squeezed on the kitchen table, as close to the open back door as possible, whilst trying to resist the lure of g...
1 week ago
George's wonderful wildlife report

How not to enhance a reputation - Hello and welcome once more to my latest blog it has been a very busy period recently with coursework deadlines all being grouped into one tight bundle, st...
1 week ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

More Natural Sculptures Found today - I have now included two more "natural sculptures" which I have found and I hope you enjoy:"Fused The Pregnant Ewe" found in Lancelot Clark Storth *(Please c...
1 week ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Not just birds ....... - Time with the camera has been a bit restricted and the one opportunity I did get didn't lead to any birds coming to pose. For the first time though anothe...
1 week ago
Jake's Bones

The birds of the pine marten wood (part one) - In previous years when I have been bone collecting, I have explored a different wood each week maybe Titus Well to see the red deer, then the Rhynd lakes t...
1 week ago
Harbour Master

WORN MEADOW ?? - Strange looking pipit along recuvler sea front,when i first saw it i was thinking worn whinchat than i had a good look pipit but not a meadow,as it sounded...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Birding the day away!

Heuglin's Gull ~ 2cy ~ Dungeness, Kent - 05.04.14 - *Scanning through the gathering flock on the beach at Dungeness, I was drawn to the large bill of this bird.* *Once clear of the other gulls, my first thoug...
1 week ago
The Liverbirder

Gosforth Park Fudge - £3.50 and well worth it! - Some Lifers are ticked 'just because'; the Yellow-rumped Warbler, for example. Well, it would have been rude not to! Never heard of one before, will never ...
1 week ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

Hawthorn: ‘tree-following’ - Go to the Loose and Leafy blog and you’ll find a great initiative. People from different parts of the UK, the USA, Europe and elsewhere have each chosen a ...
1 week ago
Wessex Wanderings

Cholsey to Goring via the downs - It has been over four months since I last did a walk lasting a whole day. So with the forecast for the only full fine day in the week I decided to make u...
1 week ago
Bugman Jones

I don’t work in a museum but…. - I don’t work in a museum, but I’ve been nominated (i.e. challenged) to write a blog for the Twitter museumweek hashtag. I nearly didn’t get nominated, yo...
1 week ago
Holywell Birding

Progression? - Progress I’m told, progression to what, the end? The Green Belt is a brilliant idea, its unfortunate that it doesn’t live up to its name, it should be cal...
1 week ago
Wild About Bungay

Cherry blossom time - Bungay Saturday, April 5th A group from Sustainable Bungay went on a "well-being" walk at the weekend...and these are some of the sights we came across. F...
1 week ago
Frank Anderson Photography

The Posh Neighbours - There are some birds which have a special attraction to me to watch or photograph or both – the Kingfisher with its vivid colours and fishing skills, t...
1 week ago
Wildlife Matters

Working With The Dorset Wildlife Trust - Ciara Askin, 17. Sparsholt College Student. ___________________________________ Starting March 17th I spent three weeks on a work placement with the Dorset...
1 week ago
Birding with Flowers

Tepid off the Press - This Otter photo taken at Tophill Low from 18th February, has just made it into today's *Hull Daily Mail* The full story may be read here:
1 week ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Path and stream crossing at Aira Force - We've recently been working again at Aira Force, where amongst a lot of exciting new developments a new bridge has been put in near High Force to create a ...
1 week ago
Notes of Nature

Book Review: RHS Botany for Gardeners by Geoff Hodge - When I first moved to Wiltshire I came across the word 'lush' for the first time. It's just not something I ever remember hearing where I come from in Nor...
1 week ago
LOOSE AND LEAFY

TREE FOLLOWING - THE APRIL BOX IS HERE! - [image: Tree (perhaps Windmill Palm?) with white building and blue sky.] Poole, Dorset, November 14th 2013 It should be exciting. We have been introduce...
1 week ago
A dribble of knowledge

Nietoperek Revisited - You might remember last year Denise wrote an article on this blog about the Nietoperek bat reserve in Poland, which is one of the largest bat hibernation s...
1 week ago
Julie's Blog

2014 Dubai Holiday - Post 3 - 25/3/14 - Today, we drove to Al Ain and stayed at the Mercure Hotel up Jebel Hafet. Before going to the hotel we stop and visit the Green Mubazzarah. *Green Mubazzar...
1 week ago
European Trees

Measuring Landscape - “There’s something about the way that fields and churches and orchards and houses and dry-stone walls have been artfully arranged over the centuries that n...
1 week ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

A Busy Day at North Duffield - North Duffield was the place to be today it seems, in the local area anyway. However, I was a good couple of miles away on a dog walk when it got going... ...
1 week ago
Woodlouse House

Frontal Attack - Andy went off to photograph a few rare birds so I dug up the front lawn. BEFORE I didn't need to plan what I wanted ... I just wanted flowers. That me...
1 week ago
natureoncam

Austwick and the Norber Erratics! - Spent a few days in the Yorkshire Dales a week or so back staying on a very good 5 pitch campsite near Austwick, it was called Orcaber Farm and is highly rec...
1 week ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Gannets fishing - Gannets fishing, screenprint, ed. of 4 The Easter holidays are here, and in the next few weeks everyone will be putting their boats back in the water after ...
1 week ago
Jenny McLaren- art, fieldnotes & findings

- I'm working on this today, a small painting on a vintage book cover, I love working with the texture and marks of age on old cloth bound books. I pick th...
1 week ago
Wader World

Vange Marsh & Vange Wick March Review. - *Vange Marsh & Vange Wick March 2014. * *Monthly review and I am not doing a year list.* *Species Recored so far:* *Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goo...
1 week ago
Duckwoman's Diary

Spring migration and sausages! - Hello birdwatchers March has been an exciting month so far with even a little time to learn a new skill. More of that later. Over the last month, my indoo...
1 week ago
Ian Butler Photography

Ilford FP4 medium format 120 film for sale - Hi all, I have 8 rolls of Ilford FP4 PLUS ISO125 120 roll film for sale on gumtree if anyone is interested. The link is here: http://www.gumtree.com/p/fo...
1 week ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

Nature Notes up to April 17th 2014 - Mipit movement through North West coast Spring 2014 *(Click over sketch to enlarge)* *Thursday 17th April 2014* (Forecast: 0700hrs Wind: WSW 13-28mph, 8c, 99...
2 weeks ago
Garden 65

Sewing In The Sunshine - Did a bit of sewing in that brief afternoon of sunshine we had the other day, and very pleasant it was too. Sat next to the horse chestnut that's in a po...
2 weeks ago
Murmuration

London Calling - Magpie, Bristol - photograph by Jo SinclairI want to go on safari. I want to see big wild beasts in close-up. But it's not the African Big Five I aspire t...
2 weeks ago
Steve Ashton Wildlife Photography

Garganey invasion on the Stodmarsh/Grove ferry reserve. - Most of my available free time over the weekend was spent on the Stodmarsh reserve in hope that one of the hides would turn up a Garganey, and if lucky, ...
2 weeks ago
Birders in Boxers

Spring's arrived........... - Last Saturday saw Teresa and myself entertaining friends Neil and Gail up at the caravan with the lads enjoying a pleasant hike up to the top of Sugar Loaf...
2 weeks ago
Hares on the Hill

Finally the UN rules that Japanese Whaling is not Scientific - A friend has just sent me this link to a BBC News’ report. I’ve copied the salient points here and included the link (there are related links on the BBC pa...
2 weeks ago
DGPix Wildlife and Nature Photography

Badger & Fox Adventures - Since the Spring of 2013, I've been videoing and recording badgers on my land. Last year we counted 2 badgers regularly visiting feeding sites, with a sho...
2 weeks ago
Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

Wordsworth's Daffodils - The English Lake District is famous for its mountains, lakes and Daffodils. There are many varieties of Daffodils and we have more than our fair share pla...
2 weeks ago
Gillian Dinsmore’s Bird Ringing Blog

Roaming Redpolls - I’ve been waiting all Winter for the return of our Redpoll flock in Stranraer. It’s been a very quiet Winter for them here with few Siskin and Goldfin...
3 weeks ago
The Monday Pod

Second shoot in Japan - So I’m back in Japan for a second time this year for my second shoot. I’m at the exact opposite end of the country – might as well be in Taiwan here in Yon...
3 weeks ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

A rainbow day in Glen Affric - On Sunday 16th March I had my first opportunity for a couple of weeks to spend a day out with my camera, taking photographs in the Caledonian Forest. I was...
3 weeks ago
Wild About...

Box End Park WeBS: 16/03/2014 - A fairly quiet WeBS count at Box End Park this month. One of the pairs of Mute Swans looked like they were starting a nest on the spit and a pair of Canada...
3 weeks ago
Flying high!

March is flying by! - Almost the end of March and I have yet to write a post in this month. I am about to remedy that! At the start of the month...well the 7th-10th...a weekend...
3 weeks ago
Entomacrographic

A flock of Dodos - On Saturday I attended another insect identification course, this time on Solitary Bees and Wasps. These informative courses are run the Hampshire Arts and...
3 weeks ago
from the robin's nest...

Early flowering plants - I decided to visit Withdean Woods today as I needed to walk my dog and wanted to check out what early woodland flowers I could find popping up. Firstly, ...
3 weeks ago
Wunderkammer

11 Questions to a Museum Blogger - It’s been a great digital couple of weeks for museums: last week we had #MuseumBlogs where the variety and quality of museum bloggers was celebrated and we...
3 weeks ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

UK's Only Poisonous [sic] Snake is the Most Misunderstood Treasure.... - “Sadly there are indications of a decline in UK adder numbers,” adds Foster. “We have lost populations to habitat destruction, lack of management and persecu...
3 weeks ago
Parus

I've no title for this one. - Sunday afternoon came around and I found myself with some unexpected free time, a car and zero inclination to break out the tile grout. In an attempt to ge...
3 weeks ago
Wildlife Conservation: Heart of the Levels Wildlife Group

CPRE campaign - Extract from CPRE web site; http://www.cpre.org.uk The Government’s planning reforms are unnecessarily damaging the countryside and undermining local demo...
3 weeks ago
Bishopthorpe Nature

Responses to the death of Fred Phelps - Recently, Fred Phelps, the founder of a particularly nasty form of Christian cult, known for picketing the funerals of gay people , died. In the last cou...
3 weeks ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Pine martens to the rescue? How martens could be tackling the Eastern grey squirrel - Pine martens to the rescue? How martens could be tackling the Eastern grey squirrel My first piece for the new Biosphere online nature & conservation journal.
3 weeks ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

Chiff-chuffed... - This post is about a Chiffchaff. Eventually... “On the spot!” I yell. Mike rolls the ball out of the D to my feet. I dink it wide to Si who starts a mazy...
3 weeks ago
GJGPhotography

Reflection Pool - Since my last post, I’ve spent more than a few hours at the hide seeing what’s about and trying to get a few images of the birds that are visiting regularl...
3 weeks ago
Natural Ramblings

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

Red-flanked Bluetail - Marshfield, Gloucestershire 9th March 2014 - What a stunner! A really lovely bird, especially so in good light as on Sunday 9th March. *Red-flanked Bluetail, Marshfield, Gloucestershire - Sunday 9th M...
3 weeks ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

Red Kite Soaring - One of my favourite birds is the beautiful and graceful native red kite. I used to love watching one above my garden back in Oxfordshire but I now see them...
4 weeks ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Cotswold Life pay homage to Cath’s intricate insect art in their April edition…. - Blog Wildlife Art Company Cath is will known for her intricate and accurate artistic studies of insects. She pays homage to their beauty, strength and dive...
4 weeks ago
The Naturephile

Tyto alba - A few posts ago in ‘The Owl and the Woodpecker‘ I mentioned that a pair of robins may have started getting fruity in my garden as early as the begining of ...
4 weeks ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

Dyngus Day and the Willow Tree - *Salix caprea*, aka Sallow, Goat or Pussy Willow are the commonest and most widespread willows in Britain. They are the tree most likely to be encountere...
4 weeks ago
naturestimeline

January and February datasets - As promised, how is the phenology looking against a backdrop of a very wet but reasonably mild Winter. One notable thing for me were the number of Thunder ...
4 weeks ago
Why watch wildlife?

Want to hear me talk about Wildlife? - For anyone that is interested, I’ll be doing a brief presentation on ‘Why watch wildlife?’ as part of Bettakultcha York on Tuesday March 18th. You can find...
4 weeks ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Golden Eagle, Kuusamo, North East Finland. - I have been out on a trip to north east Finland to phot [...]
4 weeks ago
Ecologica

Great tits hunt for Pipistrelle bats - When under strong ecological pressure, or when a good opportunity arises, animals have often shown themselves to be surprisingly innovative in how they ada...
5 weeks ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Three Little Birds - The fog cleared this afternoon and in the sun it was very pleasant. The birds were in full song again and seem to be getting used to us working our plot - ...
5 weeks ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

Torrs Warren, after the storms–4th January 2014 - A walk at Torrs warren after the storms and tidal surge. Lots of trees down, we had to negotiate over 30 across the main track alone! Lots of mud and pudd...
5 weeks ago
The Hardy Green Project

Where the Chaff are the Finches?? - There hasn't been too much activity in the garden recently, the Sunflower Hearts are being eaten mostly by great, blue and coat tits, who don't like stayin...
5 weeks ago
BTO Cymru

BBS Training in Wales Hyfforddiant BBS yng Nghymru - BTO Cymru has for the past two years been working hard to increase the number of BBS squares covered across Wales. Courses backed by one to one mentoring ...
5 weeks ago
Bogbumper

Blossom! -
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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 ...
1 month 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...
1 month 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 ...
1 month ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Thrid se’nnight o’ Solmonað - Sorry clicked wrong button
1 month 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 month 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 month 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 ...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Earthfast Images

Shieldbug Nymph - [image: Shieldbug Nymph by Roger B.] Shieldbug Nymph, a photo by Roger Butterfield on Flickr.
2 months ago
Life's Grandeur

Boxing day - After 11 successful years out of 11, we have had to retire our trusty blue tit nest box.
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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 ...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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 ...
2 months 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 ...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months ago
Beyond the Human Eye

An insect bibliophile - *I found this little insect, which is less than two millimetres long, in a bag of walnuts imported from France. It's a psocid, commonly known as a booklo...
3 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

Bird Science as a career - It is about time this blog received some input, the birding element is actually a huge part of my current career activities. In fact, I’ve been a birder an...
3 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?
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
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...
5 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 ...
5 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 ...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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. ...
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 months ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

POND - ALDERFLY?
8 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...
8 months ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Wren -
9 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...
9 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...
9 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 ...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
10 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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
1 year 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...
1 year 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
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
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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