UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: September 2012

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Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

Day 23 – Listen to wildlife - Standing at my kitchen door I often listen to sounds of wildlife after dark, from Tawny owls calling, foxes chattering, deers barking, badgers churring and...
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UK Wildlife

Freshwater Inverts at Old Hall Marshes - A couple of weekends ago I was kindly allowed to tag along on Colchester Natural History Groups outing to RSPB Old Hall Marshes. I went along with Pam and ...
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Austin's Birding Blog

24/06/2017 Orrell Water Park, Wigan - Ruddy Shelduck: After a quick trip to see the local Cattle Egret at Lightshaw Flash and bumping in to Steve Burke I headed across to the other side of Wig...
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Bug Mad Girl

#30DaysWild day 24 - Glowworms - Last night we went on an adventure! We were looking for glowworms, which live on Brush Hill, a chalk grassland slope just above the village where we live....
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Murtagh's Meadow

Silent Sunday -
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Birding For Pleasure

SUNDAY THOUGHT - *How do you know what is going to happen tomorrow? * *For the length of your lives is as uncertain as the morning fog—now you see it; soon it is gone.* *J...
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Hagbourne Wildlife

Scarlet Tigers – annual update - The best show of scarlet tigers in the 8 years I’ve been watching the comfrey patch
11 hours ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Laowa 15mm f4 Macro Lens Sample Images - I've written a number of posts featuring images taken with the Laowa 15mm macro lens including *this review* and this *recent post* on photographing Large ...
12 hours ago
NI Bird Pics

Wilf Swain - Sandwich Tern, Grey Heron, Oystercatchers & Mallards -
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Hampshire Dragonflies

Moments Of Brilliance - Monday 19th June Being only able to get out at weekends is all very well, but I needed some solitude to ease back into it properly. A chance to go at my ow...
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Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

A quick trip to Somerset - On the 13th June we decided to get away for a short break staying a couple of nights at Garslade
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In a Beekeepers Garden

Anthidium manicatum (wool carder bee) – mating – Garden - For information click here
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Harry's Wildlife

30 Days Wild Pan-species Challenge: Day 23 and 24 - Well, I did get my pan-species lifer yesterday, but I didn’t have time to blog about it. Have I failed my challenge? I think I’ve at least done enough to w...
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Too Lazy To Weed

30 Days Wild – Day 24 – Canal Life - It’s Day 24 of 30 Days Wild and we were up Stoke on Trent way visiting Chris’ mother for her birthday. Stoke on Trent doesn’t immediately conjure up nature...
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Random Jottings

A Closer Look - Our walk this morning, gave me the opportunity to take a closer look at some of the less obvious flowers. Among the most commonly seen at the moment, are t...
21 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Saturday 24th June - Two adult Mediterranean Gulls were at Kilhorne Bay immediately south of Annalong this morning. (Richard Gray). Thanks to Michael Latham for the picture of ...
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The Lyons Den

Was this the best ever moth trap I've seen?! - Last Thursday night, Alice put the MV Skinner trap out at Southerham and we recorded 95 species of moth (229 moths in all)! Five of these species were new...
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An English Wood

Morning sun #plants - Pendulous sedge, Carex pendula. Picture taken June 11
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florafaunauk

Light After Dark Knaresborough Yorkshire UK - Light After Dark Knaresborough Yorkshire UK [image: IMG_0930]
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Wildlife Wanderings

Swiss Alps - fantastically flowery - OUR Summer holiday this year was a week or so in the Swiss alps to walk and see the wonderful alpine meadows and WOW we were not disappointed. W...
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Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Some you lose and then you win big time - *The Safari had a* good start to the week with some decent weather and a flat calm sea giving us an early morning *Harbour Porpoise *and a couple of* Grey ...
1 day 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...
1 day ago
Why watch wildlife?

30 Days Wild – Day 23 – From the train - It’s easy to think you cannot possibly have moments of wildness from a train. After all, what is there but a carriage, and people? But as it all whizzes p...
1 day ago
Tricia's Tales

Dorchester - a brief visit - Today I came back from the coach tour of Cornwall and our stop was at Dorchester. However given horrendous delays en route due to traffic in road works.. ...
1 day ago
Cholsey Wildlife

Garden Wildlife - Cloudy, 19°, breezy W. A day spent with Loren in the garden today catching up on some chores. A fair bit of activity in and around the garden with *Chiffch...
1 day ago
My Life Outside

Ringlets Before Drizzle - #30DaysWild - The irony of commenting that it was a little chilly last night did not escape me. But cool it was and with gusty conditions blasting through our valley I r...
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Keith Balmer on six legs...

pirri pirri burr - Acaena novae-zelandiae - Concerned to note that there are quite a lot of patches of pirri pirri burr (*Acaena novae-zelandiae*) alongside Cooper’s Hill SSSI in the region of TL0273...
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Julie's Blog

Garden Moth Update - Week 16 - On Thursday 15th June 2017, I put out the moth trapped for GMS Week 16. The overnight low temperature was 12.2C. Light Brown Apple Moth 1 Willow Beauty 1 S...
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Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- Another 144 moths of 54 species this am.........several NFYs including: Small BV, Small Fan-foot, Small FF Wave, Yellow Shell, The Clay, Plain Pug, Scop. s...
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Purbeck Footprints

Shetland Footprints: June 23rd - Yesterday we collected the new tent that had been sent from Aberdeen to replace the one that was no longer waterproof. It took three days for the tent to...
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Cabinet of Curiosities

Froghoppers - *Throughout June many of the plants in the garden have been decorated with 'cuckoo spit', the frothy bubbles blown by froghopper nymph...
1 day ago
Rockablog

- *Veni, Vidi, Census* *Common nest goes from 3 eggs to 3 chicks.* *Dr. Chris Redfern, Miley and Shane with Percy the Short-Lived.*Last week we were delight...
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Islay Natural History Trust

Sunday afternoon nature walks - Sanaigmore - Sundays Sanaigmore Nature rAmble through the dunes The weather cleared although a low cloud and mist still hung heavy over the nearby hills. It was an e...
1 day ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

Dark Green Fritts and Large Skipps and other bits! (22nd June 2017) - Dark Green Fritillary taken today in Dalton (Click over to enlarge)*Thursday 22nd June 2017 - Dalton Crags - 1500hrs to 1630hrs* My intentions today were ...
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Butterfly Islands

All Change. - After a prolonged spell of hot and sunny weather, yesterday began fresher,windy,and cloudy.These conditions lasted all day so the prospect of seeing any b...
2 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #307 - The last few months have been particularly busy for me as I’ve been working on a lighting project in the Irish Room of the Dead Zoo in Dublin, so I’ve not ...
2 days ago
Wilden Marsh

Forest Bug - Filed under: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
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Gabriel Hemery

Gifting a voice beyond the grave - "Seek out gaps, as these offer opportunities for creativity", said Hilary Mantel in her BBC Reith Lecture. I recognise this as the element which drew me to...
2 days ago
Wader World

Honey Buzzards on Forest - *Finally that time of year is here, Mid May and time to get on Forest and start looking for that summer migrant Raptor - The Honey Buzzard. * *I arrived ...
2 days ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Zoo Quest in Colour - I wonder how many of you in the UK watched 'Zoo Quest in Colour' on BBC4 recently. The original 1950's David Attenborough programmes were b/w as they were ...
2 days ago
Common By Nature

Species Focus: Tree Bumblebee - Otherwise known as the New Garden Bumblebee, the Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum is one of my favourite garden visitors. A pleasant figment of Spring and Su...
2 days ago
Entomacrographic

Invasion - Until 2004, the blue alder leaf beetle Agelastica alni was thought to be very rare in Britain, possibly extinct although there were some historical records...
2 days ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Eurasian Jay - Eurasian Jay, very shy bird. The Eurasian jay is on of my favourite woodland birds, highly intelligent with lots of character but it is very shy and nervou...
2 days ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Spotted mothcatcher - A trip to the Forest of Dean a couple of weekends ago to find some wood warblers was only partially successful. There were some around, singing their heads...
3 days ago
Birders in Boxers

Night Heron : Cosmeston CP, Penarth - Not often I miss out on news of a rarity but having decided to have a non-birding morning last Sunday 18th June followed mid afternoon and evening accompan...
3 days ago
Pam's Place

Nature Scavenger Hunt - Amanda from The Quiet Walker contacted me about doing a scavenger hunt she'd found on pinterest - great idea and i'm quite happy to take part. Ragged Robin...
3 days ago
Brian's Birding Blog

A noteable Redstart - I was pleased to see that Birdguides have awarded me a noteable image for one of my Redstart shots from last weekend. Noteable.The Redstart always looks a ...
3 days ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

A dance fly -
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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...
3 days ago
Notes of Nature

Wordless Wednesday: Planting Cacti -
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LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

Magnificent Mercia Marina - June 19 Monday Wildlife at Mercia Marina Mercia Marina 1 mile from A50 & A38 Findern Lane, DE65 6DW, follow brown signs in Willington. Leader David Boddy M...
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Bill's Birding

World's sharpest moth - On Sunday evening I parked up at Whiteways Viewpoint and went for a long walk through the army ranges towards Mupe Bay. It was a super route that took in d...
4 days ago
Views from an urban lake

Butterfly and Dragonfly Walk - [image: Butterfly and Dragonfly Walk] After a couple of tip offs of some great butterfly and dragonfly areas in areas I've not really walked before (or ...
4 days ago
Bugman Jones

Hey, did you know? — I was on the telly - In case it had passed you by, I was on the telly. Here I am on BBC2’s Springwatch Unsprung, episode 3. Unfortunately, because of the convolutions of copyri...
4 days ago
Natural Born Blogger

Rockin n Reelin - Originally I was hoping to post this update a few weeks ago but 15 days wandering around Dorset and Oxfordshire without a reliable internet connection put ...
4 days ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Small Red-eyes Out & About. - As the hot and sunny weather continues I made a first visit of the year to a garden pond in the village of Shalfleet. The owners had cleared out a lot of t...
4 days ago
Another Bird Blog

Golden Times - There are more pictures from the hill country today. Birding is more than a little quiet and the weather so perfect that I took to the upland roads with ca...
4 days ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

Long haul (of lifers) - There is a secret society, an underworld some might say, within ecology. These people can look just like any nature lover you've met before; in fact, you h...
4 days 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...
5 days ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Seeds of a Good Anthropocene - In early June I was invited to participate in a special three day workshop that was held on an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden, with the rath...
5 days ago
Wild and Wonderful

My BBC Springwatch SOS Wildflower Trough (5) - Pollinators! - My patience has been rewarded with spring flowers and pollinators. There were a number of bees and Marmalade Hoverflies around the wildflower trough toda...
5 days ago
Linacre Blogger

Mute Swan 089 and Family - Back in February I blogged about a darvic ringed *Mute Swan* (ringed by Sorby Breck Ringing Group) that had taken up residence at Holmebrook Valley CP in C...
5 days ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

Have you seen the bee orchids? - There I was, standing up to my knees in the long grass trying to examine a flower, when a woman passing on the nearby path asked, “Have you seen the bee or...
5 days ago
Birds to Bryophytes

The Magnificent Great Orme - The Great Orme at Llandudno is one of my top 10 favourite places in the world, and June is one of the best months to visit. Not only does it have breatht...
6 days ago
A life at the shoreline

Fathers Day Flowers on the Burren - After work , the sun was scorching so my Little ones and myself took a Fathers day walk through the trails near Mullagmore on the Burren We got to see Goats...
6 days ago
Birding with Flowers

Week 7: Best of the Rest - The week started well with a pleasant Tuesday morning at Kilns Wetlands. The highlights included: Little Terns, Avocet, Dunlin, Knot, Little Egret, Yello...
6 days ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

Day 17 – The little things… - This month hasn’t been what I planned. Ok, so I know it isn’t over yet, but recently I have been worried that , if the first half has been anything to go ...
1 week ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

17th June - Good news that the Sedge Warblers have bred in the Magic Garden… This is the first confirmed breeding in the parish for quite a few years and it sounds as...
1 week ago
The Roving Bumbarrel

The Gruffalo - I was working today at Horsenden Hill in Ealing and just had to spend 20 minutes exploring the gruffly trail!
1 week ago
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Twin-spotted Quaker - I've been a little quiet lately on this blog to say the least. But perhaps I'll start again. After a great weekend walking along the South Wales Coast last...
1 week ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

A book with a bonus - Following a recommendation, I ordered a copy of The Lighthouse Notebook by Norman McCanch. It arrived from an American bookseller this morning and when I o...
1 week ago
EFRS

Mull day 4 or the cruel sea - *(CLICK ON A PIC AND IT WILL GO BIG)* (Spot the deliberate mistake?) It was the last day! Where did it all go! So we had to make the most of...
1 week ago
The Caged Naturalist

Sandpipers and Flycatchers - Now all the birds have arrived, I thought I'd spend some time getting to know a few a bit better. This week I did a couple of reconnaissance walks to searc...
1 week ago
Hethersett Birdlife

A week of wild days, the highlights. - It has been another seven days of #30Dayswild and as I anticipated they have been very busy and whilst I have ensured some relatively random wild time I ha...
1 week ago
Beneath the Boughs

Day 15 – Fern - We’re half way through 30 Days Wild! Today we have a little fern (it does look quite like bracken but they both work) Pattern from Attic 24 winter wreath. ...
1 week ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

Well Overdue Post... - This post is well overdue, but I have not really had the time to sit down and work on it. Everything that I've done over the last couple of months cannot ...
1 week ago
Valley Naturalist

Heath Bumblebee - Photographed this little beauty at Blaenserchan recently. Its a *heath bumblebee *(*Bombus jonellus*), rather attractive bee with three yellow bands and...
1 week ago
The Early Birder

Black tailed Godwits - At the end of April, I made a visit to Burton Mere on the Wirral. There were a few different waders about, but probably the most striking and colourful wer...
1 week ago
Musings on the Wild

A short camera trap update - It's a little late this week but today's post looks at a couple of clips taken this week. Firstly and most excitingly is the glimpse of one of this year's ...
1 week ago
Esticadinho Nature

Diverse array of scarcities and rarities continues from late May into early June - May at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire ended with the first Great White Egret Ardea alba of the year appearing on South Marsh East, before lingering into ea...
1 week ago
Newhaven Wildlife

Hunting Nightjars at dusk - The woodsmen of the Sussex Weald walked out of the trees long ago now, taking their coppicing tools and charcoal burners with them and leaving their w...
1 week ago
indie birder

Birding San Diego, California, USA - May 2017 - PART 1 -
1 week ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

PCNR Pond Workshop event. - http://www.somersetwildlife.org/PCNR phttp://www.somerset reptiles and amphibian group Yesterday I attended a pond workshop organised by PCNRN for its me...
1 week ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

Burton Mere: A Summers Delight - Summer, it’s everyone’s favourite month and where else better to celebrate it’s return into action than a day trip over to RSPB… Read more Burton Mere: A S...
1 week ago
Seabed Habitats

Critical bed shear stress of maerl experiment - Just by going to the beach, I had been fascinated by how maerl was freely moving, carried, mobilised and transported by almost every wave. The beach, compo...
2 weeks ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

Sheffield Area Butterfly Atlas 1991-2015 - The Sheffield Area Butterfly Atlas 1991-2015 will be published in a few weeks, but there is still time to contribute your records. Please send them to...
2 weeks ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 466 - Looking Out for Lovely Little Owls - Stop! Turn round, I think I've just seen an owl!Hey everyone today is post 466 and I've got a treat today. One of the things I often say in our house is I...
2 weeks ago
FABirding

Spoonbills at Lake Kerkini, Greece. - Another species that I have only ever photographed once before in the UK and at some distance was the *Eurasian Spoonbill* *(Platalea leucorodia)* so anot...
2 weeks ago
Zoo Volunteer

In Flower: Sinningia leucotricha - Sinningia leucotricha This beautiful plant is known in known in its native Brazil as Queen of the Abyss, but it is sometimes sold as Brazilian Edelweiss as...
2 weeks ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

June Diary 2017 ! - 20th Jun - An early walk through the woodlands at 0700 hrs to give my dog some relief from the high temperatures was quite pleasant with the woodlands t...
2 weeks ago
Pegler Birding

A Morning at Rutland Water - on Saturday 27th May, 2017 - *On the bank holiday Saturday I was booked for a turn of monitoring duty from 09h00 until 13h00 on the Rutland Osprey Project. As it was expected to be rat...
2 weeks ago
Wessex Wanderings

Orchids and other things - The weather continues to be mixed and rather windy. As in past years the plants have responded by growing rapidly - they prefer it to hot sun. The focus ...
2 weeks ago
The Early Birder

Birding on Lake Kerkini (Part 2). - So here is the continuation to my previous post *Birding on Lake Kerniki (Part 1)*. Leaving the drowned forest our guide and boatman quietly drifted wit...
2 weeks ago
Wildlife Matters

“Simon Says” – Keep calm and carry on from Paris - The issue This month is proving yet another critical time for the planet as the world looked nervously on to see if the USA pulls out of the Paris climate ...
2 weeks ago
Bird and Bug Diaries...

- Manchester worker bee, based on the mosaics situated throughout the city centre
2 weeks ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Memory Rings - All is very quiet in the bird box, the Blue Tits must have successfully launched their young. Last May's loss is still poignant but they do seem to have...
2 weeks ago
Ruffled Feathers

Russian roulette... - We've recently received another exciting Jack Snipe recovery, this time from RUSSIA!! Unfortunately this one was also found dead, most likely shot but it w...
2 weeks ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Close Encounters of the Fox Kind - A trip out in the hope to see and photograph Foxes proved perfect early summer conditions, little wind and not too hot with of sunshine though the latter...
3 weeks ago
The Street Tree

Street Tree Walks, Talks and Other Events - Since the launch of my book, London’s Street Trees, earlier this week, I have been asked about associated walks, talks and other events I’m doing. So I cre...
3 weeks ago
A Birding Odyssey

Pennine flank birding ! - I live on the eastern flanks of the Pennine chain at the western end of South Yorkshire ( OK, read it again slowly ! ). You can gain a feel of the sorts ...
3 weeks ago
Wild Barley

Little Wind Hoverer - It was a beautiful warm summers evening, although meteorically speaking it was still spring for just a few more hours. The sky overhead was a bright blue w...
3 weeks ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

Glenapp - 9th April 2016 -
3 weeks 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*...
3 weeks ago
Sustainable Garden

the long days .. - Long days of late spring. Long days for work and waking bone-tired the following day. Respect for our Muslim friends for whom the fast of ramadan, wrapped ...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Considering Birds

Review: Mozart’s Starling - In 1784, Mozart heard a starling in a shop sing a variation on the theme from his Piano Concerto No. 17. Enchanted, he took it home. Just over a century la...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Cornish Rock Pools

My First Fox Club Expedition To Porth Mear - It’s the middle of the night and I’m convinced there’s something wrong with my eyes. I’ve unplugged my phone, tried blinking several times but I’m still se...
3 weeks ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

Back to the patches - Last week's good weather saw me back to patching the coastal path and WOW. A walk along the coast added *gannet, house martin, and meadow pipit,* while I w...
4 weeks ago
Pear tree and Beyond

" Kindergarden " - Its that time of year again when the garden takes on the guise of a kindergarten. Juvenile birds are being brought to the feeders, although they seem mor...
4 weeks ago
The Wildlifewriter

Wooden Headphones - *... reckless behaviour affecting the conservation of a Schedule 1 protected species* During the Pacific campaigns of World War II, native peoples on many...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Hares on the Hill

Getting the Dingle Tingle - A beautiful walk with the dogs this morning up through Clyro Dingle, which is a short walk from the house. There are five of these steep sided secret place...
4 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
The Cowboy Birder

Gropper Topper - I'm not sure why I stopped at the patch this morning as it's officially dead, but the briefest of circuits did result in a fly through *Peregrine* - thanks...
5 weeks ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

Masons and Miners - Just a quick update from me, Spring is in full swing now here in South Norfolk. Blue tit’s are nesting in the box on the back of the house, and the Hawthor...
5 weeks ago
Hedgeland Tales

Hobby -
5 weeks ago
Druridge Diary

Not seeing red...again - You may remember this post from April? It was about me not seeing a red-rumped swallow and red kite on the patch because I was at work. Well, it happened a...
5 weeks ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Guest Blog – Derek Gow: A statement to the next generation of conservationists - Today’s guest post comes from Derek Gow. Derek is an ecologist, farmer and specialist in reintroducing native species; he pioneered the captive breeding an...
5 weeks ago
holdingmoments

Some Warblers - This is a post I've wanted to do for some time; a few of our warblers all together. I'll start with one that 'sings' his name. *Chiffchaff* *#* ...
5 weeks ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Helicopter lifts and starting work at Hole in the Wall - With just a few days left to spare before the helicopter lifts, we managed to fill the last of the 325 heli-bags with stone that we need for this years upl...
5 weeks ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

A Certain Romance... - The breeze ruffles the tide edge into ragged waves that start to creep up the Hilbre Swash, a small channel that runs part way along the east side of the i...
1 month ago
Flying high!

A round up of Spring sightings. - I cannot believe over a month has passed since my last blog post! How time flies! *Locally* Skylarks, Corn Buntings, Yellowhammers, Chiffchaffs, Wheatears,...
1 month ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

(Cabbage) White Butterfly - This (cabbage) white butterfly appears to be waiting for our valerian to flower. He/she has arrived a bit early. I can't tell whether it was a large or sma...
1 month ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

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1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Iron Gall Ink - Whilst working as Artist in Residence in the oak woods at Taynish, I made some drawings using Oak Gall Ink, also called Iron Gall Ink. The oak trees grow ...
1 month ago
Daily Nature Blog

UK resident orca Lulu found contaminated with ‘shocking’ levels of toxic chemical - Last year Lulu, a 20 year old female orca from the UK’s only resident population, was found dead off the Isle of Tiree, after becoming entangled in fishing...
1 month ago
Birding the day away!

Trying something different .... - *The next couple of months are going to be quite until the first juveniles arrive so I will be try different techniques out, to calm the bouts of insanity ...
1 month ago
Butterfly Pictures

It's a Girl! - I am afraid that the start of this post is a little depressing, but please don't give up on it, there is a happy ending!! I always do as much as I can to tr...
1 month ago
DGPix Wildlife and Nature Photography

Common Sandpiper - The influx of summer migrant birds is really picking up pace now, and my local patch has now got 3 common sandpipers frequenting the shoreline.These lovely...
1 month ago
leavesnbloom

Pep Ventosa Photography Technique - The Pep Ventosa photography technique is a whole new way of seeing and depicting the flow of time with your camera. Master the technique and it will open u...
1 month ago
shirls gardenwatch

Wordless Wednesday: Kokedama - Kokedama with spider plant, St Andrews Botanical Gardens, April 13th 2017. How to Make Kokedama This post was published by Shirley for shirls gardenwatch i...
1 month 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" sessi...
2 months ago
The Naturephile

The great grey shrike - Back in January there was a report of a great grey shrike at Wicken Fen and I’d never seen one before so I decided to go and have a look. A distant tree ac...
2 months ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

Yorkshire’s NHS – for naturalists, for nature, for the future? - The YNU Spring Conference 2017 was held in York on Saturday 8 April and was well attended by a range of people, including ‘amateurs’ and ‘professionals’, a...
2 months ago
Harbour Master

TRIP OUT - Trip out last night to a new site resulted in a few new moths for me small waved umber waved umber red/green carpet yellow barred brindle pale prominent
2 months ago
Murf's Wildlife

Sri Lanka 2017 (Day 4) - My sincere apologies to anyone following my blog for the delay in updating this trip report. Day 4 we were brought on an early morning safari to Horton Pl...
2 months ago
exploringwildlife.blogspot.co.uk

Winter Bird Ringing - Now that the winter months have drawn to an end, and all our winter migrants are leaving our shores, I thought I'd take this opportunity to summarise the h...
2 months 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 place...
2 months 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 months ago
Spinkyblurb

Exploring wildlife through maps. - I recently completed an online course from the University of Oxford's Continuing Education Department, introducing me to the joys of GIS (Geographic Inform...
2 months ago
Rambles with a Camera

Arthur's................................................................................................... in Tenerife - My Grandson Arthur is on holiday in Tenerife. Looks like he's having fun.
2 months 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 months ago
Landscapism

Take the long road and walk it - Mapped above is the route of a week long walk I will be undertaking in June, linking up the estate landscapes and medieval route-ways of the three case s...
2 months ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

GCN and Arable - Some Thoughts - [this information was originally in the previous post, but I put it here to unclutter the status assessment] Mike Phillips dropped me an email to query the...
2 months ago
Wild South London

Jack in-the-box - There was a smattering of sun through the cloud, and spring seemed to be uncoiling itself.
3 months ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Where have you been? - In the last post I touched on how some birds, despite being colour-ringed, can go long periods undetected. Well, Suzanne got another example last weekend.....
3 months ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

Sexism of Lerwick's Up Helly Aa: Shetland Islands Council's role - Here are some further thoughts on Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa following on from my last blog post. Shown above is the Shetland Islands Council’s recent re...
3 months ago
My Nature Notes

Rough hawkbit: the answer lies in the soil - I think it is very easy to get dismissive, jump to a conclusion and move on when you see a flower. I know I do it, I try not to but I still do. With rough ...
3 months ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

"Ay! to a bird that looked like a mouse (8th March 2017) - *Wednesday 8th March 2017 * *"Ay! to a bird that looked like a mouse"* Just like a mouse (but not a mouse) A mouse going vertical, running up a tree from...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months ago
BTO Cymru

Dates for your diary - Dyddiadau i'ch dyddiadur - Once again this spring we are planning on holding some member and volunteer days at various venues around Wales. These will be relaxed events where we will...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months ago
Sketchbook Squirrel

Times they are a changin... - "Change is the end result of all true learning." Leo Buscaglia ...and so there are changes afoot. As spring arrives, and the garden renews itself, there i...
4 months 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...
4 months 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...
4 months ago
Yorkie's Wildlife Photos

Swan Lake - Hornsea Mere in East Yorkshire is a great place for birdwatching, there is always something to be seen. This is a collection of photos I took yesterday of...
4 months ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

New Acorn 3G Camera and General Update February 2017 - Fig 1: 6310WMG *Internet access and web site posts.* I have had bad problems accessing the internet for over a year and lately difficulty in getting any...
4 months 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 ...
4 months ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Winter Light - Photography is all about using light to show your subject at it best. For me, this is about using natural light as I don't use flash. Many years ago I trie...
4 months ago
European Trees

Britain the Best Place in the World for a Non Woodland Tree Safari – but come quick! - For those interested in large land mammals a safari in the Serengeti would be among the top locations in the world to visit, for those interested in sea-li...
4 months ago
Wildlife in my local patch

Big Garden Birdwatch - This weekend we did a bird count in the garden for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. On Saturday morning the weather was dry and warmer than it has been lat...
4 months 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...
4 months ago
naturestimeline

A kind winter thus far in the UK - What a difference a year makes. Winter 2015/16 when compared to winter 2016.17 is so vastly different. Find out more here at naturestimeline.com Continue r...
5 months ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

More Jan - An apology I know I’ve said this before but: “I don’t remember people.” It’s not ’cause I don’t like particular people; it’s not ’cause particular people a...
5 months 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 ...
5 months 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*,...
5 months ago
Thérèse Goes Birding

27th to 31st December 2016 - Madeira - There were a couple of other days out birding and a trip to Gran Canaria before the end of the year but none of these produced much so I've skipped them in...
5 months ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

Samoan Birding - For the final part of my 3-island Pacific Tour for Birding Ecotours I spent a couple of days on the beautiful island of Upolu, Samoa. There was some very n...
6 months ago
Killy Birder

Winter, Walking and Watching - 17th Dec. I remember a time when I walked, often long distances, admired the scenery, but if I’m honest didn’t take in too much of my surroundings. Watc...
6 months ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 23 November 2016, Cambodia. - OK here is the last update from my trip to the far east, this time Cambodia. We spent most of our time here looking around Angkor Wat temple and the many...
7 months ago
Sissinghurst Birds etc...

In Search of the Lynx - A couple of weeks ago I did a first and embarked on a Naturetrek holiday, so an organised group holiday with guides etc.. Expectations were high but that's...
7 months 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...
7 months 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...
7 months 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...
7 months 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...
7 months ago
Views of the Ock

Views of the Kennall Vale - Whilst it is great to live somewhere where there are endangered and charismatic animals like water voles ( http://viewsoftheock.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/...
8 months 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...
8 months ago
The Things Around Me

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

Chalcolestes viridis Willow Emerald Damselfly, a new Norfolk garden arrival - [full text to follow] *Chalcolestes viridis*, Willow Emerald Damselfly began to colonise the UK only a few years ago. The first British record was a dead a...
9 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 months 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.
10 months ago
Donegal Wildlife

Ness Woods, Derry - The day was organised by Butterfly Conservation (NI) and moth traps had been set the previous night. I went along to lend a hand and see what I could find....
10 months ago
A Small Field Called Ellers Meadow

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

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

The beginning of the Purple patch. - I had a great time attending an A Focus On Nature (group for young conservationists and naturalists - look at me above being all naturalist-y ;-) ) gathe...
11 months ago
What's Wild in Cornwall

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

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

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

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

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

Dublin Bay - When I was younger I read a book called The Day Sea Rolled back. Today it seemed like the sea had rolled all the way to the horizon. Dublin Bay was awa...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Herts Nature

Contoh Proposal Kegiatan Sekolah Terbaru 2016 -
1 year ago
Alan Tilmouth

The Last Eagle - It started with a question, 'has anyone seen the eagle?' followed by the long-expecetd news that England's last remaining resident Golden Eagle at Haweswat...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Cranfield's Wildlife Blog

dragons have awoken in New Alresford -
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Cath Hodsman British Wildlife Artist

Beetle Gallery (Coleoptera) - British Beetles…British Beetles….British Beetles…..British Beetles…..British Beetles Any Art work may be purchased by going back to the Homepage and cl...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Marilyn's Wildlife Diary

Listing update and resolutions for 2016 - I have just updated my list and have realised that while I did not add much during 2015, there are still some big holes in it. For example I attended an F...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Chasing Tails - A wildlife photographer's blog

Bird on a stick -
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Ian Butler Photography

Best of 2015 - I hope everyone has had a wonderful time over the Christmas period. Personally, I think I’m still full from the … Continue reading →
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Hemel Birding

JACK SNIPE, 29+ COMMON SNIPE, RAVEN, LESSER REDPOLL, & 5 RED KITES & 2 BUZZARDS up together, at Great Gaddesden N of Hemel Garden Centre. -
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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, ...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Roby Milling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beautiful Bluebells - Visited a local woodland a few weeks ago to photograph the bluebells.
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 years ago
The Natural Stone

Cambodia and Bangkok - Now it's fair to say this was not an exclusively wildlife oriented break. Cambodia, and in particular Siem Reap, is famous for its Khmer temples and I was ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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.
2 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...
2 years ago
Life's Grandeur

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

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

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

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

The Uskmouth Savi’s Warbler - A Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) at the RSPB’s Uskmouth Nature Reserve has now entered the third week of its stay. The bird was found by Mathew M...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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 ...
3 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 [...
3 years ago
Wild Places Blog

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

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

Blog moving to new site - Dear loyal followers, I'm no longer going to update this blog but instead everything has moved to my website at www.colin-williams.com. Just click on the ...
3 years ago
Flora Cantiaci

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

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

Bernwood Forest Bechstein's Project 2013 - Another year and another season getting to know our local Bechstein's bats. We've spent the winter getting data sorted and embarking on new projects as we...
4 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 ...
4 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 ...
4 years ago
Naturanaute

How much biodiversity on a roadside? - I have been obsessed by roadbanks and escarpments since travelling to South-East Asia. Walking in the rainforest, you can’t help but be amazed by the diver...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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. ...
4 years ago
Wildlife of Breen Oakwood

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

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 years ago
Big Cat Detective

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salamandrus - All hail the newt God Salamandrus! He is kind and provides the exquisite harvest of Triturus cristatus when you least expect it, He is vengeful withholding...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
Beyond the Tweets

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5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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:...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 years ago
Focus On Wildlife

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

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

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

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

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East Yorkshire Wildlife

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Ecology Escapades

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My Nature Scrapbook

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A dribble of knowledge

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Habitat Aid's Blog

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Ninjameys

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the katsura tree | the world outside your window

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Greener Leith News - Natures Calendar

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Seeds for Rewilding

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Not Just Birding

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Ryan Clark Nature Photography

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Roots'n'Shoots

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Druridge Bay ... Watching Wildlife

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A Highland Naturalist's Diary

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Paul Chanin | Mainly Mammals

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The Wild Photographer

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The Living Isle

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The Urban Countryman

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BirdPoem

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Tory Island Bird Blog

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The Natural World of Wildlife

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Landscapes and Wildflower Habitats

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Love our Lakes and Parks

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Between the Weave

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