UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers: September 2013

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Cholsey Wildlife

Woundwort Shieldbug - Found yesterday in the garden by Loren and we were not sure what it was. approx the size of a small ladybird around 6mm and did not realise it was a shield...
23 minutes ago
Moths of Boughton-under-Blean

- The fine weather has meant the moth trap has livened up somewhat with 56 moths of 17 species this morning. Best was a rather worn Pine Beauty which was new...
2 hours ago
Wader World

Purple Sandpipers - "Zugunruhe" - Purple Sandpiper - Hengistbury Head, Christchurch - March 2018 *Belated Post:* *The Purple Sandpipers from Friday's visit to Hengistbury Head were so good...
2 hours ago
NI Bird Pics

Wilf Swain - Sparrowhawk and Goldfinch -
2 hours ago
Murf's Wildlife

Continental Cormorants - I grew up on the banks of the River Slaney in Enniscorthy, County Wexford. As young kids in the early 1970's my brother Jim and my cousin Jim, spent most ...
2 hours ago
Brian's Birding Blog

Big up Swarovski - I purchased a pair of Swarovski Binoculars about six years ago and they have served me well since but last weekend whilst at Carlton Marsh the eye cup work...
5 hours ago
Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White

First Cuckoo - ‘Cuck-oo – cuck-oo’. From up in the trees above the badger sett I could hear the first cuckoo of the year calling. It was difficult to work out whereabouts...
6 hours ago
Killy Birder

A Tale of Two Feathers - I’ve been quite neglectful of the blog recently and thought I ought to get something written. In part my neglect has been down to the fact I’m involved in...
10 hours ago
Common By Nature

Hauxley: a triumpth of accessibility - My relationship with NWT’s Hauxley Nature Reserve goes back a long way: to my childhood no less when, during my middle school days, it served as the perfec...
11 hours ago
NI Birds

Bird News Thursday 19th April - A Cuckoo has been calling for the last couple of days at Ballee on the outskirts of Ballymena, Co. Antrim. (David Morrow) Four Mediterranean Gulls and a Ru...
11 hours ago
Midmarsh Jottings

Houston, We've Had A Problem - Some time around mid-day yesterday the Great Tit nest was invaded. A bumble bee decided to set up residence: Soon after that Mrs GT returned with some mor...
15 hours ago
Wilden Marsh

Blooming Lovely - I walked through Hoo Wood last night. Bluebell, honesty and forget-me-not seem to have bloomed during the last 24 hours.
17 hours ago
Birding For Pleasure

GOOD FENCES - These are three images taken at Bangor Marina surrounded by sea walls. I am linking to GOOD FENCES. *Many thanks for visiting and also leaving comments.*
18 hours ago
Hampshire Dragonflies

Awakening - Wednesday 18th April Our delightful climate has delayed this year’s season,; a couple of pond emergence’s and the first wild sightings (as usual) down in C...
23 hours ago
My Life Outside

Red Squirrels, Loch Leven and an Aquatic Stoat - Words and images from 25/03/2018 Of all the things I’d expected from this trip a slightly tender forehead was not one of them. And can you really blame me?...
1 day ago
Murtagh's Meadow

Prolific Primroses - The primroses in the hedgerow bank near our house are flowering in prolific profusion. There are always primroses here. The dappled shade from the hawthorn...
1 day ago
Pegler Birding

Another Scilly Sojourn (Pt.2) - 16th to 19th March, 2018 - *This is the second part of my report on our visit to the Isles of Scilly in March. The first part can be found here.* *Friday 16th March Peninnis ...
1 day ago
Ecologica

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

Early morning at Maysbrook - Still struggling to add any new summer migrants but at least the sun was shining 😊 Bluebells are starting to blossom Great Tit gathering nest material How ...
1 day ago
Butterfly Islands

Orange Tips Busy in my Local Woods. - It was shirt sleeve weather today with temperatures topping 23 degrees celcius.At Walters Copse the trees and saplings are bursting into green and the prim...
1 day ago
Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield

Bats of the Porter Valley - Friday 20 April 2018 Weather conditions look perfect for a good bat night. Meet at the entrance to Bingham Park at the corner of Rustlings and Oakbrook Roa...
1 day ago
An English Wood

‘The monarch of the wood’ #trees - From ‘The Oak Tree’ by Mary Howitt. Quercus robur. Picture taken April 5.
1 day ago
A life at the shoreline

Black Brant (type) on The Rine - The joys of giving a family member a lift to and from Ballyvaghan is that I have had a chance to spend a good few hours a week along that stretch of Nort...
1 day ago
Why watch wildlife?

Moorlands Nature Reserve, April 2018 - Moorlands is a local Yorkshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve that I have been visiting since I was a boy and it continues to be a place that delights me. I...
1 day ago
Lancashire and Lakeland Outback Adventure Wildlife Safaris

Scales and fluffy stuff - *The Safari took advantage* of some early morning sun in the weather forecast and planned a trip down the coast to the local lizard hotspot. *CR* drove the...
2 days ago
Flying high!

White Storks nesting in Silves, Algarve, Portugal. - It was great to see so many White Storks in the town of Silves busily flying to and fro over the town and the Arade river, in the main gathering nesting ma...
2 days ago
Tricia's Tales

Claremont Gardens.. new leaves on trees and warmth - Off to Claremont Gardens today... it was a chilly wind but the clouds didn't produce the wet stuff and the sun came out periodically. The light was strang...
2 days ago
Landscapism

Pagan sampler interlude - New substantive post on the way soon, an archaeology of walking; in the meantime here's a musical interlude, some post-Easter pagan and animist sounds. Tr...
2 days ago
Jottings of a novice nature watcher!

Spring at last - Despite the awful weather spring has decided to make an appearance, many flowers and trees are later than usual but
2 days ago
Sketchbook Squirrel

Sprung! - *'A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, **A cloud, and a rainbow's warning, Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue**-- An April day in the morning.'* Harriet P...
2 days ago
Esticadinho Nature

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

Yellowstone I - Setting the scene - We arrived in Bozeman after a couple of busy flights, courtesy in part to joining the masses heading for the Super Bowl in Minneapolis, our layover airport...
3 days ago
Pam's Place

A Stand Off - Last Monday as I left for work I could see a flock of Starlings screeching around a car park near home and as I got closer the screeching got worse. A coup...
3 days ago
Linacre Blogger

Starling Nest 2018 - the first eggs - The weather this Spring has been very stop and go, with temperatures below average and lots of rain. As a result, the *Starlings* that nest in a box on the...
3 days ago
Birding with Flowers

Easter Break Snaps - A lot of the Easter Break was either overcast or very wet, so I haven't been sent as many images as usual, although as few have arrived in the past week. ...
3 days ago
Keith Balmer on six legs...

Primula vulgaris x veris - I found this cross between a Primrose and a Cowslip, making it *Primula vulgaris x veris*, in Chicksands Wood today. Rather attractive I think.
3 days ago
Ian McCall

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3 days ago
Random Jottings

Out Again - At last, things were a little more cheerful this morning, so we set out once again for a longer walk around Shipley Park. Despite the fine forecast, we did...
3 days ago
Birds to Bryophytes

Possible grey-bellied brant, Banks marsh - Preparations for our now imminent departure to Aus combined with a desire on my part to work as many hours as possible before we go have been somewhat al...
3 days ago
Musings on the Wild

Ongoing Projects - an update - I haven't posted in awhile and there are some good reasons for that, so I thought I would update you on whats going on. Over the last two weeks, the weathe...
4 days ago
Austin's Birding Blog

15/04/2018 Leighton Moss RSPB - Western Yellow Wagtail: This male Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg) or more commonly known as a black-headed yellow wagtail was showing we...
4 days ago
Birders in Boxers

Staying local....... - On a beautiful spring day I decided to stay local yesterday and checked a few woodlands for Common Redstart, Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler but without s...
4 days ago
Valley Naturalist

From Malaga to Newport - Puerto de la Calleta de Velez, Malaga, Spain. Thanks to Jose Sanchez Cordero I've now recieved information about the colour ringed *lesser black-backed gu...
4 days ago
The Early Birder

Burton Mere - These pictures were taken last Spring on an a visit to the RSPB reserve at Burton Mere on the Wirral. Lots of different birds on show and making themselves...
4 days ago
Another Bird Blog

Early Pipit Late Owl - A 6 am start beckoned and I met Andy at Oakenclough in near perfect conditions - a light southerly, and compared to recent weeks, a temperature that felt q...
5 days ago
The Cowboy Birder

Black Redstart in my Garden! - I thought Friday 13th was meant to be unlucky! There I was, bleary eyed and tucking into my usual pre-work bowl of porridge when a bird caught my eye throu...
6 days ago
Zygoma

Friday mystery object #327 answer - Last week I gave you this mystery bone to identify: As I suspected, it was simultaneously easy and difficult: easy because it’s clearly an os penis or bacu...
6 days ago
Purbeck Footprints

In Search of the Sun - High above the coast path is another trail that heads west, it mirrors the one below and gives a bird’s eye view of the cliffs both to the east and the w...
1 week ago
Elliot's Birding Diaries

The Journey: 100 Miles for Cameron - On the 29th of March I set out on a 106 mile trek from my home in Birkenhead, Cheshire across North Wales to the picturesque seaside town of Aberdaron, on ...
1 week ago
Ring Watching At Antrim Marina

4 BH Gulls - Back Home... - Saturday 7th April 2018 My main aim this afternoon, was to visit Millisle, which is a 'hotspot' for Common Gull ring sightings. I planned my...
1 week ago
Too Lazy To Weed

It’s a Frog’s Life - I’ve been virtually staking out our allotment pond since the middle of February, hoping for frog spawn. As it turns out, it was probably a good job we did...
1 week ago
Pete Cooper Wildlife

Silent Fields Revisited: Don’t let shifting baselines tell us how much nature we can have - Memories are fickle old things. They are the sum of who we are as people. Our best days and worst days, while long gone physically, can stay with us for li...
1 week ago
Gabriel Hemery

Silvology defined - Silvology: redefining the biological science for the study of forests With co-author Jens Peter Skovsgaard I propose a formal definition for a term that ...
1 week ago
Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.

Fathomed Grey - "For windswept bows towards the East, While cruel over sea and land rose the beast, Larks singing, Wheatear chase to their base, Hollies and Haws intersp...
1 week ago
Islay Natural History Trust

Learning English as a foreign language with Islay's Nature as the theme. - Would you be interested in teaching and hosting students who wish to learn English as a foreign language on Islay? Nicholas Waller will be visiting Islay ...
1 week ago
Wild Barley

Changing of the seasons - The morning started off grey, over cast, with an ever so slight nip in the air. The bushes and trees of the farm remain relatively subdued. This time last ...
1 week ago
Philip Strange Science and Nature Writing

The Lyme Regis Museum – a treasure trove fit for the 21st century - The Lyme Regis Museum reopened last year after a major makeover including the addition of a new wing named after Mary Anning, the famous fossil hunter an...
1 week ago
Matt Cole Wildlife Photography

Outdoor Photography Article - I'm very pleased to have a 7 page guide to insect macro photography in the latest (May) issue of Outdoor Photography magazine. The article provides some po...
1 week ago
Sustainable Garden

the furious glare of the little owl ... - To New Farm where Little Owls seem to have adopted at least one of the nest boxes we made and sited. Unfortunately, the boxes also provide bespoke accommod...
1 week ago
UK Wildlife

Pond creature ‘Big stacks’ – Stacking using focus bracketing - After good feedback on some stacked images, over the last few months I have been trying to get close ups of various pond creatures using a technique known ...
1 week ago
Hethersett Birdlife

Spring and Fen magic. - This week saw undeniable signs of spring as both chiffchaff and blackcap started singing in the centre of the village, with many garden birds prospecting n...
1 week ago
Wildlife Conservation from the Heart of the Levels in Somerset UK

Wild flowers and "Plantlife" - *This is a good time to get out looking for wildflowers in our verges, hedges and nature reserves.This is an extract from Plantlife's latest newslette...
1 week ago
Daft Mumblings | …of a concerned amateur

The Thin Green Line - Sitting in the Protection caravan with drops falling heavy on the roof and streams running down the windows, it’s easy to feel cocooned and shut in away fr...
1 week ago
The Heirs of Gilbert

6th April - Large areas of floodwater south of the village again this evening. Birds on here included a record count of 22 Shelduck… These flying birds included call...
1 week ago
Wildlife Matters

“Simon Says” – Oil in Poole Bay: now is the time to stand up for wildlife - (Above an example of an offshore oil rig) Drilling in Poole Bay Recently a proposal to drill a 1,800m deep exploration oil well out at sea in Poole Bay was...
1 week ago
Wessex Wanderings

East Ilsley and Stanmore - March proved no good for walks, there were two cold snaps with snow and most of the time it was grey with quite a lot of rain. With local flooding closin...
2 weeks ago
Birding the day away!

Caspian Gull ~ 1st.W ~ Dungeness, Kent - 31.03.18 - *This was the 2nd Caspian Gull for the day at Dungeness, Kent.* *Early evening having just had the polish ringed bird and this monster joins in the melee .....
2 weeks ago
I Love Arnside and Silverdale

Snippets of Wealth 2 - *Thursday 19th April 2018 - Holme Stinted Pastures, Holme Park Fell, Farleton Fell, Hutton Roof Common, Burton Fell, Lancelot Clark Storth 1000hrs to 16...
2 weeks ago
EFRS

The heat is on - *(CLICK ON A PIC AND IT WILL GO BIG)* Yes it was indeed. The sun, a bit like this blog, hasn't been seen like for ever. So being the fair weather bir...
2 weeks ago
Coffee Shop Nature Notes

Dunnock Spring - Without dwelling too much on the wonderful positioning of the Wirral Peninsula...again...what was the worst day of the winter for the rest of the country w...
2 weeks ago
Bangor West Patchwork Challenge

Winter hangs on in there - It looks like spring is finally on the way as things are happening albeit slowly. Birdsong in the garden is ramping up- I was doing a bit of cutting and ti...
2 weeks ago
A Birding Odyssey

Golden Eagles.....cautionary advice from someone who really knows. - May I urge everyone to read a Blog entry from friend and past colleague, Dave Dick. Whilst it refers to South Scotland and the reintroduction of Golden Eag...
2 weeks ago
Cornish Rock Pools

Warming up for the Weekend - Spring tides and slightly more spring-like weather might finally coincide this weekend, so I’m preparing for a big weekend of rock pooling. If all goes to ...
3 weeks ago
The Caged Naturalist

Lesser (Not very) Redpoll - Today felt like the first day of Spring for me, with the sun having some genuine warmth to it. Work commitments and a weekend break in London meant I've mi...
3 weeks ago
Hemel Birding

NEW SOCIAL MEDIA, & BLOG COMING SOON - *Regular visitors will have noticed a decrease in posts to the HEMEL NATURE blog - this is because I have been living & working out of the area, & due to ...
3 weeks ago
The Lyons Den

Gray see slug - Had an unexpected day free Sunday so headed to Seaford Head for a spot of bird-watching when I suddenly realised the tide was pretty good. Bird-watching s...
3 weeks ago
Butterfly Pictures

More Graphs! - In my previous post I compared last year's butterfly records with the average for the previous five years. I then realised that back in 2001 I had a job a...
3 weeks ago
Jane Smith Wildlife Art

Project Puffin - When I was invited to spend a week working with RSPB's Project Puffin team last year, I didn't realise that I would have to travel all the way to the mo...
3 weeks ago
Wildlife Wanderings

Early spring on RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset - THE warm weather has kick started spring with amphibians, reptiles and insects appearing at last, and resident birds singing: toads brimstone comma roe d...
3 weeks ago
Barcode Ecology

Dreaming of summer – Latvian wildlife part 1 - Spring is taking forever to properly arrive, and more cold weather is due. I’ve sown various seeds, and even have a few seedlings, but spring (let alone ...
3 weeks ago
Hedgeland Tales

Goldfinch on a teasel (back lit) -
3 weeks ago
shirls gardenwatch

The Siskin Garden Party - Outside the window, a bobbing tail of the mostly monochrome Pied Wagtail waved as if to say “Sorry, I missed last week’s photoshoot deadline for infrequent...
4 weeks ago
Ruffled Feathers

Waxwing-less - This time last year we were caught-up in a veritable Waxwing fest. A flock of up to 100 birds graced the local town of Newbridge-on-Wye for nearly 4 months...
4 weeks ago
Seabed Habitats

Geoscience and Sustainable Development - Guest Post by Dr. Joel C. Gill Executive Director, Geology for Global Development Joel is an interdisciplinary geoscientist, integrating natural and social...
4 weeks ago
Wildlife Photographic Journals

Exploring Extremadura: Day 3 pm - An Evening on the Tiles - After waking from the afternoon siesta, I stepped out of the darkness into the brilliant sunshine bathing the small balcony of my room. It did not look pro...
4 weeks ago
Rockablog

Rare bird numbers skyrocket on Rockabill! - The Rockablog comes out of hibernation early this year with some great news - the Rockabill conservation project has been *nominated for a prestigious awa...
4 weeks ago
Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation News

Hidden landscapes, Dynamic habitats & Sphagnum? - Further to the previous blog post inviting people to the public presentations at our Annual Meeting on Friday 6 April, the Executive are pleased to provide...
4 weeks ago
Harbour Master

UPDATED ON WHITE STORK 1269 - This the lastest message i have had from project stork the first word it said was yes was a answer to my question is he WILD,many would say NO but we hav...
4 weeks ago
Alan Watson Featherstone's Blog

Sun, snow & ice in Glen Affric, part 3 - On the 26th of February, exactly two weeks after the day that featured in part 2 of this blog, I went back out to the glen again. I didn’t realise it when ...
4 weeks ago
Wild and Wonderful

7-spot Ladybirds - a Seasonal First - I could feel the warmth of the sun coming through the glass earlier this afternoon, and went outside to find three Ladybirds in the back garden and two m...
4 weeks ago
Ron Bury's Wildlife

Helping ‘The Reds Return’ to the Highlands - Red squirrel © Peter Cairns Trees for Life has launched an appeal to raise £22,000 to ensure a better future for red squirrels in the Highlands of Scotland...
4 weeks ago
Yorkie's Wildlife Photos

An afternoon with a Kingfisher -
5 weeks ago
Pear tree and Beyond

Blackcaps Return 2018 ! - I was beginning to think that the wintering Blackcaps were not going to show this winter, every winter since 2015, Blackcaps have emerged from there winte...
5 weeks ago
LENS: Long Eaton Natural History Society

What is a Longhorn Beetle? - Beetles have hardened backwings called elytra and biting mouthparts and undergo complete metamorphosis, from egg to larva to pupa to adult. There are at ...
5 weeks ago
Biodiversity Gatwick

An undisclosed amount of coffee - The blog has been quiet of late due to spending most of winter in isolation, constantly (plugging? Chipping? Hacking?) away at Gatwick's Five Year Biodiver...
1 month ago
Entomacrographic

Pure gold - I often meet up with Paul Darby ex Wiltshire Wildlife Trust for a pint and a bag of twiglets and inevitably our conversation turns to wildlife. Recently he...
1 month ago
Frank Anderson Photography

Beast from the East comes to the North East - They named it ‘The Beast from the East’, the cold and snowy weather that hit the country last week. Most people seemed content with staying in out of th...
1 month ago
National Trust Fell Rangers

Tree planting in Grasmere and peat bog restoration work in Ullswater - It's been a busy few weeks since our last post so here's a taster of what we've been up to. Earlier on, in mid-February, we spent a week tree plant...
1 month ago
A year of my nature hunting

Post 482 - A surprising Spring brings beautiful birds. - Snowdrops poking through the snowHey everyone. Post 482 today and I thought I'd write up a few things I've noticed recently. I was quite surprised to hear...
1 month ago
The Street Tree

Winter-flowering Cherry – the Great Deceiver - You may have noticed – possibly with some alarm – the delicate, yet persistent blooms of the winter-flowering Cherry which have been flowering for months n...
1 month ago
Views of the Ock

Resident Fieldfare - It has been very cold and also heavy snow here in Oxfordshire (although not as heavy as some parts of the country http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43251824) So ...
1 month ago
Bugman Jones

Are you an actor? - He wasn’t the first person to peer inquisitively over my shoulder that day, but he certainly had the most questions. “Are you an actor?” was his first. “No...
1 month ago
BTO Cymru

Dates for your diary - 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 Wa...
1 month ago
The Wild West!

Back on the Wight (Day 2) - Day 2 back on the Isle of Wight: after breakfast I drove to the chalk downs above Mottistone to meet up with an old (young) friend, George Greiff. Over the...
1 month ago
LOOSE AND LEAFY in Winter

PLEASE ADJUST YOUR URLS - The latest post at the new blog 'Loose and Leafy in Halifax' is . SHROGGS The post is about a park at the top of the hill just out of sight in the upper...
1 month ago
The farm upon the hill | Wildlife blog from West Wales

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

Catching the Worm - *Migration Forecasts 2018, #1* *Yep – it's that time of year again....* The end of February is the period when some early birds are already feeling the...
1 month ago
holdingmoments

Update 9 - A big thank you to my friends that have shown support while I've had this, it's meant a lot. And a massive virtual hug to my boy Whisky. Be good. ...
1 month ago
Natural Born Blogger

Knott End-on-Sea - Great to finally catch up with the over-wintering Twite at Knott End. During the past few years they’ve become a regular feature favouring the area adjacen...
1 month ago
European Trees

The Future of British Trees is Dependent on Those in the Communities in which the Trees Grow. - Our trees are awesome. These incredible, carbon munching, landscape making organisms are much cleverer than we ever thought and much, much older, (proven b...
2 months ago
Rain Geese and Selkies

The Gift of Trees - Televåg, Norway A cold but sunny morning in mid-May and the village of Televåg seems exceptionally tranquil. A young woman wearing sunglasses guides a pu...
2 months ago
Northern Ireland Black-headed Gull Colour-ringing Project

Finding out more about Hoodies - In an attempt to find out more about Hooded Crows (love them or hate them......we don’t know a lot about their movements and even less about their populat...
2 months ago
A.W.Birder: Always on the lookout for fine birds...

2017 A Big Work Year! - Working for Birding Ecotours I get the opportunity to travel around the world and show people some amazing birds, and for that I am very lucky, and truly g...
2 months ago
Irish Wildlife Photography

Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) -
2 months ago
leavesnbloom

Saying it with Flowers Solo Exhibition - Are you visiting Edinburgh in February? If you are then you’re very welcome to drop by Close Photography Gallery. Why? Because you can visit my first ever ...
2 months ago
Dawn Monrose Nature Photography

Tales from the Riverbank - The thin January light seeps through Winter’s brown stems, warming the muddy tones faintly golden. The cold grips my limbs despite three layers, as I sit f...
2 months ago
In a Beekeepers Garden

MSF Mission - Two weeks ago I received my mission which was to Kirkuk in Iraq it would have been for 6 months and I was really looking forward to it but half way through...
2 months ago
Hagbourne Wildlife

Garden Birdwatch 2018 - Another RSPB annual Big Garden Birdwatch, and ten years’ data from the local patch (click the image for an expanded view in Flickr). As always, some regula...
2 months ago
Wisdom of a Wazzock

More Jan - Meanders Stubbing Lane: there appear to be at least four roads of that name in addition to our Worksop one: Sheffield, Halifax, Skipton and Sowerby Bridge....
2 months ago
The Wild Photographer

WWE NXT recap, reactions, video highlights : With a bang - *Title : WWE NXT recap, reactions, video highlights : With a bang * Posted 25 January 2018 Velveteen Dream directs his own video for a promo about his main...
2 months ago
Cabinet of Curiosities

Bullfinches - *There have been bullfinches in the garden almost every day since Christmas. The attraction for them is a winter-flowering cherry Prunus subhirtella aut...
3 months ago
Considering Birds

The Blessing Of Chalk - New Year’s Day For us and the friends staying with us for New Year, our January 1st fresh start was up on the highest chalk in Britain* at Walbury Hill, en...
3 months ago
Marilyn's Wildlife Diary

Pan Species 2017 - This is the time of year to look back at what was seen over the last 12 months, and to look forward to doing more in the next 12 (where have I heard that b...
3 months ago
Julie's Blog

Wildlife Camera Trap - Hedgehog Time in Our Garden -
3 months ago
The Natural Stone

7 weeks in Costa Blanca - In March 2017 we decided we would like to give up regular work. To do this we would need to rent out the house to provide an income and live somewhere chea...
3 months ago
Bug Mad Girl

Christmas Art Show 2017 - Welcome to my Christmas art show! I hope you enjoy looking at some of the pictures I've drawn and painted this year. Have a wonderful Christmas and New...
3 months ago
naturestimeline

A toast to National Robin Day - Celebrating our Songbirds on National Robin Day.
3 months ago
Springhill Lane Wildlife

End of an era? - [image: land sale copy] Having not blogged about the lane for some time (due to my FTP problems) it is sad to recommence with the possible end of the fie...
4 months ago
Ashenbank Woods - A Local Patch !

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

Wistman's Wood in winter - Last weekend I teamed up with budding botanist Alex Mills for a brief stomp around Dartmoor. We dumped the car by the side of the road at Two Bridges and h...
4 months ago
Rambles with a Camera

- I've just watched the film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for the first time. It's taken me a week to watch it on Youtube. Half an hour an evening for seven days....
4 months ago
Donegal Wildlife

Another update! - On 14th September 2014, I posted about a Stigmella perpygmaeella leaf mine on Hawthorn with a hymenopteran parasite in the mine. I couldn't get any further...
4 months ago
Hares on the Hill

Dark Frozen Water - Most of the time a muddy frozen puddle looks exactly just that, but very occasionally it can look as if someone has painted it. What struck me about this s...
4 months ago
Notes of Nature

Wordless Wednesday: Some Lanterns at Longleat Festival of Light 2017 -
4 months ago
From the muddy banks of the Dee....

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

Evolution not revolution, St Abb’s Head Lighthouse - A new flashing LED light was installed earlier this year to replace the old revolving lens system. The new LED system is a small box tacked onto the outsid...
4 months ago
Naturanaute

Danish day - I was invited earlier this year to talk at a brilliant conference in Malmö, Sweden (more about this later). My travel plans made for an early arrival into ...
4 months ago
Views from an urban lake

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

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

Otter-ly Brilliant! - I must have spent so much time out in the Broads lately that Otters now think I am part of the landscape! Let me explain how, for a brief moment today, I b...
5 months ago
Druridge Diary

Seawatching - The weather forecast today was for strong northerlies, become lighter as the day went on - which meant it could be good for seawatching. The wind was out o...
5 months ago
A Small Field Called Ellers Meadow

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

Ural Owl, Czech Republic. - I am a big fan of owls, any owls from any wherein the world. But I think that the Ural owl is just about my favorite owl. These image where taken in the...
6 months ago
Newhaven Wildlife

The end of the survey season at Newhaven's Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve - The dodgy weather during the first half of the week meant that I didn't get out until Thursday lunchtime. There was a decidedly autumnal feel (if it's not...
6 months ago
Isle of Wight Dragons

Top Highlight of 2017 - We enjoyed some excellent early summer weather this year and the dragonflies responded with plenty of sightings at the usual sites.Unfortunately the period...
6 months ago
florafaunauk

Lap Wings RSPB Old Moor - Lap Wings at RSPB Old Moor [image: Lapwing Vanellus vanellus] [image: Lapwing Vanellus vanellus] [image: Lapwing Vanellus vanellus] [image: Lapwing ...
6 months ago
Wildlife on our Allotment

Figwort Sawfly - When I found this (and another one with it) I thought they were caterpillars. I love the frilly Pierrot-style it has! I identified it by searching for 'wri...
6 months ago
exploringwildlife.blogspot.co.uk

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

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

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

Saran dan Masukan Agar Blog Bisa Menghasilkan Dollar - World Ranger Blog | Saran dan Masukan Agar Blog Bisa Menghasilkan Dollar - Ada beberapa hal yang wajib atau perlu dilengkapi terlebih dahulu semoga blog ya...
8 months ago
The Curious Naturalist

Wildflower meadow management at Chapel Green, Rocklands - Today villagers got together to carry out the annual cut of Chapel Green wild-flower meadow. Further posts on this wonderful local asset, managed by the c...
8 months ago
Harry's Wildlife

High on Fritillaries - So, in late July I went to the Lake District with my family, and no matter how glorified it is compared with its biological value, Arnside still has good b...
8 months ago
Zoo Volunteer

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

August 2017 - I should be outside painting the window frames but the rain arrived. The wooden frames were my idea ... people kept telling me to go for plastic ones bu...
8 months ago
The Early Birder

Lowland Heath Specialities. - During a butterfly foray on *Chobham Common* last weekend despite being plagued by inclement weather I managed to get a few images of some of the speci...
8 months ago
indie birder

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

Roman Bridge, Galloway Forest Park - 7th May 2016 -
9 months ago
FABirding

Inquisitive Doe. - I came across this *Roe Doe* hiding in one of the local farmer's crop fields recently. She was monitoring all the comings and goings along a nearby footpa...
9 months ago
Wildlife in my local patch

Photos for Dof E skill section - A selection of photos from the last 6 months to illustrate my developing interest in nature photography. The post Photos for Dof E skill section appeared...
9 months ago
Lee Brady's Recording Blog

Adder Hibernacula - What criteria should we use to define adder hibernacula? After all, hibernaculua are not necessarily just holes in the ground. One approach is to identify ...
9 months ago
Beneath the Boughs

Day 29 – Bat - I completely forgot to share this square yesterday! I posted it on instagram but neglected the blog – sorry! So here’s day 29: I really struggled to get a ...
9 months 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...
9 months ago
Inspired by Ecology

1000 species challenge - Meadow grassland at Westmeston Church - not as many species as earlier in the year*Introduction* As part of the summer's activities of Pan-Species lister...
9 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 months ago
Bird and Bug Diaries...

- Manchester worker bee, based on the mosaics situated throughout the city centre
10 months 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*...
10 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 months ago
Steve Oakes' Wildlife Photography Blog ~ Latest Updates

Wild Bird Photography by Steve Oakes - 23 May 2017, Macedonia. - My wife and I made our almost annual trip to Macedonia last week. It's always a chance to do some photography which, as you'll probably notice from the r...
10 months ago
flockmentality | Feral goose chasing

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11 months 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...
11 months 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...
11 months 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...
11 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...
11 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...
1 year 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 year ago
Wild South London

Jack in-the-box - There was a smattering of sun through the cloud, and spring seemed to be uncoiling itself.
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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*,...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Murmuration

Bat Out Of Hell - Image: Jo SinclairA bat evacuated the attic in the blazing light of day. It flew rapidly back and forth, looking uncertain of the way back in, but eventua...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 -
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Photographing Dabbling Ducks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 Days of Wild - Day 10 - Patch - Having a patch is where it all began for me, starting from the bottom up, learning the basics, learning the patterns of annual cycles and seasons, and t...
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
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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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.
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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 [...
4 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...
4 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. ...
4 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...
4 years ago
Ann Kelley - On The Edge

POND - ALDERFLY?
4 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
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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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. ...
5 years ago
Wildlife of Breen Oakwood

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

Swan feed, at the WWT Welney -
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
Big Cat Detective

Muntjac sniffing about. HD with sound..Pt 3 -
5 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...
5 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)...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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:...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 years ago
Beneath the Stream

Owl vs. Goose: Winner Takes All - Our perception of the natural world continues to take its place as the virtue that divides mankind. But what these perceptions represent has changed and ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 years ago
The Badger's Eye

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