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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

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Friday, 24 June 2011

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NI Birds

Bird News Monday 25th May 2026 - Spotted Flycatcher at Slievenacloy (Leia Getty). Spotted Flycatcher, Leia Getty:
6 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

THROUGH MY LENS - More colourful foliage on these Tropical plants against this dark fence at Botanica. I am linking this post to THROUGH MY LENS I appreciate your ...
9 hours ago
Murtagh's Meadow

Silent Sunday – 24th May 2026 - [image: Emperor Moth]Emperor Moth
1 day ago
NI Bird Pics

Dougie Gamble - Common Terns -
1 day ago
The Early Birder

North Norfolk Birding - I had a brilliant Bank Holiday at my parents in Norfolk recently. It's possibly the best time of year to visit this marshy coast line, as the reeds, pool...
2 days ago
Cholsey Wildlife

Insects - Sunny, 26°, light S. A walk out to Lollingdon but very little noted bird wise. A *Corn Bunting* on the hill and singing and several *Yellowhammer* nearby...
2 days ago
Birding with Flowers

Distorting for Courtship - Goldeneye The weather forecast was poor for Tuesday & Wednesday, so we switched to Tophill Low. On Tuesday the weather was worse, so there were many hi...
2 days ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

More spring migrants - Busy gull island, note construction in the background Quite a few birds on the patch lists but not too many pictures unfortunately. I'll go by patch and...
2 days ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Bistort Polygonum bistorta: wild flower, food and herbal medicine - *Bistort Polygonum bistorta, flowering in damp hollows in an old hay meadow at Wolsingham in Weardale, on a route that I often take on one of my local ...
3 days ago
An English Wood

Ramsons #wildflowers - Allium ursinum. Picture taken May 4. #plants #nature #naturephotography #ramsons
3 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #539 - This week I have a mystery object for you that I found in the street the other day: It’s a bit of a jumble – a sad and sorry state – but I’d love to hear y...
3 days ago
Gabriel Hemery

RSPB Trees of the British Isles Published - A pocket-friendly field guide to the trees of the British Isles produced for the RSPB, published by Bloomsbury Wildlife and written by Gabriel Hemery The...
3 days ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Time with the Ravens - Another early start today and another walk around the reservoir. I like the early starts for several reasons, one I'm a poor sleeper and always have been, ...
1 week ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Small Green Nettle Weevil - The jade green of this tiny (2-3mm) weevil stood out against the aubergine leaf, where I was expecting to find a slug culprit for the leaf damage. I have ...
1 week ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

Birdsong-bathing - After visiting in May last year, I made a trip to our local wildlife trust’s Strawberry Hill reserve not long after dawn this morning. I’ve written about t...
1 week ago
Linacre Blogger

Wood Warbler - The Year List hasn't increased much over the last few weeks, with just one new species added, namely *Wood Warbler* (155). Two birds were heard, and one...
1 week ago
Views of the Ock

Otters in 2026 - When this blog started it was mainly to document the local water voles (more on them in a later post), but within 12 months it became obvious that the retu...
1 week ago
Wild Barley

European Cetacean Society Conference 2026 - April 2026 saw me fortunate enough to attend my second European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference in Dundee, Scotland. ECS is an annual gathering for scien...
1 week ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

Snakeflies - You are very lucky if you see a Snakefly, they are active in daylight hours, but are rarely seen as they spend most of their adult lives in the tree canopy...
1 week ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

A Disaster On Lough Neagh... - Antrim Marina - Thursday 7th May 2026 Today, I undertook my first random summer visit to Antrim Marina to record colour-ringed Black-headed G...
2 weeks ago
Butterfly Islands

Butterflies in my Garden. - Not many butterflies have been seen in my garden at Freshwater recently.In fact there seems to be a general lack of them.However,today in the sunshine th...
2 weeks ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

April 2026 - April 2026 was another in a series of unpredictable spring months. Despite the dry and generally sunny conditions, cold winds meant migration was mainly ...
2 weeks ago
Valley Naturalist

Violet Oil Beetle - Out for a short afternoon walk with my son along the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Llanellen near Abergavenny to take advantage of the warm spring...
3 weeks ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

HENRY CLIFTON SORBY 200TH ANNIVERSARY - SUNDAY 10 May 2026 Time: 2pm to 4pm Location: Ecclesall Church, Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, S11 7PP. Open to all We will be celebrating 200 years since the...
3 weeks ago
Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- May has arrived. Moth trapping in the later part of April was difficult, mainly due to cold winds a lot of the time. Moth list at the end of the month wa...
3 weeks ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

A bellowing of bullfinches and ornithological sexism - Dense fog and mist blanketed this part of south Devon for much of the first week of March. Leaves, flowers and other surfaces were covered in water drople...
3 weeks ago
Birding the day away!

Jordon ~ February - 6th / 9th ~ '26 - *Jordon* *February 6th ~ 9th - '26* *It was a late flight landing after midnight so I grabbed a couple of hours sleep at a hotel 10 minutes from the a...
3 weeks ago
florafaunauk

Marsham's Nomad Bee Nomada marshamella April 2026 - TBC - Marsham's Nomad Bee Nomada marshamella (Kirby, 1802) In Vicinity of burrow of Solitary Anderena Species in dry stone crevises surrounded by H...
4 weeks ago
A life at the shoreline

Blue winged Teal Ballycar - I got up early to catch up with Murf who had found s pair of Blue winged Teal in a swampy field across from his home. There they were, Beautiful day, r...
4 weeks ago
Wild and Wonderful

Close Encounter of the Arachnid Kind (a post mainly about bees) - I was wandering round our wild garden this afternoon, hoping that the sun might have enticed a Brimstone or Red Admiral. As it happens, I saw just one...
4 weeks ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Season Underway - Yesterday saw the first Large Red Damselfly emerge in my garden.The container on my patio produced this emergent pictured below and was closely followed ...
5 weeks ago
Austin's Birding Blog

18/04/2026 Hardwick Hall Country Park, Durham - Iberian Chiffchaff: When Kris got in touch saying he was keen to life tick this rare annual vagrant I couldn't resist Only recently separated from common...
5 weeks ago
Musings on the Wild

An early feast - Today, whilst out birding, something caught my eye. I have started visiting Warwick Racecourse more often this past year, mainly to build up a species list...
5 weeks ago
Wilden Marsh

Just a Hide Away - www.facebook.com/share/v/1CJUbVFCv7/ The post Just a Hide Away appeared first on The Nature Story Blog.
1 month ago
The Lyons Den

Kill Switch - I have just got back from a well-needed mini break, something I always do to mark the change between the winter ID and write up period and the start of m...
1 month ago
Butterfly Pictures

Meadow Browns and Ringlets - I used to think that the Meadow Brown was probably the most common butterfly in East Lothian. I had memories of seeing hundreds of them on grasslands on th...
1 month ago
The Gray Gallery / Nature through the lens

One day's visitors... - I thought it would be interesting to see the range of visitors to the garden over one afternoon. There were, of course, others – including a big flock of H...
1 month ago
Cornish Rock Pools

Glimmers - We are into the second month of 2026 and I feel sure we have yet to make it through a whole day without rain. As someone who would happily hibernate throug...
3 months ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Early Morning Visitor - It is quite a while since I last saw a Fox visit the back garden. Not in the least put off when the floodlight switched on.
3 months ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Repairing the path and creating ponds at Stythwaite Steps, Easedale. - Our second path repair project of 2025 focussed on a section of footpath at Easedale, near Grasmere, just above the bridge at Stythwaite Steps. The first...
3 months ago
The Natural Stone

Jardín Botánico Viera y Clavijo & El Puertillo - We had a car for our week in Gran Canaria and this was our first trip away from Maspalomas. Really lovely and extensive gardens in the north of the island ...
3 months ago
Garden 65

- *Tarsal formula* refers to the number of tarsomeres on the front, mid and hind legs e.g. "Scarab" Beetles have a tarsal formula of 5-5-5 or 5 tarsom...
4 months ago
The Street Tree

Tree Hunting Six Months On – What a Journey - Six months ago my book, Tree Hunting, was published. It all kicked off a few days before the official publication date when I woke up at 5:00am in a Salfor...
5 months ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

2026 Calendar - Exciting news! A friend of mine encouraged me to get a calendar printed, so I did just that! Featuring my favourite images from recent projects, and printe...
6 months ago
Another Bird Blog

Bird Photographer of the Year, Collection 10 - Another year goes by. It seems just yesterday that I reviewed Bird Photographer of the Year, Collection 9. And now, if a little late following the first pa...
6 months ago
Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

Short Eared Owls - With the promise of a fairly nice afternoon on Friday I decided to see if I could see the Short […]
6 months ago
Ruffled Feathers

They're back... - Over the last week, Madalina and I had been heading out on to the hills in Mid Wales to check if any Woodcock had made their way back some of our ringing...
6 months ago
Bugman Jones

More books for sale - I am seriously down-sizing my library. I managed to clear about 90% of the books I took to the 2025 AES Annual Exhibition. Here are a few left-overs that w...
7 months ago
Seabed Habitats

The Science for a Thriving Ocean – opera blending art and science at Nice Opera House - As a special event for the One Ocean Science Congress, For the Ocean – this Scientific Opera event in Nice Opera House was really unique blend of art, musi...
7 months ago
Harbour Master

BEST TIME OF YEAR - Best time of year for the seasalter patch,with a few things turning 3 pinked footed geese made a show last with three landing on the flats,male eider tur...
7 months ago
Tricia's Tales

A few days in Portugal Day 3 September 10- Sintra and Quinta da Regaleira - After an hour long train ride and then a lovely 20 minute walk, we entered the amazing area of Quanta da Regalaira with the aim of seeing the Initiation...
8 months ago
Too Lazy To Weed

Bumbling Around for Butterflies - My quest to see all 58 species of butterflies in the UK seems to have stalled somewhat, but I’ve still had a really good summer for butterflies this year, ...
9 months ago
UK Wildlife

EP95 – Why the Planning Bill is bad for Wildlife with Becky Pullinger of the Wildlife Trust - I chat to Becky Pullinger who is Head of Land Use Planning for the Wildlife Trust about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and why it will be such bad ne...
11 months ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

OOPS! - As I’ve used up all of my image space here on WordPress, I’m using my old ‘Blogger’ for a while: https://rojerb.blogspot.com/2025/04/here-we-are-again.html
1 year ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Back to the Southside - *The Safari blames all* the recent dull, grey, light-less, gloomy weather on a neighbour that has put a huge array of solar panels on his roof. Since the...
1 year ago
Birders in Boxers

Black-throated Diver - Barry Dock : 29. December 2024 - My last venture of 2024 was a visit on 29th December to Barry Dock to see and photograph another juvenile Black-throated Diver which had already spent a ...
1 year ago
Sustainable Garden

Brand spanking new! - Thanks for your support of this blog over the years… We’ve moved to a brand spanking new website…. Join us at http://sustainablegarden.co.uk for blog and ...
1 year ago
Murf's Wildlife

White-rumped Sandpipers - Waders have been scarce thus far this autumn and winter. I've visited Seafield Beach, Quilty on numerous occasions so far over the past month but numbers...
1 year ago
Notes of Nature

Indoor potting tasks with my helper - School is on half term where I live, so I had a little horticulture helper with potting up two *begonia maculata* that I'd propagated by water (and left ...
1 year ago
the katsura tree | the world outside your window

loaf 145 - mixed sourdough (****) 29 Sep 2024 Ok. Not so different to 144. flickr album
1 year ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Top Numbers to Bet on in Roulette - When it comes to playing roulette, there are certain numbers that are considered lucky by many players. One popular choice is the number 7, which is ofte...
1 year ago
Pegler Birding

The Final Goodbye - Written by Melanie on behalf of Richard and family. With great sadness this final post is to inform you, some of my Dads dearest friends of his passing. ...
1 year ago
My Nature Notes

Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata) - There are a number of different plants with a complex ‘dandelion’ like flower and they can be quite confusing at first. The secret (if there is one) is t...
2 years ago
Back Garden Wildlife

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
2 years ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

SWT AGM - I recently attended the AGM of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. the meeting was well attended and we managed to meet up with a number of old . I was motiva...
2 years ago
Killy Birder

Can't see the Hawfinch for the trees! - But of all the months when earth is greener Not one has green skies that are cleaner. Clean and clear and sweet and cold, They shine above the earth so ...
2 years ago
Druridge Diary

And it was all yellow... - Hot on the heals of last month's patch tick (Night Heron), along came another on Saturday evening. Yellow-legged Gull - a spanking adult on the beach at ...
2 years ago
The Naturephile

Another wintry outing to the coast - This time I went to Frampton Marshes on a cold winter day in February; when the sun was out it was lovely, when it clouded over and rained it was fierce! F...
2 years ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

No Mow May 2023 - For another year we are taking part in No Mow May. This is the first time we’ve had a hare in the garden. It stayed a while before wandering back across th...
3 years ago
Why watch wildlife?

More garden foxes - After posting in January about our first fox sighting after ten years, we have had much more subsequent footage captured. We have now identified at least t...
3 years ago
Wessex Wanderings

Lambourn Spring - A rather late start of the walking season this year. The weather in January was wet followed by a mostly dry but cold and overcast February . I have volu...
3 years ago
The Lilac Grove

How to Write a Custom Essay For College - A custom essay is a written document that is specifically tailored to the requirements of a person or group. A good instance of a custom essay may be writt...
3 years ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

- In memory of Bryan John Yorke (3rd January 1948 - 28th May 2022). A hugely knowledgeable but utterly humble man. He loved this area, and enjoyed sharin...
3 years ago
leavesnbloom

How To Get Phalaenopsis Orchids To Bloom Again - Very rarely does a houseplant feature in this blog … but on a weekly basis for over 18 years I've been asked "how to get Phalaenopsis orchids to bloom ag...
3 years ago
Heart of Wild

Jasmine Isa عِيسَى Qureshi - A flickering stop sign at dusk…car headlights jumping in and out of focus…littering the roadside with warnings to flies on their hover speed…the strangest ...
3 years ago
In a Beekeepers Garden

Andrena hattorfiana – Suffolk - Not the best photos but I saw this rare Andrena hattorfiana f when l was cycling the Icknield way. Description and notesA large, attractive mining bee whic...
3 years ago
Natural Born Blogger

Higher Hyde Heath - An unmistakeable male Sand Lizard foraging for insects on the edge of Higher Hyde Heath. Outside of the mating season the green flanks are far more subdued...
4 years ago
shirls gardenwatch

April hedgehog visitors & videos - April 2022 has been, to date, THE best hedgehog watching via the garden cameras in all my time blogging! What a very special gardenwatching month this ha...
4 years ago
Julie's Blog

Garden Moth Records for 2021 - Year total for garden in 2021 = 1627 individual moths. *Species List for a in [Garden] [2021]* *Code* *Taxon* *Vernacular* *Records* ...
4 years ago
Common By Nature

Exploring the scarcer ladybirds of Newcastle - While out and about in search of ladybirds this last few weeks, I have been lucky enough to stumble across a number of scarce and unusual species in additi...
4 years ago
Birds to Bryophytes

- After 15 years of writing this blog I've decided to call it a day. Thanks for visiting and hope to see you in the field one day soon. Cheers Colin
4 years ago
Flying high!

WWT Slimbridge 11th &12th Feb 2022 continued: - A Glossy Ibis had arrived at the Wetlands late December 2021. So I aimed to hopefully have a sighting, if successful it would be my first UK Glossy Ibis...
4 years ago
The Cowboy Birder

Wanstead Wheatear Sweepstake 2022 - As we enter the final days and weeks of a two year global pandemic, let's wave goodbye to Covid and cheer in the arrival of Spring with the annual Wanste...
4 years ago
Pam's Place

A New Year..... - A Happy (if slightly belated!) New Year! As usual I was up and out for a walk around town early on the 1st, the highlights being a pair of Goldcrest, 3 ...
4 years ago
Wild Valleys

South Wales Semi-slugs - We currently have three species of semi-slug in South Wales. The *Alsatian Semi-slug - **Daudebardia rufa*, the *Greater Semi-slug - Phenacolimax major* ...
4 years ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - Loggerheads!, Loggerheads Country Park, Nr Mold, 15/06/2021. - Loggerheads Country Park is another lovely place with woodland and a shallow fast flowing stream. It has some steep paths too that take a bit of effort t...
4 years ago
Daily Nature Blog

BBQ Smokers – Is it Really Worth it? - What could taste better on a summer’s day than some great barbecue? What’s better than barbecue? Smoked barbecue? Well then, why not invest in a smoker? ...
5 years ago
The Rambling Ecologist

Anatomical conflict - The two monkeys couldn’t see eye to eye. Once they had stood shoulder to shoulder. But this disagreement put them head to head. And when they went toe to t...
5 years ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

CIEEM Updates Its Position Statement on DLL - Full details are available on the Institute's website. Link here. I won't repeat the whole document here, but two items from the statement are worth highli...
5 years ago
Wild Sight

Forest sunrise -
5 years ago
Alan Tilmouth

October Birding - Now into a 2nd period of having one of the kids in 'close contact isolation' so Autumn continues to be snatched moments here and there. Newbiggin has as...
5 years ago
My Life Outside

Dale and Port Eynon Kayaking - We were planning to do a whole lot more kayaking this year than last but as with most things in 2020, those plans had to take a backseat. Thankfully lockdo...
5 years ago
Random Jottings

Time to move on... - You will have noticed that I have not posted anything new on here for some time now. Well, after almost 12 years of these blog entries, things have becom...
5 years ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Will Personal Loans Pay my Rent? - If you are having difficulty in paying your rent, then you may wonder what you will be able to do. You might wonder whether personal loans will be the righ...
5 years ago
Sketchbook Squirrel

We've Moved - Yes, it's showtime. The new website is finally here, and with the new blog, ArtRoom online school and ArtStore now open, we're well and truly on our way. ...
5 years ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Northern Thailand January 2020 - After a great couple of weeks birding in Central Thailand I flew up to Northern Thailand for a few weeks really enjoyable birding. The list of highlights ...
6 years ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

Advance notification of forthcoming events - A couple of dates for your diaries if you’re interested in adders or want to learn about fungi. Friday 24 April 2020 is our Annual Meeting and we are looki...
6 years ago
Hethersett Birdlife

Tales from the riverbank — WILD HETHERSETT - https://youtube.com/watch?v=iqkBD9KWD10%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtra...
6 years 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
6 years 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...
6 years ago
Considering Birds

Waterworld (30th December) - We live about a metre or two above the Kennet. Following a series of heavy rains, the fact that we live on a floodplain has been evident like no other peri...
6 years 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...
6 years 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...
6 years 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...
6 years 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...
6 years ago
BTO Cymru

Welsh Ornithological Society / BTO / RSPB conference - Saturday 16th November saw the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Welsh Ornithological Society at the University of Aberystwyth. It was a huge success, ...
6 years ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Travel pictures from Hanoi, Vietnam, October 2018 -
6 years ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Green-Brindled Crescent - Allophyes oxyacanthae - Green-Brindled Crescent - *Allophyes oxyacanthae* 18th October 2019 October this year has been pretty wet, but mild. So I wasn’t expecting much when I put ...
6 years 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...
6 years 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 ...
6 years 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...
6 years ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Making The Best Of It - I was looking forward to an August sitting by a pond, engaging with a hawker or two and generally watching the world go by – which I have done on a couple ...
6 years ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Silent is the air - Reflecting whilst basking in the unusual silence of a balmy Sunday evening it became obvious that the expected absence of bird song was not so prevalent ...
6 years ago
Rockablog

Rockabill Nest Census Results 2019 - One of the most important numbers for any breeding seabird colony is the number of nests present that year. As the season gets closer to an end we have no...
6 years 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 years 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 years ago
Islay Natural History Trust

Scavangers Hunt with Islay & Jura Youth Action - On Tuesday 11th July INHT ran a scavengers hunt with Islay & Jura Youth Action at the Battery. We will be back on the 16th to do more exciting activities a...
6 years 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, ...
6 years ago
The Curious Naturalist

Orchids on Chapel Green wildflower meadow, Rocklands - Flower-rich meadow with orchids, Chapel Green, 12 June 2019 After an apparent absence of several years⁠—though these things can be notoriously elusive!⁠—...
6 years 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, monast...
6 years 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...
7 years ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

Liverpool: Iceland Gull - A series of shots from Sefton Park, Liverpool of a 2nd winter Iceland Gull that has become a regular sight around the parks main lake. Not my first Iceland...
7 years ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Red kites, Black Mountains and a Mandarin stream - I've been starting to explore some new sites for photography, including a red kite feeding centre in the Black Mountains. In the past I've been to Gigrin ...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 497 - More Power to the Young People - Young Forces of Nature - Hey everyone, as i mentioned in my last post I said I'd post up the content of an article I wrote for New Nature a little while ago now just outlining some...
7 years ago
Roots'n'Shoots

Arti Mimpi Menggendong Bayi Menurut Islam - Makna Mimpi menggendong bayi perempuan & laki-laki' dalam islam'' Mimpi dalam islam dibagi menjadi dua, mimpi kosong, atau mimpi yang tidak ada artinya, m...
7 years ago
Rambles with a Camera

Blakeney Point Norfolk is a wonderful place to see seals.................................... -
7 years 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 t...
7 years ago
The Urban Countryman

Devil's Rope - If I would rate a well-laid hedge high up amongst examples of man’s beneficial intervention in the countryside, at the other end of the scale would be my p...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
Purbeck Footprints

A Different Day - This morning we headed for the cliffs as the sky was clearer than it had been and it looked as if the day was going to stay that way. Once again a thick ...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Exploring Extremadura: Day 4 - Hoopoes and Wind - Steve and I were going in separate directions very early in the morning on the 4th day. He was heading off to try Little Bustard, more of that later in thi...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

Canada May 2018........Long Point - A fairly short drive this morning from Grimsby to Long Point approx 1 hour 30 minutes, on the way we added SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 4 in total including 3 in sma...
7 years ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Peatland Pictures for RSPB - I spent most of last winter in my studio, creating twelve screen prints of Hebridean wildlife. These were commissioned by the RSPB, to be used in a displ...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
The Early Birder

Coastal Surprise. - During a very recent camping holiday in the New Forest we made a visit to Keyhaven Marshes and spent a few hours wandering along the coastal path. *Pied W...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
Hedgeland Tales

On reflection -
7 years ago
The Caged Naturalist

Bursting with Butterflies - This year has been by far the best year for butterflies locally since I moved to Thrintoft; I've discovered new colonies of favourites and new species too....
7 years ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Bee Flies - I'm a bit slow updating this blog but I will try to keep it ticking over. Here are a few images of a Bee Fly feeding on flowering redcurrant in my garden f...
7 years 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...
7 years ago
FABirding

The Hobby. - In a recent post "Fast Fliers" on my main blog I featured the *Hobby* *(Falco Subbuteo). * I spent another few hours on Thursley Common today mainly to ob...
7 years ago
European Trees

Arboreal Bullsh*t and the Brexit Blues… - Last Friday I did a talk in a Devon seaside town, the evening was beautiful and the door was left open as I ploughed through photos of the arboreal delight...
7 years ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

TL0830 Green Hairstreak - I set out with GPS in hand to re-discover Green Hairstreaks populations in 1km squares not seen in at least 10 years. I found this one at Barton Hills 10m ...
8 years ago
Irish Wildlife - Blog

Your personal ecocide - Think you are environmentally aware? Are you one of the exceptions who is doing.your bit for the planet? The answer is that even if you think you are, you...
8 years ago
Marilyn's Wildlife Diary

Not finding moths in Epping Forest - Some time ago I booked a day course at the Epping Forest FSC entitled 'Spring Moths for Beginners', thinking it would help me with moth ID as I am now runn...
8 years ago
Esticadinho Nature

Tophill’s longest-staying white-winger departs as flava fun begins - The long-staying juvenile/1st winter Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus first found on January 7th finally appeared in the environs of D reservoir at Tophill ...
8 years ago
Hemel Birding

NEW SOCIAL MEDIA, & BLOG COMING SOON - *Regular visitors will have noticed a decrease in posts to the HEMEL NATURE blog - this is because I have been living & working out of the area, & due to...
8 years ago
Yorkie's Wildlife Photos

An afternoon with a Kingfisher -
8 years 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...
8 years 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...
8 years ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

Februdairy- fakery, flaws and falsehoods. - I’ve been quiet for most of February. Not because I don’t care. Not because I’m ashamed or afraid to stand behind the UK dairy industry. Nope, mainly due t...
8 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...
8 years ago
EFRS

Like Buses - So one post yesterday and another today. Just like Buses you wait for one and two come along. The Cattle Egrets thought the same! Indeed they saved t...
8 years ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Black-headed Gull - Black 2AXV - In October last year, Gary recorded a colour-ringed first-winter bird at Peoples Park, Ballymena (see here). *2AXV* at Peoples Park, October 2016 Photo by...
8 years ago
Donegal Wildlife

Another update! - On 14th September 2014, I posted about a Stigmella perpygmaeella leaf mine on Hawthorn with a hymenopteran parasite in the mine. I couldn't get any further...
8 years ago
Bill's Birding

Nothing does autumn like a beech - There's a quiet, tucked away patch of beech woodland on Esher Common and this was the scene there early last week. The turning of the beech leaves is somet...
8 years ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Starlings - ON a cold windy Sunday a few weeks ago I popped down to Ham Wall to view the spectacle of the starlings. The numbers are high (and will get higher) and wi...
8 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...
8 years ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

November Diary 2017 - 15th Nov- Not many bird sightings today, but another new fungi sighting for this year in the form of some *Purple Jellydisc.* 14th Nov- Another c...
8 years ago
Views from an urban lake

Hi-Tec Altitude VI i Waterproof Men's Walking Boot - Review - [image: Hi-Tec Altitude VI i Waterproof Men's Walking Boot - Review] There is little more important to someone walking long distances than their feet, as ...
8 years ago
Bug Mad Girl

Bone detectives - About a week ago I found a skull whilst I was out walking. We decided to do some investigation work today to try and find out which animal it belonged to. ...
8 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...
8 years ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

The Monolith... - We are in a very dark place. I have never been much of a geologist, mountains are just big rocks to me, but even I have to admit the monolith is quite str...
8 years ago
Spinkyblurb

Fantastic Fledglings! - I've counted lots of fledglings this summer, it feels like it has been a good year and the parent birds have done an amazing job, so here are some figures ...
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
Ian Butler Photography

Wildlife and Landscape Greeting Cards - I’ve dabbled with handmade greeting cards over the past few years for friends and family but it was about time I … Continue reading →
8 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...
8 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.
8 years ago
The Wildlifewriter

Instrumental Solo - “*Why don't ospreys migrate together as a family unit?” *It has almost assumed the status of Frequently Asked Question, and the answer is simple... *It's b...
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
indie birder

Birding San Diego, California, USA - May 2017 - Part 1 - A change is circumstances at work this year meant that I became part a big global team. Even better, I joined just in time to be invited to the team gather...
8 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...
8 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...
9 years ago
LOOSE AND LEAFY in Winter

FOOT STICKING - MAY - [image: New honeysuckle growth and golden elderberry leaf] Honeysuckle beside golden elderberry leaf. Here's a post where I place my feet somewhere and w...
9 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...
9 years ago
Ecologica

Lightening fast responses allow birds to cope with urban noise - Animals in urban environments face many unique challenges including finding and adapting to new sources of food, coping with almost continual human disturb...
9 years ago
Owls about that then!

Blowing the cobwebs away......... - After spending most of my free time during the winter months making and erecting Barn Owl boxes and barrels I had a very welcome and overdue "owling" sess...
9 years ago
Woodlouse House

Spring Garden - I was quite pleased with the back of the garden three weeks ago ..... ..... but it looks much better now. The warm days have really brought the plac...
9 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...
9 years ago
WillowWhispering

Norfolk - We recently visited the beautiful county of Norfolk, on the North West corner of East Anglia. We stayed near the Wash, which is one of the largest estuar...
9 years ago
Wild South London

Jack in-the-box - There was a smattering of sun through the cloud, and spring seemed to be uncoiling itself.
9 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...
9 years ago
Garden Bird Year

After the survey: the audit - Male Sparrowhawk shielding prey in shallow water (Shay Connolly) It's been an interesting 13 week garden bird survey, as always. In a mild winter you do...
9 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...
9 years ago
A Day In the Life of a Wildlife Artist

Ten tips on how to put up a nest box - This week is National Nest Box Week, when people are encouraged to put nest boxes up in their gardens. A shortage of natural nest sites is one of the reas...
9 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 ...
9 years ago
Barcode Ecology

2017 Wildlife Resolutions - After last year’s mixed success of completing my resolutions, I am going to not aim quite so high – but I am still going to set myself 17 resolutions for t...
9 years ago
Beetle Boy's BioBlog

- My apologies for the lack of posts recently, I haven't been doing much wildlife-related in the last few weeks, mostly due to being ill. Hopefully posting s...
9 years ago
Adam Winson, Arboriculturist

How can Sheffield heal divisions over the tree-felling controversy? - *The Sheffield Telegraph runs a debate feature every week called Telegraph Voices. A journalist contacted me last week, to take part in a debate entitl...
9 years ago
Ben Porter Wildlife Photography

A day in Somerset - It's 3.30 in the morning. It's late November and I have several pieces of uni work due in at the end of the week. Temperatures outside are below zero (as ...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
The Barley Bird-er

Back in the Bay of Biscay - September 2016 - There is not a year that goes by without me taking a trip out on the open water in search of seabirds and cetaceans. This year I chose Biscay, and a late s...
9 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 ...
9 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...
9 years ago
Will's Wildlife

Autumn highlights - As summer draws to a close, the number of insects starts to drop, but there are still plenty of things to see if you know where to look. One of the best pl...
9 years ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

The Wig–29th December 2015 - Very cold but sunny, a trip down the road to one of our favourite spots. [image: 1-notice-board] New noticeboard about the Flying Boats that were stat...
9 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...
9 years ago
Birds and a brew...

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

Flying Ant Day... - Friday the 5th of August was our 'Flying Ant Day' in East Cheshire. With temperatures in the early/mid 20s (C) and calm and humid conditions in the aftern...
9 years ago
A Small Field Called Ellers Meadow

Summer - We have passed the longest day so I think I can finally say summer is here! It has been a while since my last blog so I thought I would give a bit of a up...
9 years ago
The Portland Naturalist

The beginning of the Purple patch. - I had a great time attending an A Focus On Nature (group for young conservationists and naturalists - look at me above being all naturalist-y ;-) ) gath...
9 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...
9 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 coni...
9 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 ...
9 years ago
Wild Nottingham

Cowslips at Raleigh Pond - Thanks to Vivien Crump for this nice photo of a fine display of Cowslips (Primula veris)… The photo was taken at Raleigh Pond, believed to be an old clay p...
10 years ago
Wunderkammer

#MWXX – my Top 12. A wrap up - Originally posted on Museums | Digital | Research | Learning: #winteriscoming @labreatarpits I seem to have a theme for reporting back from conferences – a...
10 years ago
Natural Communicator

Landscape Lives & Literature: Cambridge's creative heritage & a nature walk in May - BOOK TICKETS HERE
10 years ago
Herts Nature

Contoh Proposal Kegiatan Sekolah Terbaru 2016 -
10 years ago
Wild up North

Blackcap giving it what for...... - Recording made this morning from my garden of a Blackcap. It's been singing very intensely since arriving back from it's wintering quarters. Blackcap
10 years ago
The Liverbirder

Nice Tickle - Still seeking Cram-bodia's first Wheatear and a daily tour of the usual places has so far yielded not a one. BUT a nice surprise yesterday evening produced...
10 years ago
The Art of Nature

Tales of Tiger Tracking - Last weekend I returned from a two-week trip to India. I went with family to visit my aunt and uncle who are currently living in Delhi, where we spent mo...
10 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...
10 years ago
Cranfield's Wildlife Blog

dragons have awoken in New Alresford - [image: IMG_20160223_153259]
10 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 ...
10 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...
10 years ago
Photographing Dabbling Ducks

fox on the trail camera - I left my trail cam out and got some really clear fotage of a fox. You can see at the bottom of the picture that it was taken at half past one in the after...
10 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...
10 years ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

Snowdrops - I was pointed towards the BSBI's identification guide for snowdrops recently. In my ignorance I thought a snowdrop was a snowdrop but should have known bet...
10 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...
10 years ago
UKbirdingtimeline | an insight into the United Kingdom's birding season

Earlier Birds - Originally posted on Considering Birds: An insistent chirrup gave it away: a just-out-of-the-nest blackbird begging for food under the shelter of an evergr...
10 years ago
Jake's Bones

Explaining the mystery of hair ice - In the December of 2009, I wrote one of my first blog posts on something very strange that I found on a walk. It was ice attached to a rotting tree bran...
10 years ago
Wild Life

Box - A new species. Possibly not the first this year as I've managed to identify a few mosses and liverworts, but I was reminded of the blog by one of my e...
10 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...
10 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 ...
10 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 an...
10 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...
10 years ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

Bird on a stick -
10 years ago
Once Upon

A Lot Meant an Allotment... - ....ahem.....as I mentioned before....despite having no discernable interest, skill or ability in growing anything other than impatient, I obviously decide...
10 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...
10 years ago
Compare the Marsh Tit

Maya - Good news from Tadoba in Central India, from where my friend Chirag Roy, a gifted naturalist and communicator at Svasara (also rescuer of cobras and spot...
10 years ago
Micro moths of Kent

Flippin' Ec - ...or, recent success with mines of a couple of rare/uncommon *Ectoedemia *species in East Kent. A few weeks ago, was very fortunate to find a single tenan...
10 years ago
George's wonderful wildlife report

Wildlife news and Costa Rican adventures. - Hello and welcome to my latest wildlife publication and it has been a while. Life really has been busy over the last few months, particularly recently as ...
10 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, ...
10 years ago
Nature North East

Swollen Seas - Bubbling and powerful, the North Sea savagely struck the shoreline of the North East coast around St Mary's yesterday. The morning was grey, dull and mise...
10 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 ...
10 years ago
The Occasional Birder

Scotland 2015 Part 1 - Mull - It's been on our list for a long time, and we finally made the trip to start exploring the beauty of the North and West coasts of Scotland. Our starting...
10 years ago
Blog Natur y Draenog Gwyrdd

Ty Canol Woods - 29th August Weather: sunny spells, dry 2pm Dad and me went for a short walk to the ancient woodlands of Ty Canol Woods near Newport in Pembrokeshire. I...
10 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...
10 years ago
The Monday Pod

Trip report: Northumberland – southern coast and Kielder Forest - Last time I went to Northumberland I was with two course mates who were also studying photography, and we were on a mission to get some long exposure coast...
10 years ago
Wings and Things

Pelagic - As many would have noticed, I have been AWOL for a few weeks now. Home life is getting very busy at present, baby due in a few weeks and all the necessary...
10 years ago
At Home With Urban Nature

Love Your Wild Garden - On ITV at 8.00pm tonight there is a one-off wildlife garden special of Love Your Garden with Alan Titchmarsh, as part of Wild Britain 2015. Love Your Wild ...
10 years ago
Rock N' Roll Birder

Gosforth Nature Reserve - 16th August 2015 - My first visit to the reserve following the introduction of the new hide & what a wonderful job NHSN have done. *Today's highlights included* Pochard, Grey...
10 years ago
Victoria Hillman Nature Photography Blog

Gozo (and Malta) - Back in June, we headed off to Gozo for my brother's wedding and decided to make a bit of a holiday of it and go looking for some reptiles and butterflies....
10 years ago
Wildlife Conservation

Global Tiger Day - Global Tiger Day 29th July WWF-World Widlife Fund This Wednesday - *29th July* is Global Tiger Day, which was founded at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summ...
10 years ago
Trent Valley Beetles

New one for the garden. Speckled Bush Cricket. - These chaps seem a lot commoner than they were several years ago, particularly here in Nottinghamshire. Therefore a nice surprise when picking a few goo...
10 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 ...
10 years ago
Duckwoman's Diary

Top tips for choosing bird feeders - Hello birdwatchers It's been a wonderful few days and I've been catching up with jobs around the home. There's nothing like pottering around in your own sp...
10 years ago
Holywell Birding

30 Days of Wild - Day 8 - The Skylark - At this time of year, the Northumbrian hills, meadows, grassland, farmland and dunes are full of song. One song dominates all, usually heard from high...
10 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...
10 years ago
Birding Blog

Bempton - A few weeks ago I visited Bempton Cliffs. I managed to get a few decent photos of the residents, as well as some unexpected visitors. *Tree Sparrow* *Jack...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
The Den of Wild Intrigue

Wilson’s Error: When Biophilia is Tamed - *T**his blog entry was submitted to The Wildlife Trust's My Wild Life campaign; all entries are available to read here. * The importance of our wilds for ...
11 years ago
Ben's Birds and Beastly Bugs

Short-eared owl - Yesterday I went to the Ridgeway in Oxfordshire to photograph a short-eared owl. I managed to see it hunting. After coming home and reading up about them ...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
Matt Gould's Wildlife Photography

Spring time Curlew - The curlew is one of the u.k's 4 wetland birds flagged as being at most risk. Thankfully in my area (the south coast) they are making a massive comeback...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
Inspired by Ecology

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

A smudge of grey - A smudge of grey, ever so slightly darker than the flat tones of the fenland sky against which it moves, catches my eye above the peaty horizon. ‘Plovers’...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

On black holes and absence - A year ago, a vacuum opened and has been absorbing not so much light but very definitely time, and all available energy, from the surrounding environment. ...
11 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...
11 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.
11 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
12 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...
12 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
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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 ...
12 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 cattl...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 years ago
Ian McCall

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

Backlit Teasels - Quick picture of some backlit Teasels, I quite liked the lens flare it added some interest to the picture (IMHO). A Goldfinch feeding on them would have...
12 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 [...
12 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...
12 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...
12 years ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

POND - ALDERFLY?
12 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...
13 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 ...
13 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 ...
13 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...
13 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 th...
13 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...
13 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 ...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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 ...
13 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. ...
13 years ago
Wildlife of Breen Oakwood

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

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 years ago
Big Cat Detective

Muntjac sniffing about. HD with sound..Pt 3 -
13 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...
13 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)...
13 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...
13 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 ...
13 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...
13 years 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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 pho...
13 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...
13 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...
14 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...
14 years ago
Beyond the Tweets

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14 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...
14 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...
14 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...
14 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...
14 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...
14 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...
14 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:...
14 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...
14 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 ...
14 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...
14 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 ...
14 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, especi...
14 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...
14 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...
15 years ago
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