UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: 2014

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Zygoma

Friday mystery object #376 - This week I have a fantastic guest mystery object from Jill Sales the Museum of Life Sciences at Kings College London for you to have a go at identifying: ...
1 hour ago
Birding For Pleasure

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP - Time for The Weekend Roundup and Weekend Reflectionsand the letter is H and High and once again, it is the one photo shoot out! In this image you see five...
3 hours ago
NI Bird Pics

Reece Hinton - Kestrel - Taken in Cavehill, Belfast:
11 hours ago
Birding with Flowers

Tolkien's Residence in Roos - "A Lonely House Near Roos"? Why in 1964 did Mary Sellars (née Bramham), a Withernsea schoolteacher, give one of her pupils an assignment to write a mock new...
13 hours ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

South Yorkshire Natural History Day - “What’s Going On in South Yorkshire?” – A Festival of Amateur Natural History. Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Treeton Miners Welfare, Arundel Street, Treet...
15 hours ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

Barn Owl Pellets - My mum was out walking the dogs the other evening when a Barn Owl flew over her head. She noted where it landed and came home to tell me. The next day we w...
19 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Thursday 20th February - 23 Twite were beside the boat compound at Whitehead seafront. (Cameron Moore) A drake American Wigeon was at the Barmouth. The Black Redstart was still a...
19 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Magpie at the Bird Table - When there is food about a Magpie will find a way to get at it. Especially when it is a suet block filled with dried mealworms. No sound on this video.
20 hours ago
Another Bird Blog

Another January - We’re into the third week of storms with no prospect of birding or ringing for several days. Storm Ella is lined up to be next. Almost every day has been ...
22 hours ago
Why watch wildlife?

The Isles of Scilly: The Wrap-up Part 1 - I did start to post some blogs after my trip to the Scillies last year, but after posting part one and part two, I just lost all time for getting the rest ...
1 day ago
Linacre Blogger

Year List Update - It's been quite a while since I last updated the blog, so here's a post about the bird species I've seen since then. The first new species for the year are...
1 day ago
My Nature Notes

19th February: Reflections: Under the weather! - Long-billed Dowitcher at RSPB Lodmoor in Weymouth - January 2012 - the sort of vagrant from the USA that can arrive in Dorset in exceptional weather condit...
1 day ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

Signs of spring? - Dull, wet and mild has been the prevailing story for the winter weather so far this year in the south west of the UK. Much needed winter sunshine has been...
1 day ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Devon - Whilst driving to our holiday cottage I bagged my first Raven of the year over Dartmoor and then on arrival found my first Dipper of the decade in the cott...
2 days ago
Pegler Birding

Goosander and a Goose - on 6th February, 2020 - *Sorry - couldn't resist that vaguely palindromic title for this short post!* *I'd not been out birding for nearly a week, the sun was shining, and I had ...
2 days ago
Too Lazy To Weed

National Nest Box Week 2020 - It’s National Nest Box Week again, a time to encourage everyone to put up nest boxes in their gardens if they can. You can find out more and get lots of us...
2 days ago
Wild and Wonderful

Spring at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge - We spent a couple of hours at Anglesey Abbey yesterday, immersing ourselves in the bursts of sunshine and the signs of spring. We saw two 7-spot Ladybird...
2 days ago
UK Wildlife

Ep7 UK Wildlife Podcast – Your Questions Special Wildlife Photography - A special episode where we answer your questions on wildlife photography, advice on the different camera options, macro lens advice and tips on photographi...
3 days ago
Cholsey Wildlife

The tail end of Dennis - Sunshine and showers, 9°, breezy WSW. A very soggy walk out to Lollingdon today and more like paddling in some places. 2 successive weekend storms have le...
3 days ago
Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

Storm Dennis! - We were just getting over Storm Ciara from last weekend when Storm Dennis came along over this weekend. It really came in with full force of wind and rain ...
3 days ago
An English Wood

Dog’s Mercury #wildflowers - The highly poisonous Mercurialis perennis. Picture taken February 3.
3 days ago
A life at the shoreline

Glaucous Gull, Storm Dennis - Storm Dennis at 60mph crashes into Clahane, A Glaucous Gull is caught in the wind and blown over the flooded fields. It made its way back to the cover of ...
4 days ago
My Life Outside

Storm Dennis Batters Porthcawl - For the second weekend in a row Wales has been battered by gales and persistent heavy rainfall, last nights deluge resulting in severe flooding across comm...
4 days ago
Murtagh's Meadow

Silent Sunday -
4 days ago
Valley Naturalist

Street art and wildlife: Another trip to Fuerteventura - First things first, I don't do birding holidays. Holidays have always been for the family, doing things dads do on family holidays does not include the sel...
5 days ago
Wild Barley

River Walk - It has been a while since I last posted, what with life, school, Christmas, New Year and the arrival of my little boy Toby. 19 days early but healthy and h...
5 days ago
Musings on the Wild

Whats a mostela? - Over Christmas and after the exciting sightings of weasels on my site I decided I had to improve my understanding of the various smaller mustelids that wer...
5 days ago
Natural Born Blogger

Shapwick Heath - In early February the undoubted stars of the show are the Starlings coming into roost at sunset (sorry Odette) . With approximately 500,000 birds swirling ...
5 days ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

Mystery GBB Gull... - Just like last weekend, another storm has arrived, this one being named as 'Dennis'. I knew conditions for today (Saturday 15th February), would not be id...
5 days ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

Diary Post for Thursday 13th February 2020 - Some recent Blogs with quick links:- *Primula vulgaris and Primula veris* (Primrose and Cowslip) *Starlings* *A Beech Mast Year* *Chaffinch* - large numbe...
6 days ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

Pre England catch up - Just a quick catch-up before I head off for even more child minding in Bolton followed by a trip to Tyneside and the traditional dawn to dusk round Druridg...
1 week ago
Austin's Birding Blog

11/02/2020 Bredon's Hardwick, Worcester - Smew: Living in the North West I don't often get to see drake smew, up here get a couple of redheads turn up on our lakes but its particularly rare to get...
1 week ago
Common By Nature

Enjoying a waif from the East - Last weekend, I had the pleasure of catching up with the long-staying male Black-throated Thrush at Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire (a long way from home fo...
1 week ago
Birds to Bryophytes

My full New Zealand list to date - Photo: New Zealand Storm Petrel, Hauraki Gulf.This is a full list of all of the species which I have seen in New Zealand so far with location and maximum ...
1 week ago
Random Jottings

Odds and Ends - With the weather continuing to throw plenty at us, it was nice to get out and about again this morning, for a walk through Shipley Park. But, no matter wha...
1 week ago
Druridge Diary

Storm Ciara lashes WeBS counters - Two WeBS counters who were stupid enough to go out on Sunday found themselves lashed by Storm Ciara at a nature reserve in Druridge Bay, Northumberland. A...
1 week ago
Flying high!

Caught on camera! - A few visitors to my garden that were caught on camera! This cheeky mouse was helping itself to a tube feeder full of birdseed. I thought the feeder had su...
1 week ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

Upliftingly lovely… - Yesterday I went on a Saturday morning cycle in what has to have been the loveliest of sunny mornings for a very long time. It was chilly but with a cloudl...
1 week ago
The Cowboy Birder

Beckton Iceland Gull - Away from the patch and just a short trip down the A406 I enjoyed a good morning session photographing the Beckton juvenile *Iceland Gull*. I've been meani...
1 week ago
Hethersett Birdlife

Tales from the riverbank — WILD HETHERSETT - To the East and west of Hethersett are large lakes and they attract a wide variety of wildlife and one of the best ways of seeing these is too sit quietl...
2 weeks ago
Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- I recently returned from a short trip to Brazil's Atalantic Forest. I will be posting my pictures on my Flickr site over the next few weeks. Just a few bel...
2 weeks ago
Pam's Place

North Cave Wetlands - One of my favourite places to visit is the Wetlands, we managed to go when it was dull and damp but it was worth it! My husband decided to get a bacon sand...
2 weeks ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Jackdaws - *There are people who don't like jackdaws, sometimes because of deep-rooted superstitions about bad luck that are attached to these birds. Maybe, too, bec...
2 weeks ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Blog Updates Now on Facebook - Although I've been posting updates to this blog on Facebook for a while now, over the past couple of years I've found that it has become much more convenie...
2 weeks ago
Ruffled Feathers

A little bit of magic... - After several nights up on the hills trapping and ringing 'our' wintering waders, Silvia and I decided to head to the coast to try for some different wader...
2 weeks ago
The Early Birder

Snow Bunting - An early morning visit to Rhyl on the North Wales coast had me searching the beach for a pair of elusive Snow Buntings. They had been reported here for som...
2 weeks ago
Gabriel Hemery

Memoirs of a Bonsai - [image: Memoirs of a Bonsai] I'm pleased to release another tale from my forthcoming book Tall Trees Short Stories Vol.20. Free to download for all my read...
2 weeks ago
The Lyons Den

Emarginal gains - Yes I did just make a word up as a tenuous attempt at a pun. Live with it. Last November I went spidering to the New Forest with Mark Gurney to a National...
2 weeks ago
Wilden Marsh

Down on the Marsh Again! - Down on the marsh, we are all looking forward to the arrival of spring. The post Down on the Marsh Again! appeared first on The Wilden Marsh Blog.
3 weeks ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Forest of Dean - just a little late! - It's been months since I posted here, and I have come the conclusion that I either get back into the Blog now or just drop it altogether, so let's try agai...
3 weeks ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

LENS Photography - The Canal and River Trust arranged a day of photography training for volunteers. The workshop was run by Louise Mills of www.goingdigital.co.uk, who runs a...
3 weeks ago
Killy Birder

Druridge to Prestwick Carr via Venus - 25thJan. On the return journey from West Cumbria on 22nd Jan we did a bit of star gazing. Venus is showing well in the western sky after sunset througho...
3 weeks ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch - We have done this for a number of years now, unfortunately problems with the website have meant that the last 3 year's results haven't made it onto the bl...
3 weeks ago
Harry's Wildlife

2020 Pan-species Listing Targets - Following up my PSL review of 2019, these are the numbers I want to hit in 2020. I have also… Read more 2020 Pan-species Listing Targets
3 weeks ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

19th January - My first walk of the year along the river. Despite the frost it was very quiet with no waders and only four Goosander, Grey Wagtail and a distant flying f...
4 weeks ago
Daily Nature Blog

4 Style Lessons I Have Learned - I spent a large part of my 20s devouring Vogue and checking online shops more often than I like to admit to now. I tried to figure out what my style was,...
4 weeks ago
Alan Tilmouth

January the New June - Having put it in a few days birding, it's mild but windy up here in the unfrozen North. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of species one mig...
5 weeks ago
Considering Birds

Mud (11th January) - The river level has dropped but the floods remain. The field I wrote about last week has since hosted five wigeon, in addition to the gadwall and gulls tha...
5 weeks ago
Sustainable Garden

'Think global, act local'... - The full moon a giant peach. Low hanging, above Dorket Head as I drive home with mum at dusk. Dad has now been diagnosed with ‘advanced dementia’ and is in...
5 weeks ago
Harbour Master

BAGGED UP - It is the weekend and all the plans set where put aside for pike fishing with strong winds which made fishing the river a no go,so I ended up going to jade...
5 weeks ago
BTO Cymru

Why count Herons? Pam bod angen cyfrif crëhyrod? - Photo: Liz Cutting The BTO Heronries Census began ...
1 month ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

Birds on the Spurn Peninsula &c. - Spurn Point in Yorkshire is, and has been since ‘Adam was a lad’ regarded as a mecca for birders, ornithologists, birdwatchers or a whole host of other ter...
1 month ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Gatwick's butterfly transects - 2019 (Year 2) - The two transects under the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) commenced at Gatwick in 2018 and have been continued in 2019. These intensive surveys ar...
1 month ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Finishing off the footpath at Hole in the Wall - Our last upland work of the year, indeed the decade, was completing the section of footpath just below Hole in the Wall, on the way up to Striding Edge. ...
1 month ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Bali and East Java 2019 - A quick catch up! - While putting together my review for 2019 I realized I'd forgotten to put together a blogpost on the awesome few days I had birding with my friends Jerry a...
1 month ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Saving Humanity through Fluffy Animals: A Philosophy for Nature into the 2020s and Beyond - “People just think I’m trying to save fluffy animals. What I’m really trying to do is save humanity from extinction.” So said the great Gerald Durrell, whi...
1 month ago
Cornish Rock Pools

A Quick Winter Walk - Though there is much to love about December, I know I’m not the only one who’s flagging well before the end of the month. The spring tides arrive at the pe...
1 month ago
Tricia's Tales

Shoreham and Widewater Lagoon - Just a winter wander today:
2 months ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

Curry Rivel in Bloom 2020 - We won a gold medal this year! RHS suggestions for next year! Help others to grow in 2020 You’ve told us that growing with others is what makes Bloom sp...
2 months ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

Paradise Lost (Paradise Terrace), Haslingden - *"Paradise Lost"* One penny banger, or a three penny jump jack or pinwheel, or maybe the funds only reached a liquorice stick or bubblegum card, I'd get fr...
2 months ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Sunsets and a starling or two - *The Safari has had* a couple of visits to the North Pier *Starling* roost to see if there was any murmuraing happening. The first evening we were treated t...
2 months ago
Pear tree and Beyond

Earth stars ! - I cannot help but be drawn to these Earthstars, to my mind they look like the alien species from John Wyndham's 1951 novel "The Day of the Triffids", I w...
2 months ago
Wader World

Buff B's at Davidstow - September 2019. - Buff-Breasted Sandpiper adult - Davidstow airfield, Cornwall - September 2019 During September 2019 news came through of an adult Buff B at Davidstow air...
2 months ago
Julie's Blog

Sunset at Bolton-le Sands - It has been a long time since I last posted some images on this blog, so I thought I was share some photos I took in September. The photos show a magical s...
3 months ago
Donegal Wildlife

Lightly moked salmon with ricotta parcels, asparagus and courgette rolls - Put double cream, white wine and some mustard to boil and reduce. Use a peeler to take strips the length of the courgette. Sit them on a dry fryingpan fo...
3 months ago
Butterfly Islands

Top Highlight of 2019. - Without doubt the highlight of the 2019 season was the sight of the Brown Hairstreak at Shipton Bellinger in August,although the all but brief encounter wi...
3 months ago
florafaunauk

The Great Yorkshire Dales Autumn 2019 - Chalk in the dales the source of Freshwater *Gordale Scar* [image: IMG_8717xx] [image: IMG_8712xx] *Scalebar Force* [image: IMG_8680xx] [image: IMG_...
3 months ago
In a Beekeepers Garden

Zanzibar R&R - At this point I was exhausted so went for a restful R&R. Zanzibars beaches and Stone town gave me just that. Advertisements
3 months ago
Seabed Habitats

Roundtable Seminar at NOCS - Roundtable Seminar on Steps to Improve Gender Diversity in Marine and Coastal Geoscience and Engineering, NOCS by Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineeri...
3 months ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Wild about Wirral now on Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/mary_rarehare This is my last post on the blog as I am now posting a nature and artist diary on the Twitter address above. Than...
3 months ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Travel pictures from Hanoi, Vietnam, October 2018 -
3 months ago
Hemel Birding

CONTRACT RE-PROFILING - Email;davidlambert@mail2world.com Hello , My name is David Lambert. I am the director of information of Her Majesty Custom and Revenue, London United King...
3 months ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Black Snail Beetle - Silpha atrata - *Black Snail Beetle - Silpha atrata*5th October Today was a lovely sunny day and so we went to the beach and had a little walk along Barry Island Beach. T...
3 months ago
shirls gardenwatch

The wait is over, a Nuthatch! - Not a garden sighting as yet, but a first sighting non-the-less. Delighted! I knew where there was a chance of seeing this bird, now that it is being seen ...
4 months ago
Wild South London

I’m still here. - I know what you’re thinking… I thought this blog had been condemned, boarded up and likely become a squat. Well, you’re right. I haven’t written so much as...
4 months ago
Islay Natural History Trust

Climate Change Talk 23 Sept 2019 - A fantastic talk this evening by Alasdair Skelton explaining the science of climate change in such a concise and easily understandable way. A full house ...
4 months ago
Naturanaute

How brown is “brownfield” land? - Yesterday, the following petition was shared on Twitter, causing a stir among some of my followers: At first sight, it looks like a reasonable proposal. Th...
4 months ago
Wessex Wanderings

Bracknell, Ascot and Windsor - It's been six month's since I went on an exploration expedition. This walk is also special as I have now passed the 2,000 mile mark - I only count the lo...
5 months ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Back to the Southern Emeralds at Bouldnor. - Returning to the Southern Emerald site at Yarmouth today I was rewarded with a sighting of a female damselfly immediately on reaching the small scrape.Just...
5 months ago
Birders in Boxers

Canaries Cruise : 31.August - 13.Sept 2019 - This year's main holiday saw myself and Teresa return to cruising following land holidays in Mexico and Costa Rica in 2017 and 2018. We left Southampton on ...
5 months ago
Bugman Jones

The Jones index of implied menace - US entomologist Justin Schmidt has carved out a place in entomological history by putting together the Schmidt pain index to measure the intensity of insec...
5 months ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Change in the Weather - Ten years chasing dragonflies and I’m still in love with them. Being a seasonal treat helps to forward the interest; every April I can’t wait to spot that ...
5 months ago
Butterfly Pictures

Tree - During my regular morning and evening dog walk, I usually go up a farm track close to where we live. There is a rather overgrown hedge there and two lovely...
5 months ago
Murf's Wildlife

Semi-palmated Sandpiper in Sligo - I was passing through Sligo this afternoon on my way to Donegal and dropped into Ross's Strand to see the Semi-palmated Sandpiper that Paul Keogh found the...
5 months ago
Sketchbook Squirrel

Moving - Thanks for stopping by. Just to let you know, this is not my tutorials website. Head to the current tutorials website to find out more about my online wa...
5 months ago
A Birding Odyssey

Further thoughts on the petition to ban driven grouse shooting. - The above petition is now close to reaching 80,000 signatures, a tremendous achievement. So the next obvious point to make ( of course ! ), is that , if ...
5 months ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Who's Stalking Who? - I haven’t been out much this summer, but couldn’t resist what might be a last gasp spell of warm weather this bank holiday weekend. I thought I’d try my...
5 months ago
Rockablog

Dalkey islands: Volunteers helping to 'tern' things around - The tern season on the Dalkey islands is wrapping up, and what a few months it has been! The small, but tenacious Arctic Tern colony *(29 pairs), have succ...
6 months ago
The Wildlifewriter

Foraging Study - 7L in Sussex - *Here in the UK, recreational angling is big business. In England, angling was estimated to have put £STG 1.4bn into the local economy. (2018 figures) As...
6 months ago
The Roving Bumbarrel

West Canvey Marsh - Yesterday I spent the afternoon at West Canvey Marsh my first visit in five years! Like everywhere in the south-east of England a lack of significant rainf...
6 months ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

Rewilding conference signals fresh thinking for Scotland’s land and seas - [image: Red deer] Red deer are one of Scotland’s most recognisable mammals – yet their numbers in recent decades have soared, bringing into question thei...
6 months ago
Marilyn's Wildlife Diary

Wicken Fen - The old wind-pump at Wicken Fen Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire is one of Britain's oldest nature reserves. It has been many years since I was last there, so...
7 months ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Bugs and Birds Gallery - [image: Bugs and Birds. Fauna from Bugs and Birds. Fauna from Central and South America]“Bugs and Birds”. Fauna from Central and South America. Blue & Yel...
7 months ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 499 - Promoting positive parks at Parliament & Pollinator Papparazzi - Hey everyone, An historic reformer acknowledged outside ParliamentBeen a while since I did a blog, for lots of reasons, but thought I ought to do a post a...
7 months ago
The Street Tree

Ada Salter and the Beautification of Bermondsey - Ada Salter, was the driving force behind the transformation of Bermondsey from industrial slum to green oasis. By 1930, 7,000 trees were planted on the new...
7 months ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Half-way through 2019 - This spring was a good one for solitary bees – tawny miners everywhere: females emerging, with males standing by Then there were hairy-footed flower bees, ...
7 months ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

Goodbye - Unfortunately WordPress has totally changed the way one edits a blog. Life’s too short for me to learn all this rubbish so I’ve stopped blogging for good. ...
8 months ago
The Curious Naturalist

Orchids on Chapel Green wildflower meadow, Rocklands - Flower-rich meadow with orchids, Chapel Green, 12 June 2019After an apparent absence of several years⁠—though these things can be notoriously elusive!⁠—Be...
8 months ago
Landscapism

Brief thoughts on a PhD journey completed - Well its done. I've been awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in Archaeology. My research has ranged over landscape archaeology, landscape history, monasti...
8 months ago
Birding the day away!

Bulgaria ~ May '19 - *This trip was from Sofia airport on Thursday 16th and back on Sunday 19th with the original plan of some alpine birding around Maljovista but the weather ...
8 months ago
European Trees

A Landscape For Bees - A LANDSCAPE FOR BEES By Kacper Zrabkowski and Pip Howard The new Quince Honey Farm, (QHF), development in South Molton, North Devon, has developed the firs...
8 months ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

The Seafarers - First read of The Seafarers by the shore, magical! One evening last week, I walked down to the shore to a thrift-seamed rock where I sometimes sit and rea...
9 months ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Thick-Legged Flower Beetle - I haven't seen any new wildlife on the plot for a while so was pleased that this little chap stayed still for a photo. Look at those legs! They are what ide...
9 months ago
Alcester Nature Photography

Bluebells in Oversley wood - First post in a very long time. Had a quick walk around Oversley Wood today to photograph Bluebells, think I may have been a little late though as I belie...
9 months ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

Eurasian Dotterel… - Following an already successful morning down the road at Leasowe Lighthouse with the putative ‘Iberian’ Wagtail, which if accepted by the higher powers wou...
9 months ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

White Wings - Change is part of life. Every new day is an opportunity to begin again. The seasons turn, the tides change, the sun rises and sets. We humans assume we can...
9 months ago
The Naturephile

The fragile nature of Green Belt - Over the last year and a half or so I’ve been working with a group of people from my village to try to limit the development of our Green Belt land. ‘Green...
9 months ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Exploring Extremadura: Day 5 - Steppe Winds - I had an early start on day 5 of the trip as it would be my turn to try for Little Bustard and I would be taken to the hide in the dark. While getting read...
10 months ago
naturestimeline

The blog has gone quiet but why? A quick review of my latest activities plus some amateur video footage from the fields of lowland England. - Just a brief update for my followers, I’m doing fine guys and who knows when I’ll be revisiting the blog, but I thought you deserved an explanation. This l...
10 months ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Unseen biodiversity of Glen Affric, part 3 - "Cryptic colouration, as camouflage is referred to in more scientific terms, was becoming a theme of my day, especially when I came across one of my favour...
10 months ago
Rambles with a Camera

Blakeney Point Norfolk is a wonderful place to see seals.................................... -
11 months ago
Murmuration

Book Review: The Pull Of The River - The Pull of The River by Matt Gaw published by Elliott and Thompson: paperback out now You should read this while crammed onto a commuter train - it is th...
11 months ago
The Early Birder

Black-throated Diver. - A couple of weeks ago I drove southwards to Mercers Lake, part of the Holmthorpe Sand Pits complex to see if I could catch up with a juvenile *Black-throate...
11 months ago
Purbeck Footprints

Quiet but never silent. - I missed the Sun this morning, not because I was late but because the early wander was done and dusted by the time the clouds cleared. When all is calm and...
1 year ago
holdingmoments

2018 My Year with Cancer - First of all, apologies to anyone who commented on the last post I did and didn't get a reply. For some reason all the comments got lost. This is the firs...
1 year ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

16th, 19th & 20th December 2018 - Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico - For a break before Christmas, I found a cheap flight and headed to Mexico for the first time. I planned a small itinerary travelling around the Yucatan Pe...
1 year ago
LOOSE AND LEAFY in Winter

IN HOSPITAL - The most recent post on Loose and Leafy in Halifax explains I am not blogging because I am in hospital.
1 year ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

Canada 2018 - Ending the day at Hillman Marsh - With Stephen again at the wheel we headed west towards Point Pelee, it was approximately a 3 hour drive, we were looking for flooded fields or anything t...
1 year ago
Wildlife Matters

“Simon Says”-Playing lost & found with our planet - (Above – Sand lizard on Upton Heath © Andy Fale) The numbers Here we go again. The same old headlines from a bunch of greeny, tree-huggers moaning about t...
1 year ago
Hedgeland Tales

Red-necked Grebe at Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough - A bird in winter plumage, hence not really a red neck, but showing ridiculously well close to the visitor centre on Overton lake at Ferry Meadows CP.
1 year ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Islay Images for Loch Gruinart - The RSPB commissioned these six images to be used in their visitors’ centre on Islay. They depict the wildlife of the flooded meadows at the head of Loc...
1 year ago
Hares on the Hill

A Hōzuk inspired, but not very good tanka - I want to celebrate the tiny, the magnificently inconsequential, the epically minute, the stepped on or stepped over, the steppes found on the facet of a...
1 year ago
leavesnbloom

Stag’s horn Sumach In Autumn - The Rhus typhina shrub, commonly known as the Stag’s horn sumach, in autumn has a brilliant array of colour. It’s an understated large suckering, bushy s...
1 year ago
Newhaven Wildlife

Pell-mell and pain at The Rookery - I timed my evening walk perfectly tonight. The sunset was gift-wrapped in a ribbon of flame-orange cloud which glowed parallel with the western horizon....
1 year ago
EFRS

A bridge too far - *(CLICK ON A PIC AND IT WILL GO BIG)* It was a bit of a grey day again. It always does seem to be a grey day when the EFRS are out. Saturday and fo...
1 year ago
The Caged Naturalist

Autumn Migrants - Thrintoft is starting to look and feel a little more autumnal now. The trees are slowly on the turn and the cooler weather has seen me reach for the coat f...
1 year ago
The Barley Bird-er

Titchfield Haven Ringing Group - August 2018 Update - It has been nearly two years since my last post and I have been asked several times recently how our ringing studies have been going at Titchfield Haven, s...
1 year ago
Barcode Ecology

A Cornish Paradise - In spring, A and I escaped to the country. The Cornish countryside to be specific. I managed to find somewhere for a decent price online, a whole flat to...
1 year ago
Notes of Nature

Book Review: Who was Ingen Housz Anyway? by Norman and Elaine Beale - This short book is a wonderful introduction to the life and times of Jan Ingen Housz. While the main body of the book is only 36 pages, the authors have pa...
1 year ago
Owls about that then!

A long long time........... - Hi all, remember me? It has been an awful long time since I did an update on Blogger, there are loads of reasons why I've been absent for so long but I'm n...
1 year ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Building a Wildlife Pond - I'm not sure 'building' is the right word for a pond...digging maybe? Anyway, I've been busy this summer trying to whip my garden into shape as it's been n...
1 year ago
FABirding

Small Copper. - This is my fourth year of walking the same 1770 metres transect through ancient oak woodland and on Tuesday I recorded my first ever sighting of the *Smal...
1 year ago
Irish Wildlife - Blog

Mammal atlas of Ireland - The Mammal Atlas maps almost a quarter of a million sightings of 72 species of marine and terrestrial mammal. It brings together data from 57 different dat...
1 year ago
Beneath the Boughs

Distractions - I made a mistake. Sat at my desk, slowly working my way through my to-do list, I let my mind wander and as is becoming the norm now, it brought up memories...
1 year ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Peacock Parasitoids - On Sunday 17th June I collected from the wild a web of approx 44 Peacock larvae with the intention of breeding them through and releasing the adults. I alw...
1 year ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

Swallows return - This year, Spring took a while to appear in Pembrokeshire . Snow, sleet and rain one minute, the next burning heat . Days lengthened, April melted into May...
1 year ago
Heart of Wild

Flight of a Pixie - And she made it. This is the long awaited sequel to my last post whereupon I decided to keep a shiny, brown, finely tapered pupae found in the garden hidde...
1 year ago
Esticadinho Nature

The big Spring emergence and a new Tophill species - Despite the prolonged cold spring, the Odonata season began surprisingly early in VC61 during the latter part of April, with typically the first species em...
1 year ago
Views of the Ock

Water Voles 2018 - Recent studies have shown that water voles in the UK are in even more trouble than previously thought, with a decline of 30% in recent years ( https://www.t...
1 year ago
Ecologica

Bold and aggressive behaviour means birds thrive in cities - As readers of this blog will know I studied how birds change their behaviour in cities for my PhD. I pleased to say I recently published part of this work ...
1 year ago
Ian McCall

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1 year ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Early spring on RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset - THE warm weather has kick started spring with amphibians, reptiles and insects appearing at last, and resident birds singing: toads brimstone comma roe d...
1 year ago
Yorkie's Wildlife Photos

An afternoon with a Kingfisher -
1 year ago
Entomacrographic

Pure gold - I often meet up with Paul Darby ex Wiltshire Wildlife Trust for a pint and a bag of twiglets and inevitably our conversation turns to wildlife. Recently he...
1 year ago
The Wild West!

Back on the Wight (Day 2) - Day 2 back on the Isle of Wight: after breakfast I drove to the chalk downs above Mottistone to meet up with an old (young) friend, George Greiff. Over the...
1 year ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Finding out more about Hoodies - In an attempt to find out more about Hooded Crows (love them or hate them......we don’t know a lot about their movements and even less about their populat...
2 years ago
The Wild Photographer

WWE NXT recap, reactions, video highlights : With a bang - *Title : WWE NXT recap, reactions, video highlights : With a bang * Posted 25 January 2018 Velveteen Dream directs his own video for a promo about his main...
2 years ago
Bug Mad Girl

Christmas Art Show 2017 - Welcome to my Christmas art show! I hope you enjoy looking at some of the pictures I've drawn and painted this year. Have a wonderful Christmas and New...
2 years ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

December diary 2017 - 12th December - A few birds to be seen around the woodland in very cold icy conditions included a small Tit flock consisting of *Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long...
2 years ago
Bill's Birding

Wistman's Wood in winter - Last weekend I teamed up with budding botanist Alex Mills for a brief stomp around Dartmoor. We dumped the car by the side of the road at Two Bridges and h...
2 years ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

This Fucus World... - A whole mess of life. Annelid worms, molluscs, bi-valves, crustaceans, thickets of seaweed, wrecks of shells, shattered, outgrown and discarded or pecked t...
2 years ago
Birds and a brew...

Evolution not revolution, St Abb’s Head Lighthouse - A new flashing LED light was installed earlier this year to replace the old revolving lens system. The new LED system is a small box tacked onto the outsid...
2 years ago
Views from an urban lake

The Last Hillwalker - Review - [image: The Last Hillwalker - Review (book cover image)] Mountain climbing has never been my thing, it's not that I am scared of heights, I used to hang o...
2 years ago
DGPix Wildlife and Nature Photography

November 2017 Photo Weekend Workshop - Storm Ophelia saw our October Fungi & Woodland course (and last of 2017!) postponed to mid-November, owing to a lot of felled trees, hanging storm debris a...
2 years ago
Spinkyblurb

Otter-ly Brilliant! - I must have spent so much time out in the Broads lately that Otters now think I am part of the landscape! Let me explain how, for a brief moment today, I b...
2 years ago
A Small Field Called Ellers Meadow

Building a Otter Holt - What to do on a Saturday if you have some kerb stones and limestone slabs and are fortunate enough to own 600m of river bank, build an otter holt! Otte...
2 years ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Ural Owl, Czech Republic. - I am a big fan of owls, any owls from any wherein the world. But I think that the Ural owl is just about my favorite owl. These image where taken in the...
2 years ago
exploringwildlife.blogspot.co.uk

Costa Rica: Part Three - La Selva Biological Station - arrived lovely accomodation 1km from recpetion path to accommodation full of wildlife food eating with the researchers night walk morning walk after breakfas...
2 years ago
The Portland Naturalist

Southern Spain: 21/8 - 26/8 - *Day 1, 21st August:* We touched down at Malaga at lunchtime, having experienced Abi's first ever flight, despite having missed our train to the airport ba...
2 years ago
Ian Butler Photography

New Square Greeting Cards - New greeting cards just sent off for printing including 10 new designs! Will be available to buy from next week. … Continue reading →
2 years ago
The Wold Ranger

Saran dan Masukan Agar Blog Bisa Menghasilkan Dollar - World Ranger Blog | Saran dan Masukan Agar Blog Bisa Menghasilkan Dollar - Ada beberapa hal yang wajib atau perlu dilengkapi terlebih dahulu semoga blog ya...
2 years ago
Zoo Volunteer

Dragonflies 2: Common Darter - Territorial male Common Darter One of the commonest dragonflies in the UK, especially in the south, is the Common Darter *Sympetrum striolatum*. One of at ...
2 years ago
Woodlouse House

August 2017 - I should be outside painting the window frames but the rain arrived. The wooden frames were my idea ... people kept telling me to go for plastic ones bu...
2 years ago
indie birder

Birding San Diego, California, USA - May 2017 - Part 2 - Following on from Part 1, as I tried to squeeze in as many birding opportunities as possible during a week-long work trip to Sand Diego, California in earl...
2 years ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

Roman Bridge, Galloway Forest Park - 7th May 2016 -
2 years ago
Wildlife in my local patch

Photos for Dof E skill section - A selection of photos from the last 6 months to illustrate my developing interest in nature photography. The post Photos for Dof E skill section appeared...
2 years ago
Rambles through Nature

Seal Island Visit - I was recently back down in St Ives, Cornwall, with a day to spare between several very attractive walks along the peninsula’s coastline. I had spent the m...
2 years ago
Inspired by Ecology

1000 species challenge - Meadow grassland at Westmeston Church - not as many species as earlier in the year*Introduction* As part of the summer's activities of Pan-Species lister...
2 years ago
Samanta's Wildlife

HELP! I’m in my late 20s and looking to re-start academia. - I still consider myself a young woman but the prospect of re-entering academia at my age is without a doubt a little daunting. I feel as if I am starting a...
2 years ago
Bird and Bug Diaries...

- Manchester worker bee, based on the mosaics situated throughout the city centre
2 years ago
The Art of Nature

Here be dragons! - It's half term! Which means I've been rather occupied putting together activities and running events for our visiting families. Yesterday, we held a *very*...
2 years ago
WillowWhispering

The Running Hare - The Secret Life of Farmland - I’ve just finished reading The Running Hare – The Secret Life of Farmland by John Lewis-Stempel. He was the winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize in 201...
2 years ago
Uisce | Water and words flow through a Celtic environment

Mary Gillham in Ireland – Lovely turns of phrase - Welsh naturalist Dr. Mary Gillham of Cardiff University had a special relationship with Ireland and some of the accounts of her visits have lovely turns of...
2 years ago
Kingfisher Diary

Olympus 300mm F4 Pro more observations - Well it’s still very much early days for me with the Olympus set up, and I still have a nice warm glow about the system. Thus far my only gripe is the au...
2 years ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

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2 years ago
Outdoors

Why Not Croak & Coot Tag Team Competition! - Open Gardens I promised Jen Dening I would give a mention to the Open Garden event taking place this weekend at Stone Rings Close, Harrogate, so here it is...
2 years ago
Garden Bird Year

On the move.. - Just the like the spring migrants, we are on the move.. This blog is now updated regularly on our new website www.irishgardenbirds.ie Come and see us so...
2 years ago
Oisín Duffy - Nature Notes

Small Blue - The Small Blue butterfly is the smallest species of butterfly in Ireland and also has quite a restricted range, only being found in certain areas across th...
2 years ago
The Natural Stone

Thailand, February 2017 - My previous two solo trips to S.E. Asia had sparked the curiosity of my wife Karen so with time off work arranged we headed out for 3 weeks. This included ...
2 years ago
An Irish Nature Journal | A Digital Journal of Irish Nature

More Shore Birds! - Last weekend my friend and I spent another day watching and counting shore birds for the I-Webs survey here in Kerry. The weather was relatively came after...
2 years ago
A Day In the Life of a Wildlife Artist

This blog has moved - Thank you for following me! Please note this blog has now moved to: http://www.robertefuller.com/diary/ Click on the link to keep on following me. www.ro...
2 years ago
George's wonderful wildlife report

A whale of a time. - Hello and welcome after a very, very long time to my latest publication. I have recently spent two months on the road with my brother taking in some of the...
2 years ago
Jenny McLaren- art, fieldnotes & findings

Stories to tell..... - "Old Forest above Gairloch" ⒸJenny McLaren 2017 SOLD At the end of 2014 I stopped regularly posting on this blog. I never felt I found my "authentic voice...
2 years ago
Wild Sight

Nature’s Canvas - It was a gift that kept on giving. I was captivated by its endless variety and unpredictability, and the fact that I can remember it decades later shows w...
3 years ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

Komorebi (木漏れ日): Sunshine filtering through the trees. - There is a Japanese term “Komorebi”, for which no simple English translation exists. Yet it is a distinct phenomenon, that anyone who spends time among t...
3 years ago
Ecology Liz's Blog

Blog Reopened & Update - So, I’m back! A lot has changed in my life over the last few months while I’ve had my blog closed. I’ve started studying filmmaking, and it has become my ...
3 years ago
Ben Porter Wildlife Photography

I've moved! - I have decided to move my blog over to wordpress, for a variety of reasons, although am having issues redirecting the address. Consequently, if you'd like ...
3 years ago
Beetle Boy's BioBlog

Dinosaurs: how they lived and evolved, book review - For Christmas, I got a variety of great zoology and paleontology books, but probably one of the best that I got is *Dinosaurs: How They Lived And Evolved*,...
3 years ago
Wunderkammer

Using Instagram to Incorporate Visitor Reactions - Originally posted on Hannah R.F. Hethmon: I’m currently on holiday in London for two weeks. Of course, as a DC native living in Nashville, I miss the capit...
3 years ago
The Liverbirder

Still 'Ere - Still birding, still focusing on the patch and still doing a bit of twitching if a Lifer appears. So far this year I've added: Penduline Tit 22/03/2016 Sal...
3 years ago
from the robin's nest...

Goat or grey? - A common question I ask myself is when encountering a willow with non-lanceolate shaped leaves would be: is it goat or grey willow? To confuse matters ev...
3 years ago
The Monday Pod

Lee Filters SW150 mark II filter holder with a 14-24mm and a big stopper - Last weekend I finally took my newly ordered Lee Filters SW150 mark II filter holder along with a big stopper out on a test. My Nikon 14-24mm is my favouri...
3 years ago
daphnegoeswildindevon

How extraordinary the ordinary can be... - I’ve been very preoccupied lately with tasks, with health concerns, with visitors, with my own visits to people, with just daily routine really, and I wa...
3 years 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...
3 years ago
Will's Wildlife

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

Fin. - I've been blogging here for many years now – since before I had anything published; before I even started writing a book. Fragments of things I wrote here ...
3 years ago
Norfolk Nature Photo Blog

A late flurry - Some friendly September weather did seem to bring out a small flurry of late emergences in some species who had a tough year like small coppers. Finger’s c...
3 years ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

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

Mull Hen Harrier Day 2016 - Mull Hen Harrier Day 2016 Sunday 7th found us braving the very autumnal weather for the second year running on Mull. We were one of 12 national events acr...
3 years ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

The lonely ringlet, and other garden tales - Once upon a time, in a wild garden in the heart of Cornwall, there lived a ringlet. The hero of our tale loved to bask in the sunshine, spreading his velve...
3 years ago
Red on Wight

- I do not often come across Reds, but recently while in Bouldnor Forest this one made itself known.While keeping its distance and up the safety of the conif...
3 years ago
Garden 65

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

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

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

Red-backed Shrike at St Marys. - A male Red-backed Shrike made a brief appearance at St Marys, Whitley Bay today.
3 years ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

You never stop learning! - Originally posted on naturestimeline: You never stop learning, well I also never stop undertaking my own research or following that of others. This post is...
3 years ago
Natural Communicator

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

Contoh Proposal Kegiatan Sekolah Terbaru 2016 -
3 years ago
Photographing Dabbling Ducks

Gardening for Bumblebees - Spring is upon us and animals are emerging from hibernation. Our gardens are suddenly filled with impossibly loud buzzing from the tiniest creatures, but t...
3 years ago
Steel City Birding

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

dragons have awoken in New Alresford -
3 years ago
SophiEco Goes Wild

New season, new look? - After success of my local patch blog's move to Wordpress, ( oakbytherifepatch.wordpress.com) this blog is following! Inspired by the new season, I too am ...
3 years ago
Wild Wanderings

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

Mobile Sawmill at Buckland Filleigh, Devon - Mobile Sawmill We’re now able to provide customers with locally sawn timber using our Peterson Winch Production Frame mobile sawmill, our goal is to help...
3 years ago
Wild Life

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

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

- The Sounds of Spring Stirrings It was a rather overcast but dry day in February, about a fortnight ago. That morning found me and my two dogs walking u...
3 years ago
Jake's Bones

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

Daudebardia rufa - Been itching to get out with the Glamorgan Fungus Group ever since it was reformed back in April 2014. Not only for the fungi but a chance to find new site...
4 years ago
Wild Reviews

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

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

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

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

The First Irish Trees - The wettest winter on record has finally brought us a cold snap. Temperatures that were touching the mid-teens have finally reverted to the winter norm and...
4 years ago
Micro moths of Kent

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

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

Bird on a stick -
4 years ago
Compare the Marsh Tit

Home - On a ridge above the Himalayan hamlet of Ulley a snow leopard walks through deep snow. The asiatic ibex on the next ridge stare in alarm but return to gra...
4 years ago
Jason Ridge Photography

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

Fracking idiots - Yesterday the Bullingdon club and associates (parliament) voted through a change in legislation to allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to take place ...
4 years ago
Austin Thomas Photography - Blog

This years Photographic Safari to Kenya was a roaring success… - I am recently back from my 2015 trip to the Maasai Mara where once again, the wildlife and photographic opportunities did not disappoint. Leopards galore, ...
4 years ago
Duckwoman's Diary

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

Scotland 2015 Part 2 - Fort William and beyond - Back on the mainland, and we headed to Fort William for the next stage of our trip where we had one destination in mind, Allt Mhuic. About 20 minutes out...
4 years ago
Nature North East

Moving On! - My journey, it seems, has come to an untimely end, on Google Blogger at least. I am very pleased to announce my Nature North East website is now officially...
4 years ago
Roby Milling

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

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

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

Cynthia and Erica - Picture says it all, Budby Heath Nottinghamshire, *Cynthia cardui* on Heather, Also photographs of Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshell feeding on the heather ...
4 years ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Autumn bouquet - Castle Hills, Bungay October 17th, 2014 These photos of Castle Hills were taken in mid October, when several wild flowers were still in bloom, including Bu...
5 years ago
Mid Cheshire Barn Owls

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

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

Scilly Birding - I'll refrain from using the obvious pun for the duration of this post, which I can assure you is no mean feat of self-restraint. I planned to visit the Isl...
5 years ago
Life's Grandeur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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7 years ago
The Malvern Birder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Owl vs. Goose: Winner Takes All - Our perception of the natural world continues to take its place as the virtue that divides mankind. But what these perceptions represent has changed and ...
8 years ago
Focus On Wildlife

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

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

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

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A Highland Naturalist's Diary

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