UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers: July 2012

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What's Wild in Cornwall

Bunny’s Hill - Earlier this month, I went to visit Bunny’s Hill, near Cardinham and Bodmin, with Cornwall Butterfly Conservation (CBC). A beautiful spot in so many ways, ...
1 hour ago
Ecology Escapades

A Kentish Woodland Walk - Bluebells, bluebells, everywhere! Last weekend we went for a walk in a beautiful bluebell woodland near Platt’s Heath in Kent. It was very magical, made ev...
2 hours ago
Wild About Bungay

Long-Tailed Tit Fledglings - 18th May 2013 Castle Hills, Bungay Long-tailed tit fledglings. *Just one of those moments!* * * * * Bill Davis, Bungay
2 hours ago
Notes of Nature

Himalayan catmint - Nepeta clarkei - Date Photographed: 21/04/2013 Location: The Courts, Holt Resources: http://www.plantdatabase.co.uk/Nepeta_clarkei Notes: Favoured by cats the world over for...
3 hours ago
An English Wood

Herb Robert - Stinkender Storchenschnabel &#8230 [...]
3 hours ago
Northshots

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

Starling Parents Feeding Chicks - DAY 19 - This morning Ruth sent me this short video of the parents going in and out of her letter box with food for the 6 chicks. Now seeing the letter box, I thi...
4 hours ago
Habitat Aid's Blog

An Empty Shell - We’re getting towards the end of our house build, thank goodness. Having moved into the new house – yet to be finished – we had to demolish the old cotta...
5 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

A grubby caterpillar. - Sunrise: 05.01 am Sunset: 09.12pm This little fella hitched a lift to my home on my boot. You see, it is true: I will photograph any creature.
5 hours ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Tuesday Fourteenth May to Friday seventeenth - Tuesday May 14 A fish on a line. [pretentious arty warning:] A pair of tufted duck resting. A speckled wood butterfly. Dog. A “GIMPed”s...
5 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Great Tit Babies - Another short video clip taken yesterday of the five Great Tit babies being fed. Even in black and white it can be seen that they are growing their wing fe...
6 hours ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #200 answer - Last week I gave you this object to identify: It was a bit of a mean one, since it had no scale bar and the specimen is quite old and dried out, so it does...
6 hours ago
Birding with Flowers

Phil's Blogpost - It was Phil's morning today. He started with a remarkable impression of a Nuthatch in the car park, which had me alerting the group to st possible presenc...
8 hours 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...
11 hours ago
My Life Outside

RSPB Dinas - A Splash of Spring Colour - The woodlands of mid Wales are very special places at this time of year, none more so than an area north of Llandovery composing the RSPB's Dinas nature re...
16 hours ago
The Early Birder

Stonechat. - A visit to another area of important lowland heath on a very windy morning today provided me with the opportunity to spend a little time with a typical in...
17 hours ago
Seabed Habitats

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

'Natural' England II - I think the conclusions and comments of the review of the decision to issue licences carried out by senior members of Natural England is well worth a read ...
17 hours ago
hullvalley

Year ticking tiny Temminck’s at Tophill Low NR - 22/5 Having missed two on Saturday [see here and here] I was glad to get a message of a Temminck’s Stint on at Tophill Low NR on Watton NR on Wednesday mor...
18 hours ago
Views of the Ock

The water voles of the Oxford Canal - The Oxford Canal, completed in 1790, links the River Thames to Coventry and was one of the main methods of transporting goods from the manufacturing heart ...
18 hours ago
Country Corners

Blue skies & yellow fields - Interesting weather today. Windy with the hot sun interrupted by regular squalls sometimes bringing a short shower and at other times bringing a downpour ...
19 hours ago
Zoo Volunteer

Spring births - Just a brief post to let you know of some new arrivals born recently at the zoo: Mammals: 1 Ring-Tailed Lemur 1 White-Faced Saki 1 Goeldi's Monkey Birds:...
19 hours ago
Rambles with a Camera

The Summer Isles.............................................................................. Scotland - I am trying to make up my mind where to go on holiday this summer. If only I could guarantee the weather... the Highlands of Scotland would definitely be to...
19 hours ago
Wild and Wonderful

Home Patch: the Beautiful Bullfinch - We have been very excited by this visitor to our garden, a male Bullfinch. I don't ever recall having one in any of my gardens before. These birds usually...
19 hours ago
Tricia's Tales

Back in the UK... an outing to Audley End - Well, day after arriving back in the UK, went for a stroll around Audley End. Grey skies and not that warm either - shame really. However, the ducklings e...
20 hours ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Island life - *The Safari was a* little overwhelmed once we'd landed on the island, we've not been on it for many years. All the others shot off in all directions armed ...
20 hours ago
Birding the day away!

Blue Rock Thrush ~ Lesvos, Greece - 03.05.13 - *We tried this site earlier in the week, and thought we had found the nest way up high but in the short time we were there no birds came in to the nest .....
20 hours ago
Why watch wildlife?

Growth isn’t good: Some thoughts on ‘The State of Nature’ - By this point you’ve probably seen some of the media coverage of the State of Nature report. If you haven’t, you can see the BBC story HERE, or coverage in...
21 hours ago
Another Bird Blog

Ringed Poll, Ringed Gull - Not much doing the in the strong northerly winds with a trip to Pilling proving not very productive. Lane Ends pools gave up the Greylags with young, the C...
22 hours ago
Hedge Britannia

Robert Macfarlane on “Holloway” - This is an interesting story about the development of a rather lovely book: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/23/making-book-lump-lead-holloway
1 day ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Golden Oriole Lakenheath - Another 140 mile round trip this morning to Lakenheath in search of one of Britains rarest birds, the *Golden* *Oriole*. I've been to the reserve four time...
1 day ago
Killy Birder

RSPB Birds, Nature and History Walk and Presentation - Poster by courtesy of Samuel Hood (Under the Hood Photography) *We also have two places left on the Spindlestone walk on Saturday 25th May. Details avai...
1 day ago
NI Birds

Bird News Thursday 23rd May - The Cattle Egret was on the island at Hillsborough Lake at 1.20pm.see photo below. (Lindsay Hodges) *Our thanks to Alistair Prentice for this photograph o...
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Wildlife Conservation: Heart of the Levels Wildlife Group

May apple blossom in Somerset!! - Event DetailsWatch Event: Orchard Trail Saturday 25 May 13:00 Orchard Family Social Event at Playses Orchard Farm. Fun activities with prizes to take part ...
1 day ago
Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

Rannerdale Bluebells - Rannerdale overlooks Crummock Water, a western lake in the Lake District. During May a spectacular covering of Bluebells clothes the lower fells. ...
1 day ago
UK Wildlife

Disgraceful buzzard control decision by natural england - An article in the guardian today reveled that Natural England granted a license to destroy the nest and eggs if a buzzard, a species protected by law and s...
1 day ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

North Uist Otters, Outer Hebrides - Another of my target species here on North Uist is the [...]
1 day ago
Once Upon

Sandy Crack (not a medical condition) - Honest Guv......I have a whole bunch of pertly arranged photographs and comments related to my away-days in 'The District' (as Millican would say).....and...
1 day ago
Between the Weave

Bats in the Frome Valley - Well, quite delightful. I have no idea where they are hanging out but come dusk we've got a healthy number of bats in our back garden. Little pipistrelle g...
1 day ago
Murf's Wildlife

White-billed Diver - On my way back from working in North West Mayo, I got a generous offer that I could not refuse. John Brittain (www.seafishingireland.net), the skipper of ...
1 day ago
NI Bird Pics

Angus Kennedy - Cuckoo, Kestrel, Sedge Warbler & Tree Sparrow -
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Hares on the Hill

Gilfach Farm: Redstarts, Dippers and Voles - The Marteg rushes off the Cambrian Mountains, twisting and turning down through the valley that bears its name, through oak woodland and hay meadow until i...
1 day ago
Chiddys Blog

AT LAST GOT IT - being away the other week when the bonapartes gull turn up on sheppey i thought i was going be a long wait for this bird to be added to my kent list but it...
1 day ago
Owls about that then!

50% occupancy........... - I must apologise for the lack of posts recently, I'm slowly getting back into it and I'm sure things will soon be back as they use to be..........??? Durin...
1 day ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

On the way to the carboot sale - - On the way to the carboot sale – Long Lane between St Erth and Rosudgeon today was bursting with spring wild flowers : Cow parsley, bluebells, pink campion...
1 day ago
Purbeck Footprints

Early Spiders and Purples, Bees and Greenwings - You can tell the Orchids are appearing on the Isle of Purbeck because you see groups of people walking very slowly and scanning the ground. The Early Spide...
1 day ago
Tarka Challenge

Coastal Walk - Sometimes you just have to keep your eyes open when you go for a walk, its amazing what you can see Some honeycomb from a wild bee hive Coot parent Ba...
1 day ago
Life's Grandeur

Solvitur ambulando - A problem has been bugging me the last few days. Nothing serious. I just needed to make a decision about something, then work out what I needed to do next....
1 day ago
indie birder

A weekend birding around Scotland and, erm, Suffolk - May 2013 - *Icebow over Loch Garten, Abernethy, Highland, Scotland - Saturday 4th May 2013* It's May, and so it's time for my annual Spring birding trip to Scotland....
2 days ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Male Chaffinch -
2 days ago
The Lilac Grove

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

Living the Dream - “I’m serious; 20 years from now people will be taking photographs of bears in woodland, in mist and at three-o-clock in the morning.” Anyone suitably visi...
2 days ago
The Bristol Wildlife Blog

Yellow-barred Brindle - This is a Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata), which I found sitting on (rather than in) my moth trap this morning. I’ve not been running the trap much...
2 days ago
Cholsey Wildlife

A Dip! - A dash to Farmoor this evening for a Whiskered Tern *(2nd for Oxon?)* but unfortunately it had moved on very quickly, heard initially and then just flew t...
2 days ago
Jason Ridge Photography

Feeling Sorry For Myself - So today i went to the dentist to have a wisdom tooth removed. Ive been feeling sorry for myself all day so i decided to...
2 days ago
Hedgeland Tales

White-winged Black Tern at Ferry Meadows - Ferry Meadows seems to be getting more than its fair share of good birds just lately, the Common Scoters and Black-necked Grebe of last week and then yeste...
2 days ago
Pegler Birding

Slow Owling!! - 1st to 20th May, 2013 - *So far this month, I've had a fairly abysmal month for owling, partly due to poor health and even worse weather, but also due to the fact that this is not...
2 days ago
Birders in Boxers

"Caerlan Cuckoos" - Last weekend I thought I'd give Caerlan Farm near Penrhiwfer in the Rhondda a go for Cuckoo where two birds have been showing quite well lately. I didn't ma...
2 days ago
The Verdant Blog

Kiveton Community Woodland and Rother Valley Country Park - Quick walk round Kiveton Community Woodland and Rother Valley Country Park today. A few birds about including singing sedge warblers, grey wagtails, reed b...
2 days ago
The Lyons Den

Amazing massive luminous green spider - This year Chris Bentley and I are carrying out an invertebrate survey at Old Lodge and today I finally managed to catch up with a species I have wanted to...
2 days ago
Steve Ashton Wildlife Photography

A "Quality Bird" Weekend, 19/05/13. - To see the complete A "Quality Bird" Weekend, 19/05/13. post please visit my new web site and click on the Diary/Blog button. My new web site can be found...
2 days ago
Trent Valley Beetles

Honeysuckle Sawfly - Zaraea lonicerae - Honeysuckle Sawfly Carlton, Notts 21st May 2013 I've had these absolute beauties in the garden for two years now. They hang around near to my two honeysuc...
2 days ago
Butterfly Islands

A Local Group Visit To Wheelers Bay - The first 2013 meeting of the Isle of Wight Butterfly Conservation Group took place today under cloudy skies.A walk along Wheelers Bay at Ventnor with the ...
2 days ago
Steve's Birding And Wildlife Blog

The Big Dip.....Sunday 19th May 2013. - After hearing late on Saturday night that a cracking male Collared Flycatcher had been found at Sammy's Point at Easington,i made the daft and hope full de...
2 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

Demure Dusky Thrush - Turn the clock back 24 hours and who'd have thought I, along with a small army of birders would be standing amongst the gravestones of Margate Cemetery, lo...
2 days ago
The Natural Stone

Garden insects - A bit thin on photos for this post but a bit of time with the insects in the garden has added a few common species to my knowledge. Another two * Platycheir...
3 days ago
Murmuration

Chicken Of The Woods, But No Cuckoo - I stood in ancient woodland a few days ago puzzled at the silence. Everything was switched off. It didn't seem right, so I made a quick exit. I was disap...
3 days ago
The Magpie's Hoard

Jackey Bank [Flickr] - Roger B. posted a photo: [image: Jackey Bank] Jackey Bank, a small oakwood overlooking the Rivelin Valley in South Yorkshire.
3 days ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Malaysia Trip Report - Finally got round to writing my Malaysia Birding Trip Report. Feel free to download and use etc. If you require any further information please drop me an e...
3 days ago
Loose and Leafy

A DANDELINEAL FEAST - One of the oddities of Blogger is that while I am free to edit a post after it's published you can't change your comments - which offers wonderful possibi...
3 days ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Swedish bird in Belfast! - Declan Clarke, a ringer from County Down, got in touch to let me know about a ringed Black-headed Gull which was found dead on Duncrue Street in the harbou...
3 days ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

If I had a... - Yellowhammers are little amber gems of the farmland hedgerows and I've been spending a lot of time in their company recently. To be honest a lot of this ti...
3 days ago
BirdPoem

Dusky Thrush and a Brecks blitz... - Ok, you probably know the deal by now - news went out late on Friday that a *Dusky Thrush* had been found in Margate Cemetery, the first twitchable individ...
3 days ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Cotswolds splendor - SUNDAY: Although we had a late start, the long summer day meant that we had no problem going for a 7 mile walk in the Cotswold Hills and still had plenty o...
3 days ago
The Monday Pod

Thought: women in wildlife photography/film-making - Part of a freelance career in any field is that it requires a lot of networking. At symposiums, over a cup of coffee, and via social media. Places where yo...
3 days ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Emerging Damselflies - Most years I normally manage to find some emerging Large Red Damselflies in late April/early May at one of my local nature reserves. It started off being m...
3 days ago
Bishopthorpe Nature

May butterflies and blossom - A bit of sunshine and warmth goes a long way here, and it has to. Yesterday there were quite a few butterflies making the most of it, including a peacock, ...
3 days ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

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

A Dose of Thrush - After working from 7 (am) till 9 (pm) yesterday (what a way to make a living), and ebbing and floing from ire to salivation over what decided to land on Sa...
4 days ago
Donegal Wildlife

One sunny day - This year seems to be following the pattern of the previous two: once the frost is gone, we enter a period of extended rain and showers that lasts all the ...
4 days ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

Feeding bumblebee - This White-tailed Bumblebee was spotted by my youngest son on our lawn; it was lethargic and reluctant to take to the air. My guess was that it was low on fu...
4 days ago
Kingfisher Diary

Hatched! - On arrival at the nest site on Sunday I noticed something in the nest tunnel. It was a shell fragment, a sure sign that the eggs are now chicks! This event...
4 days ago
Gabriel Hemery

Macedonian pine seedling and cone - Reblogged from The New Sylva: Read more… 28 more words
4 days ago
holdingmoments

Start the week - I've finally got the Blue Tits back in the nest box again, after a faltering start this year. Lots of frenzied feeding activity over the weekend, by both...
4 days ago
Considering Birds

Bird On Wire - Floral Foray At the end of a morning’s bird surveying I often treat myself to an extra wander, especially if I’ve ended up somewhere particularly lovely. F...
4 days ago
from the robin's nest...

Hyacinthoides - It’s been a few weeks since I last posted on here as my life has been taken over by a project I’m currently working on for my internship. However this we...
4 days ago
Birdie Num Num

Blackcaps are back at the Maus - *19/05/2013 - Wentworth, Mausoleum* It's been a year and a day, to be precise, since we last ringed up at the Mausoleum. Our winter feeding sites have now...
4 days ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

The Snail, the Woodlouse and the Millipede with disgusting but valuable habits... - * ** **If this post title sounds like a modern-day Aesop's fable well, in a way it is, because it does have a moral. Not one, but two morals...* ...
4 days ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Early Purple Orchid - A rather pretty Early Purple Orchid in a local wood, where it was last recorded in 1985, so glad to find it is still present and to put it on the map again...
4 days ago
Wild About...

The last from the badger sett - Sadly this will be the last from the badger sett for a while. I found the following clip on the camera from last week and consider myself very lucky that I...
4 days ago
Doorstep Birding

Duke of Burgundy crowns the day - It was off to the glorious Cotswolds and a site near Stroud that has the potential to yield the rare Duke of Burgundy butterfly. I had studied the weather ...
4 days ago
I Love Arnside & Silverdale

Blogs from Sunday May 19th 2013 Onwards inc: Birds Foot Sedge - A Mid May Diary page - Click over illustration to enlarge*Friday May 24th 2013 (Burton In Kendal)* *0600hrs-0700hrs (Wind: 15-30mph NNW)* That wind was ver...
4 days 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 ...
5 days ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Temperamental Mole - *Ecological consultant Rebecca, taking water samples under the netted section of the River Mole* A tributary of the River Thames, the River Mole rises jus...
5 days ago
A Warbler A Day

Stockbridge, river and down. - I spent this afternoon walking round various sights in the Stockbridge area. First off I went up Danebury Ring. There I saw my first Spotted Flycatchers of...
5 days ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Choices - After studying the forecast every closely for 24 hours, we were still hopeful there would be a reasonable amount of sun to entice the insects out. The driv...
5 days ago
Parus

Kent - Dusky Thrush. Of course. - I saw this funny looking *redwing *in Kent today. Lots of other people were interested in it too. Yeah, today I predictably did the predictable thing, tha...
5 days ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Shaded Broad-bar Moth - We thought this may be a leek moth - it was hanging round our shallots - but on getting closer it clearly isn't. Shaded Broad-bar moths *Scotopteryx chenop...
5 days ago
Valley Naturalist

Circuit bored - Once again that electric buzz of the *grasshopper warbler* was absent from the normally reliable Waun afon bog area this morning.Seems like a bit of a po...
5 days ago
Tales of the City

Things are looking up... - The swifts are back, and my Twitter feed is alive with reports. It's heartening to see so many people for whom these screaming black sickles are a sign of ...
5 days ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

sparrow behaviour - Was watching a couple of female house sparrows this morning. One was sitting on a branch of the lime tree, plump but with mangy plumage. The other was flyi...
5 days ago
Nature Writing Notes

10,000 Steps in Tokyo - Week 3: Mapping Tokyo - I was there - Bi-lingual Public Map, Shibaura *Week 3* *17th May* (9,020 steps – got off the subway train two stops early to try and make the 10,000, b...
6 days ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

A good hobby – in more ways than one - It is always nice when you can spend at least some of your day at work doing what you love best, even better when it means you can leave the computer and t...
6 days 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...
6 days ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Is it Summer yet? - Well, technically yes. However in reality, with temperatures struggling to get above 15 degrees, cold strong winds from the north and always a threat ...
6 days ago
Myky Speaks

Small And Pretty Or Big And Ugly? - I’d like to talk about the birds in our garden. Before you start groaning and stop reading, this isn’t a How-to, or a lecture on what you should be putting...
1 week ago
Bill's Birding

Be Right Back, Just Going to Fair Isle... - Just a quick update on the patch year list front, which finally passed the 400 species milestone with the scarce Oak feeding micro moth, *Caloptilia leucap...
1 week ago
A Birding Odyssey

Highland sojourn. - Today will be the last of my being in Northern Scotland; not in some remote glen , but on the edge of the Beauly Firth backed by agricultural land and mix...
1 week ago
Jake's Bones

Seven things that Zygoma taught me about blogging - Today is the 200th "Friday Mystery Object" on the Zygoma blog, written by Paolo Viscardi. Paolo works as a natural history curator at the Horniman museum i...
1 week ago
East Yorkshire Wildlife

Broomfleet and Market Weighton Canal - With the Dragonfly season now under-way I headed over to the Broomfleet area to search for on of our scarcer Damselflies. Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pul...
1 week ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Change of scene - Not exactly a break from the birds, as some of the pics were taken going to or from my project sites, but others were taken walking the dog and there's not...
1 week ago
Beyond the Riverbank

Bluebells, Butterfly on a Bluebell-end, and a Newt... - While the bluebells are in full bloom, after much delay, I thought I would post a few bluebell photos. Some are from a recent trip to Ashridge with Ian th...
1 week ago
Eday Ranger

Sea Kayaking with Kirkwall Kayak Club - What a brilliant day we had with Kirkwall Kayak Club trying our hand at a bit of Sea Kayaking. Click on the story for LOADS of photos! Four excellent coa...
1 week ago
The Wold Ranger

Wold Garth - Has summer been and gone ? - *Wold Garth - **Week Eighteen* (30th April-6th May 2013) The weather was superb during the eighteenth week of 2013 with temperatures eventually climbing abo...
1 week ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Footpath repair video - Check out this great new video that was filmed last summer while we were working up on Helm Crag. It nicely explains how and why we do our upland path work.
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Landscapism

The beautiful game lives on in Ultima Thule - I'm very much an ex football fan, jaded and disillusioned by the ridiculous grandiloquence of the professional game. However, in remotest *Ultima Thule*,...
1 week ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

Risley Tree Walk – May 2013 - May 13 Risley Tree Walk Meet at Risley Village Hall car park (next to church) off Derby Road, Risley Grid ref SK 460 357 Postcode DE72 3SU Leader Pat An...
1 week ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Azure Damselfly now on the wing - With the sun shining this afternnon I made a visit to Clamerkin NT pond and to a collection of small ponds very close by.I was very pleased to encounter se...
1 week ago
europeantrees

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

What's in bloom in May? - [image: what's in bloom in May 2013] It might be May but looking out at my garden it seems to be more like an April garden. * It feels it too with that in...
1 week ago
Wilde in the Woods

Wild flower summer cordials - Hopefully by now , mid May, elderflowers are starting to flower in a lane near you. And if not, they soon will be in June. Cordials are delightful and here...
1 week ago
shirls gardenwatch

Query for wildflower growers/experts - What’s with the pink flowering native primroses? Spotted, this morning, alongside deep cerise pink drumstick primulas, I initially wondered if I was seeing...
1 week ago
Ian Butler Photography

Latest updates - Hi all, For all my latest images and updates and news of trips and tours please go to my facebook page and click ‘LIKE’. The link is here: https://www.face...
1 week ago
Garden 65

Bunting And The Mid-life Crisis - Have I lost my senses? My son certainly thinks I have. He puts it down to the mid-life crisis. Mind you, it would be a sad reflection of my little life i...
1 week ago
Wunderkammer

SAVE HEREFORDSHIRE MUSEUMS! - I received the following from an ex-colleague at the museum service I trained at. It’s a fantastic service that strives to be innovative and exciting despi...
1 week ago
Wild up North

Home is in the hedgerow - A wander along the field margins at East Holywell, gave me numerous encounters with the new residents in the hedgerows. What was nothing but barren twigs j...
1 week ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 14 May 2013, Chester Zoo. - Well today I had hoped to travel to Strid Wood in Yorkshire to see if I could find and photograph another bird that has long eluded me, the wood warbler....
1 week ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

- *A Weakness for Grasshopper Warbler* * * Wildlife photography requires a certain amount of self-discipline, such as getting up at an unearthly hour to an al...
1 week ago
The Wilder Garden

Blue heaven - This is meant to be a garden blog, but what's the point of rules if you can't break them? I've been out bluebell hunting today and at the recommendation of...
1 week ago
natureoncam

To the woods, the bluebell woods that is - As a Web Guide for the Visit Woods website I visit a lot of woods, take photographs and make comments about the wood to hopefully make it more interesting fo...
1 week ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

LET'S PLAY ON TOP OF THE WORLD.... - I look out across and almost empty expanse of inter-tidal mud. A moulted feather is drifting slowly towards me on an un-spring-like chilly breeze. Off to t...
1 week ago
The Sleepy Sparrow

Day 1 again and Day 2 - *I didn't get off to a good start today. It seems I hadn't signed off properly yesterday and I'm forced to do Day One again. I couldn't by-pass it. Oh w...
1 week ago
Wild Nottingham

Dryad’s Saddle in Wollaton Park - In rainy Wollaton Park today, I found a fallen Beech with an impressive collection of the fungal fruitbodies known as Dryad’s Saddle : This is one of the l...
1 week ago
Naturanaute

Bluebell time! - Bluebell carpets are a classic sign of spring in the UK, so here’s mine, in White Downs, a few miles East of Guildford : Now, for the botany, bluebells, wh...
1 week ago
Downland Views

Quick Post - Last weekend saw the end of lambing. I now need to catch up on work in and around the bungalow, particularly the weed infested garden, so I am making this...
1 week ago
Birds, Bees and Outer Hebrides

Skua Passage - The 11th May dawned wet and calm in contrast to the forecast that had predicted north-westerly winds around force 5 - 6. In the light of this I got back in...
1 week ago
Wessex Wanderings

Bowdown Woods - In the past week the weather has changed from hot sun to wind and cloud with Atlantic low pressure systems dominating. This was the weather pattern that ...
1 week ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

Climate changes shift wintering ranges of waterbirds - Tufted Duck - Photo: Nigel Picknell **Migratory waterbirds have shifted their wintering areas north-eastwards due to climate change in Europe, accordi...
1 week ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Cath’s first insect painting tutorial for Bloomsbury publishing - Cath has chosen the delightful Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum) for her first on-line painting tutorial for Bloomsbury Publishing. This bee and also the ...
2 weeks ago
Garden Bird Year

Blackbirds and White Blossoms - After such a slow start to spring, we finally have a spurt of growth and some flowers in the garden. The first screaming Swifts were back in Rathdrum a we...
2 weeks ago
The Hesitant Weasel...

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

Green Hairstreak. - *Green Hairstreak* *(Callophrys rubi). *I found this individual soaking up the sun during a wander around Thursley Common. From memory this is the first t...
2 weeks ago
Wildlife Matters

Skills 4 the Future – best bits from the last few weeks - Its been a busy few weeks for all the Skills for the Future trainees but as always loving every moment of the variety of work and the places we get to visi...
2 weeks ago
Paul Chanin | Mainly Mammals

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

Robust Orchid - Just found out from a forum that I had photographed Robust Orchid *Anacamptis robusta* in Mallorca. This Orchid is only found in a handful of locations ...
2 weeks ago
Austin Thomas Photography - Blog

My first attempt at underwater photography… - When I visited the Galapagos it was always my intention to do a little bit of underwater photography. I wasn’t planning anything too dramatic. The top end ...
2 weeks ago
Wild Reviews

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

6th May 2013 - Canons Farm - On the way back from Pulborough, we had a quick stop off at Canons Farm in Surrey as a pair of Whinchat had been reported and Stuart was still on the looko...
2 weeks ago
Bugman Jones

Let’s just forget about habitat destruction, shall we? - The idea of habitat destruction has had it’s day. I think we need to move on. Anyone who has ever seen the ulcerated sore of an open-cast mine, or the mud-...
2 weeks ago
Julie's Blog

Year List Update - A sunny Bank Holiday weekend was the real rarity, but I did manage to add a few species to my year lists. A Saturday afternoon walk at Bowesfield Marsh was...
2 weeks ago
Chosen Path's Monthly Nature News

04. Chosen Paths - Nature News - April, 2013 - Perhaps the biggest news this month concerns the banning of three harmful neonicotinoid pesticides which, for many, symbolises a positive (albeit tempora...
2 weeks ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Suddenly… - … everything is happening. Spring has arrived, and with it migrant swallows, chiffchaffs and whitethroats The garden is full of solitary bees (this is the ...
2 weeks ago
Flying high!

An April catch-up in May! - *1st April: * *Lower Smite Farm and Hillers Farm Shop.* ** It had been a long while since my last walk around Lower Smite Farm, a cold day so it was good to...
2 weeks ago
GJGPhotography

Project Stripey - A short update on the badgers so far. I’ve been camping out for several hours at a time trying to photograph the badgers and their new cubs. I’ve been quit...
2 weeks ago
Duckwoman's Diary

Spring migrants are like buses - Hello birdwatchers Spring migrants are like buses this year - one minute you can't find one and then they all come at once! It has been a fantastic coupl...
2 weeks ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Blogs for the Independent: Pangolins in Peril - An illegal trade just as devastating, and to the same markets, as that of rhino horn and elephant ivory. It threatens to wipe out entire species’ of pangol...
3 weeks ago
The Naturephile

Bridlington beach - After spending the morning up at Flamborough Head I spent the afternoon on the beach in Bridlington harbour. Flamborough Lighthouse from the beach at Bridl...
3 weeks ago
BTO Cymru

Cynnig Aelodaeth Cymru Welsh Membership Offer - Am fwy o wybodaeth ewch i http://www.bto.org/support-us/join neu cysylltwch a swyddfa BTO Cymru For more ionformation go to http://www.bto.org/support-us...
3 weeks ago
Holywell Birding

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

Spring Clean - Andy wandered into the garden this week and declared it needed shrubs, it needed height, it needed something bigger than a lupin. I recognise an invitat...
3 weeks ago
The Barley Bird-er

In Search of the Barley Bird.... - After a couple of days wandering around Botley Wood looking for common nightingales, the aim today was to try and catch some. The plan was to start at 6 AM...
3 weeks ago
bogbumper

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

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

Red Mason Bee - I really look forward to seeing these handsome little chaps each year. The Red mason bee Osmia bicornis is a species of solitary bee often seen in spring a...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Beneath the Stream

Honest Nature - The scene was quite beautiful. Freezing fog cloaked the park which in turn was surrounded by the yellow stone buildings of the ancient town which were, ...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Inspired by Ecology

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

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

Mid April In The Meadow - The weather has been so cold that the meadow is a good three weeks later Than it was last year.The upside being that the daffodils have really lasted well ...
4 weeks ago
The Wild West!

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

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

'The Mountains Afar', Mull 2013- Part I - Lord Byron once wrote of Scotland that *'England thy beauties are tame and domestic* ** *To one who has roved on the mountains afar'* Now I don't know Byro...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
Victoria Hillman Wildlife Photography Blog

Last post before the Wedding - Hello everyone, Well this is my last post before we get married on Sunday, keeping everything crossed for a fine day so the ceremony can be held outside....
5 weeks ago
Ryan Clark Nature Photography

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

Avocets and Twites - Highlights from another trip to the coast – the RSPB reserve at Marshside just north of Southport. Plenty of Avocets and Black-tailed Godwits with circa 15...
5 weeks 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 month ago
the katsura tree | the world outside your window

big beak - The rpi with its webcam is giving some interesting insights into the life in the day of the garden. Still can’t figure out if this is a blue tit or great tit.
1 month ago
Imogen's Attic.... an artist's online sketchbook

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

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

Rodley Nature Reserve - The week before the snow hit we spent the afternoon at the reserve. It was a gorgeous spring day and we saw plenty including a Mandarin duck on the river a...
1 month ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

RSPB Saltholme & the surrounding area (Monday 1st April 2013) - Mrs Y & I picked up Noddle for a trip to one of our favourite reserves, RSPB Saltholme. On arrival we watch a fox on the bird feeding station for a good 1...
1 month ago
naturestimeline

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

On the sea shore...... - Salthouse Shingle Ridge in Norfolk was cold but bright. Shelducks were appearing quite frequently. Very nice in flight, and here below you can see the love...
1 month ago
In the Countryside

Sprite of the water - There is a sense that winter is losing her grip, the warmth in the morning sun sufficient to pierce the legacy of last night’s frost. The sky is clear to...
1 month ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

Little Egret on White - This little egret and I were each as surprised as the other when we suddenly came face to face when I walked round a bend in the path at my local North Nor...
2 months ago
Oscar Dewhurst Wildlife Photography

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

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

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

Fatal Attraction - *Fungus gnats that emerge in swarms from soil in plant pots have become the bane of many gardeners' lives. If you grow plants in commercial potting compos...
2 months ago
The Wild Photographer

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

Ice house - This is an ice house at St Colme House. It is on the north side of a small hill and so in the shade. Filled with ice in the winter Continue reading →
2 months ago
Tory Island Bird Blog

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

Moths of Lincolnshire - [image: Bookmark and Share] [image: Nature Blog Network] Click here to return to Moth News [image: Robinson Trap Blacklight] Robinson Trap with 26W CFL ...
2 months ago
Flora Cantiaci

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

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

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

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

Little Island, Hundreds of Beetles - (This post relates to an ongoing project in Canterbury, the wider context of which you can read about here.) I have just finished curating my first beetle ...
3 months ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Butterfly Effect Halts Plans for 500 Homes - Mr Woodfield took legal action over concerns Cherwell District Council had failed to comply with Environmental Impact Assessment regulations... ... Council s...
3 months ago
The Urban Countryman

Winter Woodland Wonderland - The forecast snow duly arrived, gradually [...]
3 months ago
A Walk on the Wild Side

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

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

Barn Owl Project - I have lived in Dorset my entire life and I only saw my first Barn Owl last spring. I think I must have never been looking properly as now I have got my ey...
3 months ago
According to GaiaBird

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ash Panic - Maure Juana is our treasured Borstal Heath hippy – bless her. She was middle aged in the 60s but is still peddling the peace and love, even though a littl...
6 months ago
Alcester Nature Photography

Mighty Oak - A few more shots from yesterdays walk along the River Arrow, a couple of old Oak trees and another one of the Arrow from inside the nature reserve in ...
6 months ago
Wildlife Imaging Blog

Combe Hill Wildlife - First Bramblings of the year. - Over the weekend we had our first Bramblings visit us this winter and also again today. Both times it was a couple of females with no sign of a male yet. N...
6 months ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

Could it be a Waxwing winter? - Anybody with access to the various bird news services will be aware of the increasing numbers of these northern Vikings. As true inhabitants of arctic and ...
6 months ago
IOW Birder

Red Squirrels V Buzzards: A Dilema ... - Hi everyone, Ive just received an e-mail from BBC South, who are following up reports of buzzard attacks on red squirrels, here on the island. They are do...
6 months ago
Cranfield's Wildlife Blog

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

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

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

A sign of the times - It is the autumn equinox today. The day the the Equator teeters beneath the Sun before the Earth tips our northern lands over into the darker days. And wha...
8 months ago
The Heartwood Blog

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

Survey photos... - And finally some photographs from my surveying exploits... Peacock butterfly (*Inachis io*) Common Darter (*Sympetrum striolatum*) Dark Bush-cricket (male)...
8 months ago
Wild Times

Great Flocks! - When seen in large flocks, birds create quite a spectacle! I was made aware of this White Stork flock by a passing motorist while photographing waders alon...
8 months ago
Pod's World

HERE ENDETH THE FIRST CHAPTER - *THAT'S ALL FROM THE POD'S WORLD BLOG FOLKS...* * * *MY NEW BLOG ENTITLED POD'S WORLD 2 CAN BE FOUND AT...* * * *www.patchbirder2.blogspot.com* * * *A BIG TH...
8 months ago
kirkstall creatures great and small

North Cave Wetlands (2) - More sightings from North Cave Wetlands, nice to see this *Common Blue*butterfly as I've seen so few this year. Although *Brown Argus* are present at Nor...
8 months ago
My Nature Scrapbook

Close Encounters - Here are some of the friends we made during our recent camping trip: A Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar, who seemed intent on reaching the top of our umbrella as ...
9 months ago
One Step Beyond

A Familiar, Slipper and Birds Eye - [image: P1060359] *Lady’s Slipper Orchid (part of the reintroduction programme)* Officially declared extinct in 1917 due to over zealous Victorian ...
10 months ago
Roots'n'Shoots

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

May 2012 in the garden - A selection of photos taken during May in the garden. [image: apple-blossom] Apple Blossom [image: baby-chaffinch] Juvenile Chaffinch [image: baby-sis...
10 months ago
A Scientist in the Making

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

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

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

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

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1 year ago
A Highland Naturalist's Diary

April 15th to 21st - TBA
1 year ago
The Malvern Birder

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

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

Introducing Hippophae salicifolia – the willow-leaved sandthorn - Our mystery South London street tree has been identified thanks to a correspondent who was able to recognise a fine avenue of Hippophae salicifolia. Severa...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Scottish Wildlife Blog

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

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

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Penny Bun

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Clewer Garden Diary

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The Badger's Eye

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Focus On Wildlife

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Accidental Nature

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Robert Cave Photography

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The Museum of Curiosities

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Life On An Oxfordshire Lawn

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Phil Coles - Natural History Blog

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