UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: September 2012

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Cholsey Wildlife

Foggy out West - Foggy with variable visibility, 13°, light W. Not much birding today and a visit to Sennen. About 30 minutes spent sea watching during a clearer period wit...
2 hours ago
A life at the shoreline

Red Squirrel Road sprint - A few miles from home ,Driving through the forestry in Willowbrook A distance up the road in a blink of an eye : I thought I saw a Stoat stand up and leap i...
2 hours ago
Birders in Boxers

Nightjars : Cwm Kenfig, Llangynwyd - After a fruitless wait for the Purple Heron earlier in the day at Kenfig NNR I decided to make a late evening first visit of Spring to my local Nightjar si...
3 hours ago
Bill's Birding

In the Kingswood - Sunday's wanderings led me though this gorgeous stretch of woodland tucked away on the secluded slopes of the Purbeck Hills. It was densely carpeted in R...
4 hours ago
Views from an urban lake

Combining Posts - [image: Combining Posts] Due to illness (not mine) it's been a while since I've been out either on the patch or further afield, today I finally made it ou...
4 hours ago
The Street Tree

Five of the Best London Boroughs for Street Trees - From Hibiscus in Shoreditch, Golden Rain Trees in Osterley, and Bottlebrush trees in Pimlico, London has unexpected and fascinating street trees. Our urban...
5 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Tuesday 23rd May - An adult Dark-bellied Brent remains with 2 adult Light-bellied birds at Dundrum South Inner Bay. (David Nixon). Yesterday a Red Kite was circling quite low...
5 hours ago
Birding with Flowers

Centenary Tour of Tolkien's East Yorkshire - On Saturday, 13th May 2017, two Norwegian Tolkien scholars, two Tolkien Society members from Liverpool and Birmingham respectively, and 2 interlopers from...
6 hours ago
The Lyons Den

Even more incredibly rare spiders found on an old conifer plantation! - Where do you start with a day like today? The invertebrates came thick and fast, as they so often do at Graffham Common. When we acquired the site in 2009...
6 hours ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

Marsh Lousewort, Common Rockrose, Fly Orchid, Twayblade etc etc - This was some of my garden today - Park Wood, Hutton Roof Village (Click over to enlarge) I like these open areas and always think they might be suitable ...
6 hours ago
Linacre Blogger

Linacre WeBS - 21st May 2017 - I spent two hours at Linacre on Sunday, carrying out this month's BTO WeBS walk. The following birds were recorded: *Mallard* (46; 33 adults and 2 broods o...
7 hours ago
Wader World

Ural Owl's - Carpathian Montane Forest Region. - *Another species I had seen previously in Kazakhstan was Ural Owl but again this was a long time back and pre camera days so to be able to see this speci...
7 hours ago
Tricia's Tales

Off to Guernsey for a few days 14-05-2017 - Up and out early to the Airport.. check in very easy; had breakfast - boarded and up we went.. a very short flight. After landing in Guernsey we collecte...
7 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

A Comfy Corner Of The North Pasture - Filed under: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
8 hours 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...
9 hours ago
Pear tree and Beyond

"The boys are out" !!! - After what seemed like a twenty four hour deluge of rain, the last thing I was expecting to see were Bumblebee's, albeit very small Bumblebees, but there ...
9 hours ago
A Birding Odyssey

Quality raptors reign supreme! Monday,22nd May. - A slightly belated entry of a visit yesterday morning to Thorne Moors. Leaving home early I travelled to Stanley, Wakefield where Matthew and I then went ...
10 hours ago
Random Jottings

San Salvatore - Standing just shy of 3000ft Monte San Salvatore may not be the highest or grandest of peaks, but it certainly has a commanding position overlooking the cit...
12 hours ago
An English Wood

Spindle #trees - Euonymus europaea. Picture taken May 14.
13 hours ago
Sustainable Garden

young birds - Tawny owletI downloaded images from our little trail cam this morning. I'd set up by the pond to record action overnight on two nights. 1830 images later ...
15 hours ago
Why watch wildlife?

Missed opportunities - A few recent days out have again shown how foolish it is to ever say “I won’t bother with my camera”. It’s brilliant to be in the moment, but you can miss ...
17 hours ago
Gabriel Hemery

BBC Costing the Earth - The Future of Forestry is the theme of today's Radio 4 environmental programme Costing the Earth. I was interviewed by . . . Read More
18 hours ago
The Roving Bumbarrel

A Crane in the mist! - Arrived yesterday morning at the serin mound at Rainham Marshes around 5.30 to find Wennington Marsh in fact the whole reserve mostly hidden beneath low ly...
18 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY - On my walk around the Demesne at Mount Stewart, I saw several Pheasants and here are shots of one of them. I am linking with Wild Bird Wednesday *Many...
19 hours ago
The Early Birder

Northern Greece - Dragons And Damsels. - During our birding trip to Northern Greece I recorded eleven species of Odonata but only managed to get images of the following varieties. *Scarlet* [Broad...
1 day ago
Butterfly Islands

A Splash of Colour. - With settled and warm weather a definite prospect for the next few days the season is well under way.Today the pyracantha bush in the garden looked magnifi...
1 day ago
Wild and Wonderful

Arachnophobes, please look away... IUCN Red-listed Fen Raft Spider - I was thrilled to have my *first (Suffolk) sighting* of this extraordinary spider on Saturday. The Fen Raft Spider was the subject of my winning ZSL poem...
1 day ago
NI Bird Pics

Michael O'Dwyer - Cormorant -
1 day ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

Perfectly placed plastic puffins -
1 day ago
Pam's Place

Fairburn Ings - Fairburn was the first of three reserves we visited over the weekend arriving about 9 o clock on Saturday morning. It was warm and sunny and just about per...
1 day ago
EFRS

Mull day1 or crash bang wallop - *(CLICK ON A PIC AND IT WILL GO BIG)* (I was going to put a picture of Tommy Steele but this seems more apt and down with the teenagers) Three o'cl...
1 day ago
Austin's Birding Blog

22/05/2017 Lightshaw Flash, Abram, Wigan - Barn Swallow: Today I spent some more of my time down at the Dover Basin which included Abram Flash and Lightsahw Flash. I spent a few hours yesterday loo...
1 day ago
In a Beekeepers Garden

Garden -
1 day ago
Murtagh's Meadow

Celebrating International day of Biodiversity - 22nd May is International Day of Biodiversity. Here are just a few of the recent highlights from the garden and further afield. There is so much wonderful ...
1 day ago
Bug Mad Girl

Bird's-nests and common blues - After a few days of much needed rain, it was very green and lush as I walked around Pulpit Hill this morning. I decided to scrabble down the hillside to ch...
1 day ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Covenham - Following the torrential rain of Saturday, Sunday started beautifully sunny and reasonably warm. I decided it was time for a trip to Covenham Reservoir hop...
1 day ago
Another Bird Blog

Three Finches - Our targeting of finches at Oakenclough near Garstang paid off again with three very interesting recoveries via the BTO - a Siskin, a Goldfinch and a Lesse...
1 day ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

Change of date for field meeting - The date of the Sorby Invertebrate Group field meeting at New Park Springs has been changed from Sunday 2nd July to Tuesday 4th July 2017.
1 day ago
Valley Naturalist

For how much longer? - Since the closure of Blanserchan Pit in the 1980s and the subsequent purchase of the valley by the local authority, I've witnessed a gradually change in ...
1 day ago
Esticadinho Nature

Spring moths continue to surprise at Tophill Low NR - The recent good run of site moth scarcities continued at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire during the middle period of the month. White-pinion Spotted Lomogra...
2 days ago
Hethersett Birdlife

Two rights and a Wong - This week has been a slow one for me as my seven year old assistant suffered from a bout of tonsillitis and I was left to care for her. The time was not wa...
2 days ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 464 - Brilliant beginnings of baby birds - A Starling fledgling on our bird tableSpring is a fantastic time of year – full of new life! Something that I've been watching closely this year are the f...
2 days ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

Badger watching at Wytham Woods. - Oxfordshire Mammal Group runs various educational events throughout the year. Yesterday was an afternoon of looking and learning about signs of Badgers, fo...
2 days ago
Pegler Birding

A Turn Of Duty - on Thursday 11th May, 2017 - *This year I have taken a bit of a back seat as a volunteer on the Rutland Osprey Project. Rather than book up for a regular fortnightly afternoon turn of ...
2 days ago
Musings on the Wild

Natures ups and downs - This week after some difficulty with getting data from my trail camera I have started to get data again and excitingly a new species has been captured. At...
2 days ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Shieldbug #10 - Forget-me-not - Yes, I know it's out of focus! I was carrying my Nikon P7800 today for some stupid reason and it isn't great at macro - the background is sharp though! Any...
2 days ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

21st May - This Reed Bunting which we caught in the Magic Garden last week was already carrying a ring... John assumed it was one of his own but when he entered the ...
2 days ago
Cornish Rock Pools

A predator among the fish eggs: Calma gobioophaga sea slug - If you read this blog regularly, you’ve probably noticed a pattern: I bimble about the Cornish rock pools looking for an exciting creature, fail completely...
2 days ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Troublefield Awakens - Thursday 18th May We’ve had some rain at last! Shame it had to coincide with a visit from Dave Clay, a mate down from Derby whom I first met at Chartley Mo...
2 days 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...
3 days ago
FABirding

Squacco Heron. - During a very recent birding holiday in Northern Greece I finally managed to get some shots of a Squacco Heron *(Ardeola ralloides)* a bird I had previous...
3 days ago
The Early Birder

Buff-breasted Sandpipe - A special bird turned up yesterday at Burton Mere on the Wirral. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper seems to have lost its way from North America. We do get the odd...
3 days 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...
3 days 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...
3 days ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

A trip to Burton… - Whilst on a stroll around Birkenhead I got word that a Buff-bellied Sandpiper had been discovered just down the road… Read more A trip to Burton…
3 days ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Large Red Damselflies (wideangle) - As regular visitors to this blog will know, one of my favourite styles of photography is wideangle macro. This year I found a good number of Large Red Dams...
3 days ago
UK Wildlife

Spoonbill - A couple of weeks ago I had a day on the Isle of Sheppey to enjoy some of the wildlife found there. The south of the island is mostly grazing marsh and is ...
3 days ago
Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- No moth trapping for 2 nights due to heavy rain and this morning just 6 moths with Common Swift new for the year. Yesterday at Dunge it started sunny, pour...
3 days ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Stonking Sunday in Somerset - Last Sunday I had a truly stonking visit to the Somerset Levels - the spring birds were out in force and giving good views - albeit quite distant for most....
3 days ago
Rockablog

Day 13 on The Rock! - (*Article authored on Thursday the 18th of May 2017*) The bird of the season, *Sterna dougallii* A.K.A. The Roseate Tern, mid-preen [(Photograph courtesy of...
4 days ago
Hedgeland Tales

Hobby -
4 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #304 answer - Last week I gave you this skull to have a go at identifying: I thought that some of you would find it a bit easy, but the most diagnostic features aren’t v...
4 days ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

Catch up at home - First post is a catch up of the local patches which have been a bit neglected of late. Illness and overseas travel have limited my walks but it was good ...
5 days ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Red-eyes Now Appearing. - Despite the promise of a sunny day the cloud returned during the morning and by the time I arrived at my chosen location it was well and truly overcast.How...
5 days ago
Keepers Cottage Wildlife Garden Diary

Our Wildlife Garden - Dec 2015 - Mar 2016 - Bullfinch Frost Grey Squirrel Pale Brindled Beauty Red Deer
5 days ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Aphids -
6 days ago
Common By Nature

Trees and the Environment: an interesting infographic - Trees & The Environment: Why Life Depends On Them Many of us will, of course, know that trees are vitally important to our welfare, but do we know just how...
6 days ago
Kingfisher Diary

Olympus 300mm F4 PRO first impressions - Well it’s been a while since I let my Canon big glass go due to my ageing frame complaining about carting the weight around. I’ve been using our trusty C...
6 days 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...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Too Lazy To Weed

The Duke of Prestbury Hill - Flushed with the success of finding the Grizzled Skipper the previous weekend, we headed out again on Sunday in search of our next target butterfly – the g...
1 week 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* *#* ...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Purbeck Footprints

A Dolphin Weekend - Few creatures that we can see around our beautiful Isle of Purbeck provoke the kind of reaction that Dolphins do. Everyone, wildlife fan or not, seems desp...
1 week ago
Islay Natural History Trust

Islay's Floral Dandelion Bonanza - It may have turned a bit dramatic and wild on the weather front today but the rain will be most welcome to all those invertebrates that thrive in the wet s...
1 week ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

Lets hear about the boys- what really happens to male calves on a dairy farm? - At the end of March I wrote a blog piece in response to an article published by the Guardian regarding dairy farming. It has been read by over 23,000 peop...
1 week ago
My Life Outside

Llandegla Forest – Tree Pipits, Cuckoo and Redpolls - The reason we arrived at that first Black Grouse lek so late was that we’d spent the majority of Saturday exploring Llandegla forest. This is a superbly ma...
1 week ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Red Grouse chicks - *The heather moorland on Pikestone fell near Wolsingham in Weardale today was full of recently-hatched red grouse chicks.* *When they are this small they...
1 week ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Day trip to Titchwell - We set off early this morning arriving at Choseley Barns at 7.30am where I scoped the Dotterel in the rain without too much help from the Jims who already ...
1 week 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 week ago
Wild Barley

Having a Hoot in the Forest - It was a gorgeous, balmy, sunny evening. The bright blue sky clear above the sparkling greens of the forest. Everything seemed to glow in the long rays of ...
1 week 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 week ago
Considering Birds

Seesaw - May 3rd 2017, June 17th 2016 The seasons are on a seesaw; there’s no smooth forward motion. Thus it was that we found ourselves dipped back into winter a c...
1 week ago
Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

Visit to Arne - The weather is still settled although rain has been forecast in the next few days so I decided to make
1 week ago
Zoo Volunteer

In flower: Rebutia fabrisii - Among the easiest cacti to grow and flower here in the UK are the various species of *Rebutia*. This group of small, mostly globular cacti originates fro...
1 week 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 week ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

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1 week ago
Birds to Bryophytes

Invertebrates, May 2017 - Here are a few of my favourite inverts from May 2017, almost all taken locally and likely to be mainly hoverflies but also anything else which takes my fan...
1 week ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Frustrating ticks - *The Safari has been *out and about to all sort of weird and wonderful places this last week. The week started well with friend LGB phoning to say a couple...
1 week ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

May Diary 2017 ! - 22nd May -Its that time of year again where woodland birds are getting hard to see, I did manage to get some good views of a *Great Spotted Woodpecker *on ...
1 week ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

The Seafront Gardens in Lyme Regis - Mature trees, richly planted borders, gently curving paths, a place to look and a space to think – the Seafront Gardens in Lyme Regis provide both an oasis...
1 week ago
Wessex Wanderings

Ewelme and Brightwell Baldwin - The first long walk for some time was spurred on because of a forecast change to the weather - with hopefully some much needed rainfall. The excuse for t...
1 week ago
Outdoors

Why Not Croak & Coot Tag Team Competition! - Open Gardens I promised Jen Dening I would give a mention to the Open Garden event taking place this weekend at Stone Rings Close, Harrogate, so here it is...
2 weeks ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

The Loneliness of the Snakeshead Fritillary - May 8 Monday Snake’s head fritillary –rare flowers All day 6 mile walk Car share to Clattinger Farm, Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire Do you remember in the ol...
2 weeks ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Trees and Swifts - Summer visitors have arrived be it a bit later on the Wirral. As we are so centrally placed in the country, birds either arrive north or south first depen...
2 weeks 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...
2 weeks ago
Rambles through Nature

My Best Day - I recently read a short magazine article within which the author described her "best day” during which she had come across some uncommon sea-birds in Cornw...
2 weeks ago
Wildlife Matters

“Simon Says” – Election: Don’t forget the environment - Election, what election? As far as central government is concerned the Wildlife Trusts and our colleagues in other organisations have had our hands full lo...
2 weeks 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 ...
2 weeks 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...
2 weeks 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 ...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Signs of spring unfolding - After a relatively mild and mostly snow-less winter, spring is well underway in the Highlands at this time. Leaves are reappearing on the trees, birdsong i...
3 weeks ago
Julie's Blog

Moth Update for VC60 - Friday 21st & Friday 27th April 2017 - I put my moth light out on Friday 21st April in Nether Kellet. Common Quaker 1 Hebrew Character 1 Parsnip Moth 2 Common Quaker Hebrew Character Parsnip M...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Bit of a Rant - A visit in recent weeks to one of the local ‘Nature Reserves’ was, not unexpectantly, disappointing. When I first went there around seven years ago, it ...
3 weeks ago
Natural Born Blogger

Orange-tips & Blackcaps - Orange-tip – Kenworthy Wood, Northern Moor (opposite Chorlton Water Park) A quick catch-up from St George’s Day and a sunny weekend. Despite a cool breeze ...
3 weeks ago
Bugman Jones

Messing with the data - Last week, walking through the Marks & Spencer’s Newport Isle of Wight store, my attention was caught by a distant croaking bird song “ca-caw, ca-caw” — Ru...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Newhaven Wildlife

Overwintering moths and butterflies: three years of tunnel surveys at Newhaven Fort - We completed our third winter of surveying moths and butterflies in the tunnels at Newhaven Fort in February. The previous two years set a trend in which o...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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
5 weeks ago
The Caged Naturalist

Spring Arrivals - The long weekend promised much, but the cold winds put a dampener on things. By Friday evening, I'd only added *swallow* and *willow warbler*, two birds I ...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

Curry Rivel Wildlife Survey Group weekly reports April / May - Emails between members of Curry Rivel Wildlife Survey Group. ( edited) I will walk Eastfield each week and report what my untrained eye observes. We're aw...
5 weeks ago
Ron's Wildlife Photography blog

Wildlife Photography Workshops - Wildlife Photography Workshops I run a number of workshops to photograph some really special species of wildlife in Scotland and in Northern Sweden from th...
5 weeks ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

The other side of the fence - On Tuesday, Rachel and I ventured the other side of the airfield fence at Gatwick, to learn about the important work of the airside operatives; an integral...
5 weeks 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...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Rambles with a Camera

Arthur's................................................................................................... in Tenerife - My Grandson Arthur is on holiday in Tenerife. Looks like he's having fun.
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Ruffled Feathers

Cracking Finnish! - On Thursday night Jane and I popped down to Ynyslas on the high tides for a session dazzling waders. There wasn't a lot there other than several 100's Oyst...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

Final Visit... - I have been experiencing more problems with the internet connection at home. The problem has now been located, this being a damaged cable leading into the...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Spring in the meadow - OK, it’s not really a meadow – just a bit of grass that only gets mown twice a year, and contains mostly weeds wildflowers (yellow rattle, corncockle, marj...
1 month ago
florafaunauk

Bag Worms - Bagworms The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) which are much overlooked ...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Wild South London

Jack in-the-box - There was a smattering of sun through the cloud, and spring seemed to be uncoiling itself.
2 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.....
2 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...
2 months ago
Seabed Habitats

Sediment Mobility of Maerl Modelling Study - Sediment Mobility of Maerl Modelling Paper out now!
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 months ago
Uisce | Water and words flow through a Celtic environment

Dr. Kathleen Carpenter, pioneering freshwater ecologist, coming to Bangor University, March 2017 - Public Lecture: Bangor University, Thursday 9 March, Thoday Building G23: 1300-1400, 2017 The story of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter (1891-1970), pioneering fresh...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 months ago
Wildlife Snapshots

Looking forward from backwards - It's about this time each year I start to make the plans I then fail to keep. 2016 was going to be foxes, badgers, grebes and little owls ........... and ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
The Wildlifewriter

TIME SENSITIVE - Judging the onset of migration *“The time is out of joint—O cursèd spite,That ever I was born to set it right!Nay, come, let's go together. “* ...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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*,...
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 months ago
indie birder

Dusky Thrush, Beeley, Derbyshire - 5th December 2016 - More twitching, and this time for a fabulous female *Dusky Thrush* in Beeley, near Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire. It was found on Sunday 4th by Beeley re...
5 months ago
Harry's Wildlife

AFON Advent Blog: Gerald Durrell - Starting in the last year of primary school I began to go off the obsession of my childhood, nature, partly because of teasing and partly because I was bor...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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/...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
8 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...
8 months ago
Entomacrographic

Four-banded flower bee - I photographed this Four-banded flower bee Anthophora quadrimaculata during a weekend bee workshop run by Steven Falk, author of the recently published Fie...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 months ago
Notes of Nature

Book Review: Ladybirds by Helen Roy and others - A few years ago I blogged about raising some ladybirds from eggs that I'd found in the garden. This really began an interest in all ladybirds for me. I sa...
9 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.
9 months 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 afterno...
9 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....
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 months ago
Samanta's Wildlife

5 Things you (probably) didn’t know about Puffins - 1: Not all puffins have brightly coloured rainbow beaks Although the Atlantic puffin is the most famous of the puffins it is not the only puffin in the wo...
10 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...
10 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...
10 months ago
Beneath the Boughs

Day 30 – Stay Wild! - Woooo I actually did it! I completed 30 Days Wild. The odd day has been a struggle but I have managed something for every day of June and it’s been fun! To...
10 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...
11 months 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 […]
11 months 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 ...
11 months 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...
11 months 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.
11 months 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
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 mos...
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...
1 year ago
Birding Blog

Beautiful Bluebells - Visited a local woodland a few weeks ago to photograph the bluebells.
1 year 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...
1 year 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
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” listin...
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
Paul's Back Garden Safari

Large Yellow Underwing - Noctua pronuba - One of the most common visitors to the light trap I have put out in the garden over the past month has been the Large Yellow Under-wing. One morning I coun...
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...
2 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...
2 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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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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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Ryan Clark Nature Photography

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Roots'n'Shoots

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Druridge Bay ... Watching Wildlife

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The Wild Photographer

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The Natural World of Wildlife

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Love our Lakes and Parks

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