UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers: August 2012

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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...
3 minutes ago
NI Bird Pics

Christine Cassidy - Tufted Ducks - Enjoying todays rain.....
29 minutes ago
NI Birds

Tawny Owl - Food for Thought? - A number of people have asked us about the likely status of the Tawny Owl at Castle Ward. Assuming that the bird shows no signs of captivity (eg a non BTO ...
50 minutes 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 ...
1 hour ago
Purbeck Footprints

Lazy Days, fluffy clouds and sunbathing Robins - A bit of a lazy Saturday meant a morning in the garden and a short walk to Peveril Point in the afternoon. Swanage was looking just about perfect in the su...
1 hour ago
Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

Kent Orchids - With a late flowering season up north; some few weeks behind the usual, I was looking forward to my trip to Kent. I was confident I would find some of the ...
1 hour ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Slug slayer - *After 12 hours of apocalyptic rain the clouds finally parted and the sun came out - and so did the frogs. Now that they've spawned in the garde...
2 hours ago
Hedgeland Tales

Black-necked Grebe at Ferry Meadows - Another day, another good bird at Ferry Meadows and only present for the one day too.
2 hours ago
Tricia's Tales

Lago Trasimeno... just a taster.. more soon - A perfect day... The sun was shining; it got hotter as the day went on; the water was glistening.. the Great Crested Grebes were entertaining and a few Lit...
2 hours 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...
5 hours ago
Chiddys Blog

NO BONES ABOUT THIS - firstly well done steve on finding the dusky thrush in margate cemetery,thanks to martyn and adam on letting me know other wise i would still been at grove...
6 hours ago
Life's Grandeur

Burton Marshes - I made one of (what are becoming) my regular trips to Burton Marshes on Tuesday afternoon. There wasn't an awful lot going on, but I did take two quite nic...
8 hours ago
An English Wood

East ride - East ride. Picture taken May 1. &n [...]
8 hours ago
Ecology Escapades

Toad Spawn! Part 2 - Earlier this week I got the chance to go back to a site to complete the finally survey for great crested newts. It also gave me the chance to see how my li...
8 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

Shelduck, Starling and Square Rigger - The other day when I was at the RSPB Belfast Harbour Reserve, I photographed these 2 Shelduck. *Shelduck* Sorry this video below decided it had to be next...
12 hours ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Meadow orchids and woodland rides - MAY is usually the start of the orchid hunting season...and this year has been no exception. Here are the first that I bagged: these are green-winged orch...
12 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

Crab-apple Blossom. - Sunrise: 05.09 am Sunset: 09.03 pm
12 hours ago
UK Wildlife

Female marsh harrier - A quick one photo post, a female marsh harrier.
12 hours ago
Birding with Flowers

We'll be Back! - Friday saw the final visit of the year to Tuesdays location. Tuesday's photos can be seen here The weather wasn't as good as Tuesday, but the wildlife ma...
12 hours ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

ossprey -
20 hours ago
The Bristol Wildlife Blog

Slender Speedwell - This is a patch of Slender Speedwell (Veronica filiformis), which I photographed by the footpath alongside the River Frome near Frenchay this afternoon. ...
20 hours ago
Steve Ashton Wildlife Photography

A trip to the Marsh Hide at Grove, 16/05/13. - To see the complete "A trip to the Marsh Hide at Grove, 16/05/13" post please visit my new web site and click on the Diary/Blog button. My new web site c...
21 hours ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Wales : THE BIRDS! - Without too much detail about the holiday itself I have listed below the year ticks and where I got them along with a few photographs taken in Wales over t...
22 hours ago
My Life Outside

Patchwork Challenge 8 - Three More - Five days and three new species nicely sums up the latest developments on patch. The first came on Monday evening with two *Bullfinches* along the wooded s...
23 hours ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Almost crackin the flags! - *The Safari was out *in the garden chatting to our Extreme Photographer on the mobile blower last night when a very unexpected solitary *Sand Martin*flew ov...
1 day ago
Birding in Over

Black-winged Stilt - I had a county first today in the form of this fantastic Black-winged Stilt at Wicken Fen. Read about it on the Outside the Patch page.
1 day ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Barn Owl - We were so pleased to see this barn owl fly across the allotment site - it seemed to be flying quite low but I didn't have my camera handy. Luckily we caugh...
1 day ago
Hares on the Hill

A week in the Elan Valley: Willow Warbler - High up in the woodland, above Caban Coch Reservoir, spring has been very slow. The heavy snows in April have put everything behind and last week the trees...
1 day ago
Birding the day away!

Eastern Orphean Warbler ~ Lesvos, Greece - 01.05.13 - *This was on a returning visit to Kavaki, near Petra at the Ruppell's site which is the first lay-by with the odd shaped building across the road, not onl...
1 day ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Today’s pics Friday 17th - Not tweeted these: Early this morning: Not so visible now the leaves are coming out: Doesn’t she look proud? (while he has a kip) Heron’s back on ...
1 day 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...
1 day ago
Country Corners

Ne’er cast a clout till May be out - For the puzzled: cast means to take off, a clout is any item of clothing and May refers to blossom and not the month. So the saying translates to somethin...
1 day ago
Killy Birder

Great White Night! - 16th May. Marsden was blessed with sun today, but it was still cold! I’d gone down there for lunch with a friend and we took advantage of the fine day ...
1 day 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...
1 day ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

The Queen came to St Ives today by - The Queen came to St Ives today by the little train that goes behind our house on the edge. A sunny morning, bunting flying, and I waited on the deck with ...
1 day 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 ...
1 day ago
Another Bird Blog

Return To Normal? - In trying to dispel the post-holiday blues this morning I took a trip to Out Rawcliffe, and not sure what I might find I first took a walk around the ringi...
1 day 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 day ago
Notes of Nature

Book Review: Flowers in the Field - Written by Faith Anstey, Flowers in the Field is a wonderfully methodical guide that helps the reader to enjoy wild flowers in a holistic way. I began my ...
1 day ago
Owls about that then!

I've returned!!!!! - Since getting back from my break in Spain getting out and about has been bit of a premium, and to be honest I just couldn't be bothered! I have fell into a...
1 day 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 day 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 day ago
Loose and Leafy

TIME FLYING FROM THE CLOCK - I hope you don't feel cheated but I want this to have its own post. [image: Dandelion clock with most seeds already gone, the ones which remain shaking ...
1 day ago
Wildlife Conservation: Heart of the Levels Wildlife Group

Field of Dreams, Barcroft Hall - *Statement on the home page of their web site. * *Link shown below* * * * * * * *Flowers Status: Field of Dreams 2013 is now closed Grass Car Park Status...
1 day 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 day 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 day ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Larger Video Available - Now the quality of the streaming video from the Great Tit Nestbox has been improved thanks to Camstreams new uploading software it is possible to watch a l...
1 day ago
The Early Birder

Friendly Deer. - During a mid-day visit to Bushy Park there were a number of *Fallow Deer*very close to the pond who were showing particular interest in any person who migh...
1 day ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Welcome New Additions - A reasonably good forecast for Thursday meant a trip to the pond followed by a visit to Bentley Wood, firstly in case the Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterf...
1 day ago
Cholsey Wildlife

1st Cuckoo of the year! - Sunny spells, 14º, negligible wind. A visit to Cholsey marsh early morning saw the mist over the river and a slight frost at 04:15, then a sunny morning w...
1 day ago
Alan Tilmouth

Bully Bunting - The 'white' Reed Bunting that I first saw 7th April at Woodhorn Flashes (though it appears to have been seen by others earlier) is still hanging around the...
1 day ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Nice Hobby - Had a few decent birds over the last few weeks, got a nice look at a Hobby this morning, though unfortunately there was a branch in front of its head so th...
1 day ago
East Yorkshire Wildlife

Dragonflies of South-east Yorkshire - The Dragonflies of South-east Yorkshire is now available to order. The quickest way to get your copy is via the link below. If you would like to reduce the...
1 day ago
The Liverbirder

All's well.... - Confirmation that 'my' Kite was, indeed a Black has to be one of my all time birding highlights. Not an 'I told you so' moment, because I didn't in that w...
1 day ago
A Warbler A Day

Terns in Trees! - I visited Charlton at lunchtime today and was pleased to see that the Common Terns had returned. Not only that but, like last year, they were perching on t...
1 day 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...
2 days ago
Rambles with a Camera

Spring has finally arrived................................................................................... - My local countryside is at last coming into leaf... ... the tree I see on my commute has only shown life over the last few days. The hedgerows that bor...
2 days 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...
2 days 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...
2 days ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

Nature's Feast Twist Feeder review - I live in a 4th floor flat in the middle of London, so my sighting of birds is pretty rare and in the 3 years we've lived there, not a single bird visited ...
2 days ago
The Natural Stone

Swimming Grass Snake - Things conspiring to ensure I miss most good local birds at the moment. I arrived at Maxey to discover the Temminck's Stints had left, which no-one had tho...
2 days 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.
2 days 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...
2 days 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*,...
2 days 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...
2 days ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Black-headed Gull - 2AAR (an update) - I have received another email from the Polish Bird Ringing Centre in Gdańsk with a second (or should that be first?!) sighting of 2AAR. The original email ...
2 days 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...
3 days 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...
3 days ago
Wild About Bungay

My Love Affair with Lilacs - Lilacs are blooming in Bungay but as all Lilac lovers know, we've got to make the most of this special time as the season for this blowsiest of blossoms ...
3 days ago
holdingmoments

Some more - This will be the last of the backlog for now. and the last if this don't show. *White Wagtail* A little tiff. Couple of *Oystercatchers.* ...
3 days ago
I Love Arnside & Silverdale

AONB The Landscape Trust forthcoming events. - *Peter Standing of the Landscape Trust kindly asked me if I would display the following flyers on the "I Love Arnside and Silverdale Blogs")* Flyer given to...
3 days 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...
3 days 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...
4 days 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...
4 days ago
Parus

Rainham - mixed singing willow-chiff thing - When I did finally get out to see birds over the weekend it rained, that slow steady drizzle that doesn't feel too bad until you get inside and suddenly re...
4 days 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...
4 days ago
Doorstep Birding

6th-14th May ; A few more first's on the Doorstep - The Biggest Surprise on my patch for a while was spotting a *Grass Snake *as I walked some set aside close to Barnet Brook wood, a patch reptile mega !! I...
4 days 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...
4 days 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...
4 days 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....
4 days ago
The Monday Pod

Skomer and Pembrokeshire photography - Last weekend I spent four days on the lovely Pembrokeshire coastline with my camera. I was extremely lucky, as it was the best weekend weather-wise for a w...
4 days 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...
4 days ago
Seabed Habitats

Darek Sepiolo’s Antarctica - ”Antarctica was the last, 7th continent I visited and dove. Kind of a last stop on a journey called “Earth”. But in fact the journey never ends…” This is ...
4 days ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

Hares - A selection of recent hare images from the farm. It's been a lot of effort to get hare shots this year but hopefully they'll be moving over to the set-asi...
4 days ago
Birders in Boxers

"Catching up with Spring"........... - Not "blogged" much during the last few weeks so I thought I'd catch up with a few images :- Reed Warbler : Llangors Lake near crannog. Commo...
5 days 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...
5 days 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...
5 days 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...
5 days ago
Murmuration

Follow The Yellow Brick Road - A footpath across arable fields, stained yellow with herbicide, is still hard as brick despite the weekend's downpours. Saturday's rain washed away dark...
5 days 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...
5 days ago
Steve's Birding And Wildlife Blog

MSQ....A cracking day out..12.05.2013. - An early start today,arriving on site at 05.15,certainly paid dividends with some great sightings through the day.I started proceedings in usual fashion by...
5 days ago
Murf's Wildlife

Eagles to Terns - We did a whistle stop tour of the middle of Ireland on Saturday 11th May, to clock up a few new year ticks. We began our day with an early morning stop at...
5 days ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Roving Records - Land East of the Railway Line: 10/05/13 - On Friday I carried out a check of our dormouse boxes in the LERL; sadly no further evidence of their nesting activity. However the boxes are certainly b...
5 days ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

A walk through Cardinham Woods, Bodmin - I was on my way to somewhere else with a couple of hours to kill, and the closest place on the map was Cardinham Woods, about three miles north-east of Bod...
5 days 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...
5 days ago
BirdPoem

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Feb' 2013 - India continued... *Dawn on the Periyar River, Thattekad, Kerala 20/2/13* The journey south from Ooty into Kerala was an arduous one, the cool spring clim...
5 days ago
hullvalley

Winter again? - 11/5 Only managed an hour at nearby Woodland Trust site Nut Wood and Wauldby Sprogs on Saturday evening. I’ve visited this area since I was a child and it ...
6 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

Digiscoping on Rainham Marsh - I decided to leave the DSLR camera and lens at home for this afternoons visit to Rainham Marsh RSPB reserve, opting instead for my scope and Meopta iPhone ...
6 days 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...
6 days 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...
6 days ago
Bishopthorpe Nature

Tansy beetles and others at Acaster Malbis - Had a lovely walk from Bishopthorpe across the fields to Acaster Malbis today, coming back along the river. There were lots of butterflies including a peac...
6 days ago
The Lyons Den

Taking things littorally - Last Wednesday I went down to the rock pools off of Saltdean as part of another Shoresearch event. I find it hard to learn seaweeds when there is bigger g...
6 days ago
Tarka Challenge

Bloody Nosed Beetle - We have been looking to see one of these for a long time. Its a Bloody-nosed Beetle, when they are scared they squirt a bloody substance as a defence me...
6 days ago
Pegler Birding

Great Spotted Woodpecker - May, 2013 - *Last year, for a month or so, we had a juvenile female Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting our garden on a 'several times a day' basis. We don't see woodpec...
6 days ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Willow cuttings expedition to West Affric - On 30th April I went out with my colleagues Jill Hodge and Abbey Goff to West Affric, to collect cuttings of tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia) for pro...
6 days 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...
6 days ago
Wild About...

Back to the Badger Sett - Last week I finally got around to putting the trail camera back up at the Badger sett and this morning I collected the card and checked out the results. O...
1 week ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

Redpoll, waxwing and algae - I forgot to replenish the feeders this week so wasn’t expecting to see many birds. Pleasantly surprised therefore when the usual visitors were joined by a ...
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
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

Robin redbreast - Another shot through the open office window as this afternoon's weather started to improve... Canon 1Ds MkII, Canon 100-400mm IS USM L lens, 400mm at 1/25...
1 week ago
Wild and Wonderful

Butterflies and Moths: (Not So) Early Butterflies - A rather shabby Peacock, spotted at ... Minsmere last weekend, taken as the light was fading. A white butterfly (is it perhaps a male Large White?) also at ...
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 ...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Collared Dove -
1 week 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 ...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Butterfly Islands

A Walk in Walters Copse. - The summer like weather of a few days ago has gone and today it was much cooler with a strong wind.Still the sun was shining,and with the bluebells and the...
1 week 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...
1 week 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...
1 week 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 ...
1 week 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 ...
1 week ago
Gabriel Hemery

Drawing of a small-leaved lime - Reblogged from The New Sylva: Photograph (low quality) of a completed drawing by Sarah Simblet for The New Sylva: Small-leaved...
1 week ago
Donegal Wildlife

Heat at last - We had a couple of warm days and suddenly everything is moving. Solitary bees dig private tunnels in soil where they lay their own eggs and bring back poll...
1 week 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...
1 week 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-...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Between the Weave

Build the pond and they will come - I am experimenting with a garden pond. Apparently they do wonders for garden wildlife so it seemed criminal not to build one. And wildlife has moved in, q...
1 week ago
Trent Valley Beetles

Another Jumping spider on my wall, "Siticus pubescens" - Jumping Spider, *Siticus pubescens* - Carlton wall 07/05/2013After returning from work I popped out the back to take in my Mason Bee colony. The males a...
1 week ago
Wild Sight

Spring Favourites - It had been mostly clear overnight and a cold, bright morning followed. A slight frost hugged the ground in sheltered places, a frost that melted away wit...
1 week ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Anoplius viaticus - Spotted an *Anoplius viaticus* female at Cooper's Hill starting to dig a hole, right in the middle of the path which may not have been the best choice of l...
1 week ago
The Magpie's Hoard

Ewden Valley [Flickr] - Roger B. posted a photo: [image: Ewden Valley] The Ewden Valley, viewed from Walker Edge. OS grid reference SK262951, facing north-west.
1 week 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...
1 week 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 ...
1 week ago
Northshots

A.M.A.N.D.A. May ’13 - Is it me? Do I look stupid? Are all photographers insincere with motives that are only obvious to the most seasoned photographic spouses? Earlier this year...
1 week 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...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Double Page Spread in BBC Wildlife Magazine - I'm always very pleased to have my images published in BBC Wildlife magazine as it's a magazine I've read on a regular basis since my teens. Back then I re...
1 week ago
Views of the Ock

Return of the mason bees - As a Christmas present in 2012 I was given a home made bee box for solitary bees and in the first year, red mason bees swiftly moved in a laid their eggs i...
1 week ago
Considering Birds

One May Morning - I have no doubt that so many folk songs* start early on a May morning because it is the most charming time of day or year to be outdoors. The sun is bright...
1 week 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
The Verdant Blog

Cowslips, Bluebells and Orchids - The wildflowers are coming out in full force now after a few days of warmth and sunshine. A walk through Eaton Woods in North Nottinghamshire today showed...
2 weeks ago
Why watch wildlife?

Tales from the Riverbank - Just a quick post to share a few Water Vole pics. Sadly the sun had largely descended over the yard-arm when I took these, and the poor light levels mean t...
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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 weeks ago
Kingfisher Diary

Progression - The Kingfishers have completed the first clutch of eggs and as of Saturday 27th April they are incubating. The female will have laid 5-6 eggs over the prev...
2 weeks ago
The Lilac Grove

Hedgehogs Are Returning - After a very slow start to the season the hedgehogs are coming out of hibernation en masse. All have been a good weight so far, but it's been mainly males ...
2 weeks ago
Birdie Num Num

We're still seeing red - *28/04/2013 - Wentworth, Woodnook* Obviously, as the title suggests, the Lesser Redpoll are still around at Woodnook, more so than ever.. Jilly and I se...
2 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...
2 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
Zoo Volunteer

At their best now: Camellias - This year, as various interesting plants in the zoos gardens come into their best season, I will be writing posts on their natural (and garden) history. K...
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
Hedge Britannia

Hedgerow Decline Threatens Wildlife - interesting BBC story on the sad decline of our hedgerows. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22305666
3 weeks ago
Habitat Aid's Blog

Caring for God’s Acre - Thanks to Caring for God’s Acre I had a lovely trip to Wales this week. Caring for God’s Acre is a charity promoting sensitive and helpful ways of lookin...
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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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, ...
3 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...
3 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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....
4 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...
4 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...
4 weeks ago
from the robin's nest...

Red in wildflowers-Anthocyanin - The colour red appears quite often in angiosperms but in various shades. Think of all the pink, purple, red and blue flowers, the bright fruits and the d...
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...
5 weeks 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.
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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, ...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
1 month 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 ). ...
1 month ago
Geltsdale Wildlife Warrior

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

I've moved... - I’ve merged all my wildlife blogs scattered about the Internet, and moved home to Wordpress. http://sheffieldwildlife.wordpress.com
1 month 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
indie birder

Harlequin Duck and other northern delights - The drake *Harlequin Duck* is familiar to all birders. Or rather, *pictures*of drake Harlequin Ducks are familiar to all birders. Every keen young birdwatch...
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
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

A room with a view - * * *"A view? Oh, a view! How delightful a view is!" - E.M. Forster* Aesthetic preferences suggest that an individual’s visual encounter with certain lan...
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* * * * * * * * * *
4 months ago
Graham Hush

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
4 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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.
6 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...
7 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...
7 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
Bernwood Forest Bechstein's Project

Long summer nights, - It's probably about time for a blog update. We had a trapping break whilst female bats were heavily pregnant, givng birth and had newborns, but we are b...
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 ...
9 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...
10 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
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:...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Greener Leith News - Natures Calendar

Nature’s Merry Christmas Acrostic - It’s cold, it’s Christmas and it’s been a while since we've posted a nature’s calendar roundup. It's time for a Christmas special, an acrostic of nature ...
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
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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Robert Cave Photography

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The Museum of Curiosities

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Life On An Oxfordshire Lawn

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