UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: July 2012

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A life at the shoreline

Lapland Buntings - A cold morning at Loop Head cleared by 10 am I strolled along the road, Meadow Pipits were all over the headland with fluttery Skylarks calling and gaining...
4 hours ago
Cholsey Wildlife

Back on the Hill - Overcast, very light rain, 19°, fresh SSW. Back on the hill after 9 days away and rather quiet up there at the moment. 2 *Raven* flew over and headed towar...
6 hours ago
My Nature Notes

Carex binervis: the green-ribbed sedge - This is a species where the name gives you the key to identification which is not always the case in nature. The green-ribbed sedge (Carex binervis) has da...
7 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

Emerging Bee - Filed under: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
8 hours ago
Yorkie's Wildlife Photos

The last week or so - Some photos from around the area taken in the last week Marsh Harrier at Stone Creek Juvenile Great Crested Grebe at Kelsey Gardens, Burstwick. Young...
8 hours ago
naturestimeline

One of naturestimeline’s core business objectives – Freelancing - A quick blog of perhaps several to highlight where and how I intend naturestimeline to develop over the coming months and years from a business sense and a...
8 hours ago
Birding the day away!

Caspian Gull ~ 1st. W ~ Dungeness, Kent - 24.09.16 - *Wind direction had swung around to SSE on a in-coming tide which resulted in a increase in gull numbers ..* *Even with this rise in bird numbers it was a s...
9 hours ago
Pegler Birding

Dragon Hunting Again - on 22nd September, 2016 -
9 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Tuesday 27th September - An adult Little Stint was at RSPB Belfast WOW. A Pink-footed Goose was at Island Hill for 10 mins (Robin Vage) On Monday a Gannet was in flight over J7 of ...
9 hours ago
Birding with Flowers

First Autumn Class - Today was the first class of the Autumn Term. Things didn't look very promising at first with blustery winds and an overcast threatening sky. We had only...
9 hours ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

LENS Autumn Footprints - Autumn Footprints is a 2 week walking festival organised by Marion Farrell of the Groundwork Trust. 16 people from as far as Matlock and Derby came to visi...
10 hours ago
Pear tree and Beyond

Dark side of the Pear Tree ! - Another venture into the world of Moths brought some more common moths to my attention, the moth trap was set up close to the pear tree. and the air was c...
11 hours ago
The Early Birder

Dunlin - Burton Mere wetlands on the Wirral is always a good place to birdwatch. There is always a good variety of stuff about, from woodland to wildfowl and a smat...
12 hours ago
In a Beekeepers Garden

An interesting article on recording - http://www.nature.com/articles/srep33634
14 hours ago
An English Wood

Traffic lights #plants - The highly poisonous Black Bryony, Tamus communis. Picture taken September 20.
16 hours ago
Wildlife Matters

Here we go – Cohort 3! - From the 1st of July, myself and 3 other nature crazed trainees joined the Dorset Wildlife Trust as part of the Wildlife Skills Traineeship funded by the H...
16 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Pleased and Disappointed - Sunrise over my lane this morning, with the telephone wires removed. [image: Sunrise 27 Sept 2016] Really disappointed later on though. A Robin stayed clo...
18 hours ago
Sketchbook Squirrel

Harmony in Autumn - It is once again the time of year for a change in the seasons, when we all start going on about mellow fruitfulness, and the second spring and all that. We...
18 hours ago
Why watch wildlife?

The Rest Test and Green Exercise - Today, the Wellcome Trust announced the results of The Rest Test, a study of 18,000 people that shows 68% of us feel we need more rest. Based on the result...
19 hours ago
Common By Nature

Autumnwatch without taking a step - Sometimes it is necessary to simply sit back and wait for wildlife to come to you. To forsake the tendency to travel, far and wide, in search of wildlife, ...
19 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY -Birds at Mount Stewart - These are a few birds I photographed at Mount Stewart during the ‘Conversations’ weekend. I showed you the others last WBW. I photographed this Robin whe...
22 hours ago
Murf's Wildlife

Monday 26th September 2016 - This Pied Flycatcher was at Kilbaha, Loop Head since yesterday and I got a chance to get back there this evening and got these record shots of the bird in ...
1 day ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

It was sheer purgatory - *The Safari is back* from two weeks sunny Sardinia. Good grief it was hard work doing all that relaxing in the sunshine. We went out before breakfast...whic...
1 day ago
NI Bird Pics

Nigel Moore - Curlew Sandpiper -
1 day ago
Birders in Boxers

Spotted Crake : Slimbridge - I'd noticed that the Spotted Crake which appeared last Wednesday at WWT Slimbridge was still present last Saturday and so a late phone call Saturday evenin...
1 day ago
Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- Another good night with my 2nd Red-green Carpet of the year and my 2nd ever Oak Lutestring-the 1st for 7 years. This afternoon at Oare I had good views of ...
1 day ago
daphnegoeswildindevon

Connection, disconnection, re-connection - I’ve just returned from a wonderful weekend at the New Networks for Nature Conference in Cambridge. Three exciting days of all things nature focused, with ...
1 day ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Wild and wet - Despite unbelievably high temperatures over the last few days we are creeping into the fresh balmy days of autumn. Proper clothes at last like cuddling up...
1 day ago
Beetle Boy's BioBlog

Temperate Rainforests - What comes to mind when someone says the word 'rainforest'? No points for saying 'rain'. Most people would imagine a steamy, tropical envioroment, lush and...
1 day ago
Bugman Jones

Curiouser and curiouser - The new schedule of Curious Entomologist workshops continues, and Saturday 24 September 2016 saw us in the faded grandeur which is the mansion house at Bec...
1 day ago
Rambles through Nature

Goldfinch Walkabout - The autumn equinox brought dry and moderately warm weather, so we decided to pay a visit to one of our favourite locations, Cosmeston Lakes on the western ...
2 days ago
Zoo Volunteer

Aquarium 5: Yellow Faced Angelfish - One of the most vividly coloured fish in the aquarium is a Yellow Faced (also called a Blue-Faced) Angelfish, *Pomacanthus xanthometopon*. Originating fr...
2 days ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 440 - Numerous Wonderous & Astounding - Northern Wood Ant - A Northern Wood Ant (*Formica lugubris*)Hey guys, this is post 440, and I've been out and about as usual but because of the lovely warm weather lately I'v...
2 days ago
Views from an urban lake

Geocaching Cosgrove Canal - [image: Geocaching Cosgrove Canal] Waking to the sound of heavy rain, as it drummed on the velux window of my third floor bedroom, I worried instantly that...
2 days ago
The Barley Bird-er

Titchfield Haven Ringing Group Update - September 2016 - Since my last post things have not really improved in terms of our ringing totals for this year, and a spell of bad weather during September has meant that...
2 days ago
Bug Mad Girl

Running through the woods - The kids weekends are always jam packed with clubs, birthday parties and sporting activities, meaning it's not very often that we all manage to go for a wa...
2 days ago
The Roving Bumbarrel

A trio of egrets! - RSPB Havering Local Group's first coach trip of the new event's season yesterday Dungeness. Twenty two of us were on the outing and our first stop was the ...
2 days ago
EFRS

It's all salad to me! - *(CLICK ON A PIC AND IT WILL GO BIG)* The annual holiday was Crete. I'll confess now there wasn't much birding done and most was opportunistic while s...
2 days ago
Tricia's Tales

Flatford Mill on a sunny warm September Sunday - We went for a wander at Flatford Mill... bit cloudy to begin with but.. the sun came out.. Volunteers clearing the Mill pond.. Glorious sunshin...
2 days ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

24th September - Moths can be a bit like buses…no Beaded Chestnuts recorded in the parish then 82(!) turn up together… It was almost the same with another new species, Pi...
2 days ago
Musings on the Wild

A new species for the mill? - Today on my usual survey I came across a body. A body of a shrew. It is not uncommon to find dead shrews, they live fast and short lives. They have to eat ...
2 days ago
Random Jottings

Coming to an End - I like this time of year. Things have started to wind down in the garden as the tomatoes hasten to ripen before it gets too chilly and the bees and hoverfl...
2 days ago
Will's Wildlife

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

Summer Migrants still here - Yesterday morning I was down at Linacre with 4 other members of the Sorby Breck Ringing Group for a ringing session. We'd moved the feeding station to anot...
2 days ago
Murtagh's Meadow

Silent Sunday – Autumn’s coming -
2 days ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Western Swamphen Alkborough in the bank for ron - So having dipped the Western Swamphen the day it left Minsmere I've been watching it during it's stay at Alkborough Flats in Lincolnshire. As I've stated b...
3 days ago
Purbeck Footprints

The Swanage & Purbeck Walking Festival - This week has seen another Swanage and Purbeck Walking Festival: a collection of walks that take people all over the Isle of Purbeck and with many differen...
3 days ago
Birds to Bryophytes

A red letter day at Martin Mere - It's always a red letter day when I get a new bird for Martin Mere, and today was just such a day. When I heard that there had been a great white egret see...
3 days ago
Too Lazy To Weed

Ivy Stakeout - As stakeouts go, this may not have been the most action packed and I doubt they’ll make a movie of this one; but the end result for me was all the exciteme...
3 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

A Changing of the Guard - Late September on the Flats and it's all change, the last of the *Northern* *Wheatears* have all but departed and commoner migrants have become scarce - al...
3 days ago
Gabriel Hemery

Free book giveaway - I'm offering a free book giveaway this week. I will select at random 10 lucky winners who will receive the ebook version of The Man Who Harvested Trees and...
3 days ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

An apology to Greenpeace: it all comes down to money! - Recently I’ve had a go at Greenpeace on Twitter for pestering me to give more money per month. After recent news headlines of charities pestering people fo...
3 days ago
Wessex Wanderings

The Holies and Greenham Common - The weather has prevented a long walk - firstly because it became too hot (30°C) and then too cloudy, so I have made do with two visits to local Nature R...
3 days ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

August back end - Thought I’d better do some bloggin’ or folk’ll think I’ve snuffed it. Starting from t’ end of August. Here goes (click the pics to see ’em bigger)(All pics...
4 days ago
FABirding

Migrant Hawker. -
4 days ago
My Life Outside

Book Review - Britain's Birds (WILDGuides) - Like many other birders I seem to be acquiring an increasingly vast array of books on the subject of bird identification, bird behaviour and birds in gener...
4 days ago
The Early Birder

Waterside Wildlife. - A recent leisurely stroll along the towpath beside the River Wey Navigation on a warm sunny day provided the following wildlife encounters. *...
4 days ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

Call for evidence: Parliamentary debate on Driven Grouse Shooting. - Readers who are able to manage to keep up with the pace surrounding the complex and controversial ‘discussion’ around Driven Grouse Shooting will be aware ...
4 days ago
Wild South London

Squirrels - Squirrel; noun an agile tree-dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds. verb hide money or something of value in a safe place....
4 days ago
Wild Barley

Roosting in the reeds - Autumn had arrived. The blistering heat of the previous week had been replaced by more seasonal temperatures, although it was still warm and a little muggy...
4 days ago
Ecology Liz's Blog

Postcards – Isaac Glynn - This isn’t my usual type of post but I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to my friend Isaac Glynn! On my Silver Duke of Edinburgh expedition in Shropsh...
4 days ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

Benefits of Ivy - I’ve been off school for the past couple of days so I haven’t been able to go further than my garden. I have been noticing the huge amounts of activity on ...
4 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #287 answer - Last week I gave you this specimen from the Grant Museum of Zoology Micrarium to try your hand at identifying: I enjoyed the variety of entertaining answer...
4 days ago
Hethersett Birdlife

September oddity - Autumn is here and although the late summer weather hasn’t worked it out the birds have. The last swallows and house martins are passing through the area a...
5 days ago
Pam's Place

Round and about - Just a few notes from the past month around the garden and local parks. We've had an influx of Long Tailed Tits recently up to 11 flitting around the garde...
6 days ago
Seabed Habitats

Seafloor Geomorphology Seminar - We would like to invite you to a seminar on Seafloor Geomorphology in Galway on Friday 23rd September at 12 noon at the MRI Annex lecture theatre, National...
6 days ago
Islay Natural History Trust

Snowball Earth rAmble at Port Askaig and Bunnahabhain - Another rainy geological walk. Five hardy souls braved the weather to join Dave to look at Islay's classic 'snowball earth' deposits. First up was the worl...
6 days ago
Another Bird Blog

Kalispera - Good Afternoon. Sorry I haven’t been posting much but Sue and I are not at home. We are still in Greece, staying on the island of Skiathos to be precise. ...
6 days ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Black-headed Gull - 6431692 - As you can see, the blog has had a bit of a "face-lift" and although it has been a couple of weeks since the last update, we have been busy recording and r...
6 days ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Summer summary: 2016 - I've really dropped the ball on blogging this season, so this is a round-up of our busiest summer yet on the project. Firstly. some BIG news.... We did...
6 days ago
Outdoors

‘Our Wonderful Nature is in Serious Trouble’ - Yellowhammer – a Red Listed, Farmland, Species Not my words but Sir David Attenborough’s in his introduction to the State of Nature Report 2016. In fact Si...
6 days ago
Sustainable Garden

making a building airtight .. - We are getting our annex ready for the builders. Those metaphors have been in an absolute whirl this week with all shoulders to the wheel, hands to the pum...
1 week ago
indie birder

Photos from France - August 2016 - A family holiday in France, visiting our friends in Limoges for a few days then heading down to Vendoire on the Dordogne -Charente border for a week. We've...
1 week ago
Valley Naturalist

Garnlydan Reservoir: a birders enigma - I can't quite square the circle that is Garnlydan Reservoir. Historically it's produced some nice passage birds but it seems nowadays that this has all b...
1 week ago
Austin's Birding Blog

20/09/2016 My Garden, Abram, Wigan - Willow Tit: Over the past few weeks I have been treated to not one but two Willow Tit regularly visiting my garden feeders. More than 10 per cent of the U...
1 week ago
Killy Birder

What's in a Name? Leonhard Stejneger (1851-1943). - It could be argued that one of the most effective forms of education, if one has a mind to put the experience to good use, can be found through travel (w...
1 week ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

Sorby Fungus Group meetings – Autumn 2016 - The Sorby Fungus Group has published a list of its autumn field meetings...
1 week ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

The state of Nature – A view from the ‘other’ side - The 2016 State of Nature report, published last week, proved to be a very sobering read.The results clearly show that modern farming practice needs to cha...
1 week ago
Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

Around Home - Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:13 BST When I go out for my early morning walk now it’s just becoming light, if it’s a little cloudy I find it quite difficult to g...
1 week ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

'Coloured' Geese... - Black-headed Gulls At Antrim Marina (Sunday 18th September 2016) It was very dull at Antrim Marina today. For most of my visit, drizzly rai...
1 week ago
Bishopthorpe Nature

Beware the generalized democratic appeal to popularity: it’s a strawman - One of the most famous, and commonly encountered logical fallacies is the appeal to popularity, or bandwagon. This is used when trying to argue for the tru...
1 week ago
Ben Porter Wildlife Photography

Back in Falmouth! - It's been a busy old week, but I'm safely back in Cornwall! It's great to be back in Falmouth, where I'll be venturing into my second year of a degree in C...
1 week ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Sparrowhawk. South East Scotland - Sparrowhawk I had an unusual day during the week. I went to Dumfries and Galloway to meet up with old friend Alan McFadyen who runs Scottish Photography Hi...
1 week ago
Natural Born Blogger

Little and Large - Broad-leaved Helleborine A surprisingly common Orchid found throughout the Mersey valley. One of those plants that unless you know what you’re looking for ...
1 week ago
Wild Sight

On the Beach - If I tell you that I have had some time on a beach, I wonder what comes to your mind. Blue skies, fluffy white clouds, soft sand and gentle waves playing ...
1 week ago
Flying high!

What or who is W:099? - W:099 is the ring number of a Great Black-backed Gull that I sat watching in Saundersfoot harbour as it tried and tried to consume a Dogfish! I informed th...
1 week ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Southern Harmony - Sunday 11th September It must be two months since we visited Bentley Wood; possibly a combination of being eaten alive by horseflies on our last visit or j...
1 week ago
Hedgeland Tales

Curlew Sandpipers at Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire - A few weeks ago there were over 250 of these lovely waders at nearby Frampton Marsh. There are normally a few of these birds that turn up at various si...
1 week ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

More from WOW - Struggling to master the new format so it was easier to do two posts. The terns are easier to see from Hide 2 before the sun moves too far West. Even aroun...
1 week ago
Butterfly Pictures

Buddleia activity - We have just been spending a few days down at the property we have inherited from my father down in the Scottish Borders. We were very busy preparing two a...
1 week ago
Tales of the City

Fin. - I've been blogging here for many years now – since before I had anything published; before I even started writing a book. Fragments of things I wrote here ...
1 week ago
A Birding Odyssey

The Centre no one needs ! - Well, I've been persuaded into this by John Law, star of stage, screen, and, now, Birding Odyssey. For John's sake I hope all this works. This is the firs...
1 week ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Sexton beetles - *Thursday's Guardian Country Diary is about this sexton beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides that crossed our path when we were walking near Blanchland in North...
1 week ago
Woodlouse House

A Plan?! - I worked out I need a minimum of ten full days in the garden just to get on top of the jobs I want to do before Autumn. The main job is at the back whe...
1 week ago
Daily Nature Blog

Youth Forum for People and Wildlife in South Africa - So it is finally here, I am off to Johannesburg tomorrow to attend the Youth Forum for People and Wildlife, the week will be filled with saving species, s...
1 week ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

State of Nature 2: Still not in a good state - Look at that above image – isn’t it exciting? If you’re a conservation NGO in the UK, you’re more than likely to be under the State of Nature partnership. ...
1 week ago
Esticadinho Nature

White-point – TLNR list clicks round again - The Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire species list accepted a surprise addition on September 9th when this White-point Mythimna albipuncta was trapped overnig...
2 weeks ago
Ruffled Feathers

A little bit of magic! - On Sunday, Jaques was keen to have one last ringing session before he heads off to Prince Edward Island, Canada on a 2 month ringing trip. We started with ...
2 weeks ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

A day in Glasdrum Wood, Part 2 - This is the follow up to my previous blog, about my visit to Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve in Argyll at the end of July. Rather than make one very ...
2 weeks ago
Garden Bird Year

September song - Robin in song (c. Liam Kane) I have discovered a new alarm clock: pleasant on the ear and reliable to go off each morning, currently at about 6.00 am. Th...
2 weeks ago
The Caged Naturalist

Comb Raiders - Walking through the riverine wood today, I stumbled upon a crime scene. The charges? Breaking, entering and infanticide. In the first picture below, a pit ...
2 weeks ago
Newhaven Wildlife

The Way-side at dusk - Rooks and Jackdaws at dusk The track - stair-rod straightThe track that links Mount Pleasant with Bishopstone stretches stair-rod straight for about two mi...
2 weeks ago
holdingmoments

Absent friends, and playground tantrums - Had a few absent friends this year. The most recent has been Adrian. Absent for a few weeks now. Some fellow bloggers have e-mailed him and had no respo...
2 weeks ago
Entomacrographic

Four-banded flower bee - I photographed this Four-banded flower bee Anthophora quadrimaculata during a weekend bee workshop run by Steven Falk, author of the recently published Fie...
2 weeks ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

2016 Autumn Visible Bird Migration has started and here are my records to press! - *Tuesday 27th September 2016 - Main Street, Burton In Kendal - approx 1900hrs* Had 3 Redwing calling to-night as they left a local garden with tall trees. ...
2 weeks ago
Wild and Wonderful

Tree Following for August and Early September 2016 - * Welcome to my Tree Following post for August and early September 2016. * *These tree posts form part of a wider project initiated by Lucy Corrand...
2 weeks ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

An Afternoon With Some Ptarmigan - Had a surprisingly successful trip up to Scotland in late-August after the Bird Fair with one of my Birding Ecotours colleagues - John Kinghorn (who's writ...
2 weeks ago
The Naturephile

Conder Green - A few weeks after the outing to Norfolk I wrote about in the last few posts, I found myself in a place called Conder Green, which lies on a small tributary...
2 weeks ago
exploringwildlife.blogspot.co.uk

Surveying Nightjar with the BTO - Whilst in Norfolk at the end of June for my work experience placement at the BTO, I was offered the chance to join a group heading out into Thetford Forest...
2 weeks ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Beyond 66.5 Degrees North - Day 8: High Tundra Junction - As the forecast had predicted, we woke to some better weather conditions on day 8. The wind had eased to a gentle whisper and the cloud above was broken. ...
2 weeks ago
The Curious Naturalist

Chalcolestes viridis Willow Emerald Damselfly, a new Norfolk garden arrival - [full text to follow] *Chalcolestes viridis*, Willow Emerald Damselfly began to colonise the UK only a few years ago. The first British record was a dead a...
2 weeks ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

Golden Cap – a special place in west Dorset - The west Dorset coast contains many wonders but one stands out above all others. This is Golden Cap, the distinctive steep-sided, flat-topped hill with ...
2 weeks ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Continuing our work at Seldom Seen - Since our last blog post much of our time has been spent continuing the repair work on the path above the former mine workers cottages at Seldom Seen. The...
2 weeks ago
Butterfly Islands

Late Summer Colours. - Not too far from Wheelers Bay is Bonchurch Down, well known for its downland butterflies.This south facing Down has a good population of Adonis Blues and n...
2 weeks ago
A Day In the Life of a Wildlife Artist

I've won the British Seasons category of the British Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Very excited to announce that this week I won a prize in the highly esteemed 2016 British Wildlife Photography Awards for a series of photographs I took of...
2 weeks ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

My Beautiful Garden Today - written 8th September 2015 - *My beautiful garden today* *(Click over photo to enlarge)* *Please come into my garden, you are so welcome!* I love my garden, especially today, because i...
2 weeks ago
Harbour Master

GET IN THERE - Feathered gothic it only takes one moth to make my day trapped last night had to wait until lunch time today to have a decent look stunning
3 weeks ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

Bardsey Island: Adventure of a Life Time - Situated just 2 miles off the shore of the Llŷn Peninsula in NW Wales, you can find yourself on the… Read more Bardsey Island: Adventure of a Life Time
3 weeks ago
Rambles with a Camera

My baby garden Robin is starting to look like........................................ a Robin! - I have been so lucky to have two juvenile Robins in the garden this year. The red breast feathers are now appearing and they are starting to look like Robi...
3 weeks ago
The Wildlifewriter

Parent-offspring recognition in European ospreys - *4th September 2016* * 'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child' * ...
3 weeks ago
florafaunauk

On The Right Track - Into The Mystic - [image: IMG_4241] [image: IMG_4065] [image: IMG_4027] [image: IMG_4306xx]
3 weeks ago
Bill's Birding

The luck of late August - I often experience somewhat of a burnout when it comes to my enthusiasm for finding moths at this time of year. The excitement of daytime sweep netting amo...
3 weeks ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

Honeybees in the pink - Bees are a real running theme for me this year, I just can’t resist the challenge of photographing these beautiful creatures. But they really are tricky to...
3 weeks ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

September Diary 2016 ! - 21st Sept - Warm sunny morning, the usual Jackdaws and Wood pigeons in the dead tree near to Two ponds with a Stock Dove taking a quick drink from the mu...
3 weeks ago
Oisín Duffy - Nature Notes

BSBI South Donegal – Outing - South Donegal Field Meeting – East Donegal (H34) A two day field-outing was held in the southern half of the East Donegal (H34) vice county over the 6th-7t...
3 weeks ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

Loch Kindar–6th March 2016 - We parked in the carpark by the Glen Burn for a walk to Loch Kindar [image: 1-Glen-Burn] Bridge over Glen Burn [image: 2-Glen-Burn] The start of our...
3 weeks ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

Cornwall to Oare - I set off to Falmouth on Saturday morning at just before 5am, excited at the prospect of the day ahead. A delay of an hour and a half didn't dampen my spir...
4 weeks ago
shirls gardenwatch

August brought in butterflies - Flutters of butterflies have been enjoyed in this Perthshire garden. I am delighted, especially as I keep reading on other blogs that sightings have been l...
4 weeks ago
Wunderkammer

Oops!…I wrote a Britney blog post - Originally posted on Wellcome Collection Blog: How does a record breaking pop icon relate to a medical, art and science museum like Wellcome Collection? Th...
4 weeks ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

Small Tortoiseshell Summer - Today, a gorgeously golden August bank holiday Monday, I was in Small Tortoiseshell butterfly heaven in my back garden with my Olympus 300m lens. With our ...
4 weeks ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

An Evening Visitor. - After all activity it seems,has stopped for the day at my garden pond,it was pleasing to see a Southern Hawker this evening busily looking for a spot to ov...
4 weeks ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

Marvo Ging... - “I feel it again. The call to light. Kylo Ren sits before the deformed mask of his grandfather Darth Vader and, masked head in gloved hand, has an existent...
4 weeks ago
Julie's Blog

Wildlife Camera Trap at Nether Kellet - The aim of the taking the wildlife camera to Nether Kellet was to try and capture the antics of the rabbits living around Hawthorns Park.
5 weeks ago
European Trees

So What is Terroir? - Following feedback (and some unpublishable comments) on my last blog it is all too apparent that I need to explain as best I can what Terroir actually is. ...
5 weeks ago
The Lyons Den

Even the sea creatures have gone hipster in Brighton - You can't walk far in Brighton without being confronted with an array of outlandish novelty beards these days. Except perhaps when rock-pooling. Or so I t...
5 weeks ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

A bad year for butterflies - The wettest June recently recorded has been followed locally by low numbers of butterflies, especially small tortoiseshell and peacock. Butterfly Conservat...
5 weeks ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Egret entropy - I've written before about our local wetland - the Nedern. In the winter the fields flood bringing in a range of winter wildfowl and waders, and look like ...
5 weeks ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

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

Behind the monoculture - I have recently moved to North East France, my home region. Around here, most fields at this time of the year are filled by wheat, barley, rye or oats, mak...
1 month ago
Cornish Rock Pools

Summer Lazing in Cornwall’s Rock Pools - It’s funny how the summer days float by. The house has been practically bursting with people for weeks now and I haven’t found the space to write about our...
1 month ago
WildChild Scotland

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

Book Review: Ladybirds by Helen Roy and others - A few years ago I blogged about raising some ladybirds from eggs that I'd found in the garden. This really began an interest in all ladybirds for me. I sa...
1 month ago
Birds and a brew...

Summer update! - It's been a while since my last post... I have been busy! Here is a quick photo update from life on Arran.
1 month ago
Bird and Bug Diaries...

Flying Ant Day... - Friday the 5th of August was our 'Flying Ant Day' in East Cheshire. With temperatures in the early/mid 20s (C) and calm and humid conditions in the afterno...
1 month ago
Harry's Wildlife

Hen Harrier Day 2016: Ban Driven Grouse Shooting - The following piece is what I wrote and spoke for my Speaking and Listening exam for my English Language GCSE (and it got high marks). There is also a sect...
1 month ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

The Spider and the Fly (and the wasp) - Ok, it's not actually a spider, it's a *harvestman* (an *opilione*) but it looks similar... Well, it starts out life with 8 legs. But look at those pincers...
1 month ago
Donegal Wildlife

Ness Woods, Derry - The day was organised by Butterfly Conservation (NI) and moth traps had been set the previous night. I went along to lend a hand and see what I could find....
1 month ago
Rockablog

Come Fly With Me - After most of our Terns laid eggs in late-May and early-June, and they take around 22 days to hatch and another 28-30 days to be able to fly, we're now *com...
1 month ago
Druridge Diary

Nocturnal ringing - I am guilty of abandoning my blog a little lately. My camera has been off to get mended, the camera wasn't reading the CF card. It's back now and I am £220...
1 month ago
UK Wildlife

Southern Migrant or Blue Eyed Hawkers at Wat Tyler Country Park 2016 - The Southern Migrant or Blue Eyed Hawkers have appeared again at Wat Tyler Country Park. Here is a statement that needs reading before going any further. W...
2 months ago
Uisce | Water and words flow through a Celtic environment

Carpenter and Moss, freshwater textbook giants - In the introduction to her Ph. D (1925) on the impact of metal mine pollution on Cardiganshire river ecosystems, Kathleen Carpenter wrote: “The writer kn...
2 months ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

More Wild Island pictures. - Here are some more images from the book, "Wild Island. A Year in the Hebrides." I will be at the British Bird Fair at this year, on the Society of Wildlif...
2 months ago
A Small Field Called Ellers Meadow

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

Bat Out Of Hell - Image: Jo SinclairI saw a bat evacuate its attic in the blazing light of day. It flew rapidly back and forth, looking uncertain of the way back in, then s...
2 months ago
The Natural Stone

Moths & Strawberry Seed Beetle - Really warm weather encouraged me to get the old moth kit out and see what happened. As expected there were a few Diamond-back Moths but otherwise no other...
2 months ago
Considering Birds

Hope in the Pit - In a lane between perfectly ordinary stretches of countryside we found a sliver of forgotten ground. A footpath bounded on either side by overgrowth: burdo...
2 months ago
Views of the Ock

No water voles on Radley Brook? - Several water vole colonies feature in this blog, obviously the River Ock in Abingdon - where this blog gets its name ( http://viewsoftheock.blogspot.co.uk/...
2 months ago
The Portland Naturalist

The beginning of the Purple patch. - I had a great time attending an A Focus On Nature (group for young conservationists and naturalists - look at me above being all naturalist-y ;-) ) gathe...
2 months ago
Frank Anderson Photography

All’s Quiet - After a bit more of an interesting recent month, it’s back down to ‘normal’. I decided rather than plan anything inparticular recently, I would just go ...
2 months ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

Foula - On the way in, over gannets and fulmars This post is published on the Island Review as On Foula, bird island. A’ll mizzer Foula’s glansin distance is s...
2 months ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

The lonely ringlet, and other garden tales - Once upon a time, in a wild garden in the heart of Cornwall, there lived a ringlet. The hero of our tale loved to bask in the sunshine, spreading his velve...
2 months ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

Thoreau and Arboriculture - HENRY DAVID THOREAU was born 199 years ago, on 12th July 1817. An extraordinary person and writer, he is often credited with anticipating modern ecology...
2 months ago
Samanta's Wildlife

5 Things you (probably) didn’t know about Puffins - 1: Not all puffins have brightly coloured rainbow beaks Although the Atlantic puffin is the most famous of the puffins it is not the only puffin in the wo...
2 months ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

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

#30DaysWild – Days 24 – 30 - I had a manic few days to finish off the month of June and thus 30 Days Wild – pond dipping, moth trapping, butterfly chasing … the usual stuff really. Rat...
2 months ago
BTO Cymru

30 Not Out - Not cricket, but Ospreys. May 2004 was memorable, for that was when Ospreys were found to be nesting in the Glaslyn valley, in Snowdonia. As I was the lo...
2 months ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Scarlet Tiger - I wasn't expecting my first encounter with an adult Scarlet Tiger to be in my own Bedford garden. Something flew up as I opened the back door and I was puz...
2 months ago
Owls about that then!

jack - New Leicester City Fan "Jack" our African Grey Parrot can be seen here in this short video clip singing the new "dilly dong" chant that was inspired by our...
2 months ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Practical Photography magazine - I'm afraid things have been a little hectic in recent months hence the lack of posts on this blog. But just to prove I'm still alive here's an article in t...
2 months ago
Red on Wight

- I do not often come across Reds, but recently while in Bouldnor Forest this one made itself known.While keeping its distance and up the safety of the conif...
2 months ago
Wildlife in my local patch

Home Farm, Burkham – Woodland Trust - It’s astonishing how quickly wild flowers can take hold if they are given the right conditions to flourish. This is certainly true of the open pasture at...
2 months ago
leavesnbloom

Erigeron karvinskianus - The only way I can fully describe this flower is to use words like *‘splendorous’, ‘billowing’, ‘myriads’, ‘festooned’ *and* ‘floriferous’*. These little ...
2 months ago
Wader World

Save Europes' Migratory Birds-Stop the Wind Turbine Farm in Eilot NOW! - Save Europes' Migratory Birds-Stop the Wind Turbine Farm in Eilot NOW! *Shachar Shalev* Eilat, Israel Click & Support: *https://www.change.org/p/save-euro...
2 months ago
Wildlife Wanderings

From birds to butterflies - AS the seasons roll on, and in spite of the poor weather, the natural cycle of rearing young and insect emergence is unstoppable. At this time of the year...
2 months ago
Beneath the Boughs

Day 30 – Stay Wild! - Woooo I actually did it! I completed 30 Days Wild. The odd day has been a struggle but I have managed something for every day of June and it’s been fun! To...
2 months ago
Garden 65

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

Llanthony Priory - landscape perception survey - As part of my PhD research I am carrying out a survey into present day perceptions of the impact of Llanthony Priory on the surrounding historic landscap...
3 months ago
Heart of Wild

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

The Greening of Kings Cross - “I can’t understand why anyone would want to buy a house on such an awful street.” These words, uttered by a passer-by 15 years ago, acted as a red rag to ...
3 months ago
The Thrifty Magpies Nest

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

BOOK REVIEW: HAPPY HOME OUTSIDE BY CHARLOTTE HEDEMAN GUENIAU - [image: Cover of book - Happy Home Outside by Charlotte Hedeman Guéniau] I've only ever kept one book beside my bed before and that was a prayer book. When...
3 months ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

Curry Rivel's Natural Health Service - *Here is a post I have just put on our Curry Rivel Facebook page which describes our continuing efforts to find out about wildlife in our parish and pro...
3 months ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

25th to 30th May 2016 - Portugal - After a great weekend in Madrid for a friend's birthday, we flew to Portugal for a week away. The first couple of days were spent in Porto and Lisbon being...
3 months ago
Wild Nottingham

NWT City Group June activities - The Notts Wildlife Trust City Local Group have several activities planned during June… Saturday 4th June – 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. Practical work party. Rem...
3 months ago
Spinkyblurb

Determined Lapwing & A Wild Goose Chase! - Peewit, Lapwing, Green Plover, *Vanellus vanellus*, whatever you call them, they're in big population decline here in the UK. I'm a scientist, so here's a ...
3 months ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

‘Project Wolf’ helps restore Highland woodland - *Pictured (L-R)*: Volunteer wolf pack Dora Clouttick, James Robertson and Matt McMullen at Dundreggan Conservation Estate *Project Wolf – a unique new con...
4 months ago
Wild up North

Red-backed Shrike at St Marys. - A male Red-backed Shrike made a brief appearance at St Marys, Whitley Bay today.
4 months ago
George's wonderful wildlife report

Happy Birthday Sir David. - Hello and welcome to my latest wildlife publication. There is only one way this piece can really focus, the extraordinary achievements of the great Sir Dav...
4 months ago
Irish Wildlife - Blog

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

You never stop learning! - Originally posted on naturestimeline: You never stop learning, well I also never stop undertaking my own research or following that of others. This post is...
4 months ago
An Irish Nature Journal | A Digital Journal of Irish Nature

Hello! - So, this is my first foray into the blogging world. Why did I decide to start a blog you ask? Well, I have always had an interest in nature. From a young a...
4 months ago
Natural Communicator

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

Contoh Proposal Kegiatan Sekolah Terbaru 2016 -
5 months ago
Alan Tilmouth

The Last Eagle - It started with a question, 'has anyone seen the eagle?' followed by the long-expecetd news that England's last remaining resident Golden Eagle at Haweswat...
5 months ago
The Things Around Me

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

Nice Tickle - Still seeking Cram-bodia's first Wheatear and a daily tour of the usual places has so far yielded not a one. BUT a nice surprise yesterday evening produced...
5 months ago
Photographing Dabbling Ducks

Gardening for Bumblebees - Spring is upon us and animals are emerging from hibernation. Our gardens are suddenly filled with impossibly loud buzzing from the tiniest creatures, but t...
5 months ago
The Art of Nature

Tales of Tiger Tracking - Last weekend I returned from a two-week trip to India. I went with family to visit my aunt and uncle who are currently living in Delhi, where we spent mos...
5 months ago
Steel City Birding

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

dragons have awoken in New Alresford -
6 months ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

New season, new look? - After success of my local patch blog's move to Wordpress, ( oakbytherifepatch.wordpress.com) this blog is following! Inspired by the new season, I too am ...
6 months ago
Jenny McLaren- art, fieldnotes & findings

Let's start again....." - "Snow in the Lairig Ghru" By Jenny McLaren 2016 I haven't visited this blog for a long time, I was thinking of deleting it, but having a look through it's ...
6 months ago
Wild Wanderings

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

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

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

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

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

- The Sounds of Spring Stirrings It was a rather overcast but dry day in February, about a fortnight ago. That morning found me and my two dogs walking u...
7 months ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Birds in Flight - In my previous articles, I talked about the challenges of photographing fast moving birds. You need to get close, shoot fast and you need to be very famili...
7 months ago
Jake's Bones

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

Listing update and resolutions for 2016 - I have just updated my list and have realised that while I did not add much during 2015, there are still some big holes in it. For example I attended an F...
7 months ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Woking Consultation Document - (3) Favourable Conservation Status - In the Q&A section of the Woking consultation document, one of the questions is (pg. 11): "Does the proposed scheme risk contravening the legislation which...
7 months ago
Wild Valleys

Daudebardia rufa - Been itching to get out with the Glamorgan Fungus Group ever since it was reformed back in April 2014. Not only for the fungi but a chance to find new site...
7 months ago
DGPix Wildlife and Nature Photography

An hour in the woods - It's been ages since I've got out properly with the camera since Christmas - real life, work and DGPix talks and workshops have all taken up my spare time!...
7 months ago
Wild Reviews

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

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

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

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

The First Irish Trees - The wettest winter on record has finally brought us a cold snap. Temperatures that were touching the mid-teens have finally reverted to the winter norm and...
8 months ago
WillowWhispering

The Private Life of an English Field - Meadowland - I’ve recently read this beautiful book by the writer and farmer, John Lewis-Stempel. It won the Wainwright Prize for 2015. The book is about the passing ...
8 months ago
Micro moths of Kent

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

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

Bird on a stick -
8 months ago
Compare the Marsh Tit

Home - On a ridge above the Himalayan hamlet of Ulley a snow leopard walks through deep snow. The asiatic ibex on the next ridge stare in alarm but return to gra...
8 months ago
Ian Butler Photography

Best of 2015 - I hope everyone has had a wonderful time over the Christmas period. Personally, I think I’m still full from the … Continue reading →
8 months ago
Jason Ridge Photography

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

Fracking idiots - Yesterday the Bullingdon club and associates (parliament) voted through a change in legislation to allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to take place ...
9 months ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 28 November 2015, Urmston. - Winter thrushes, fieldfares and redwings, have always been a bit of a bogey bird for me. They are fairly skittish and difficult to get close to without s...
10 months ago
Hemel Birding

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

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

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

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

Moving On! - My journey, it seems, has come to an untimely end, on Google Blogger at least. I am very pleased to announce my Nature North East website is now officially...
11 months ago
from the robin's nest...

Life is not linear - Somebody once said to me that “life is not linear”. This statement may sound perfectly true on the surface, although it got me all fired up inside becaus...
1 year ago
Roby Milling

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

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

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

Cynthia and Erica - Picture says it all, Budby Heath Nottinghamshire, *Cynthia cardui* on Heather, Also photographs of Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshell feeding on the heather ...
1 year ago
The Monday Pod

Trip report: Northumberland – southern coast and Kielder Forest - Last time I went to Northumberland I was with two course mates who were also studying photography, and we were on a mission to get some long exposure coast...
1 year ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

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

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

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

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

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

I’m Moving my Blog - I have been so busy with work and the new house that I have had little time to post here so I’ve decided to close this blog down. If you want to stay in to...
1 year ago
Holywell Birding

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kingfishers nesting again - The breeding season is upon us again and the Kingfishers have returned to the bank at Shugborough. With last year having been blighted by 2 nest burrows ...
1 year ago
Myky Speaks

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

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

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

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

Urbanisation is changing the way birds sing - In 1800 only 3% of the world’s population lived in urban areas, yet as the industrial revolution picked up pace in the early 18th and 19th centuries the nu...
1 year ago
In the Countryside

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

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

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

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

Plant Lists for the New Year - First flower of the year, Lesser Celandine in garden It was only the end of last year that I heard about Tim Rich’s BSBI New Year “Plants in Flower” listin...
1 year ago
Birdie Num Num

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

Autumn bouquet - Castle Hills, Bungay October 17th, 2014 These photos of Castle Hills were taken in mid October, when several wild flowers were still in bloom, including Bu...
1 year ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

On black holes and absence - A year ago, a vacuum opened and has been absorbing not so much light but very definitely time, and all available energy, from the surrounding environment. ...
1 year ago
Mid Cheshire Barn Owls

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

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

Scilly Birding - I'll refrain from using the obvious pun for the duration of this post, which I can assure you is no mean feat of self-restraint. I planned to visit the Isl...
1 year ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Large Yellow Underwing - Noctua pronuba - One of the most common visitors to the light trap I have put out in the garden over the past month has been the Large Yellow Under-wing. One morning I coun...
2 years ago
Life's Grandeur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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4 years ago
The Malvern Birder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Wold Ranger

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Waiting for Nature | A landscape-scale conservation and re-wilding notebook

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East Yorkshire Wildlife

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Ecology Escapades

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My Nature Scrapbook

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A dribble of knowledge

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Habitat Aid's Blog

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Ninjameys

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the katsura tree | the world outside your window

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Greener Leith News - Natures Calendar

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Seeds for Rewilding

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Not Just Birding

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Ryan Clark Nature Photography

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Roots'n'Shoots

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Druridge Bay ... Watching Wildlife

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A Highland Naturalist's Diary

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Paul Chanin | Mainly Mammals

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The Wild Photographer

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The Living Isle

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The Urban Countryman

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BirdPoem

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Tory Island Bird Blog

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The Natural World of Wildlife

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Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

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Love our Lakes and Parks

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Between the Weave

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