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- Big Butterfly Count 2018 – Garden
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- Day 30 of 30 Days Wild – Roundup
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- Day 21 of 30 Days Wild – Citizen science
- Day 20 Of 30 Days Wild – Ladybirds
- If you go down to the woods today – June 2018
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Snorkelling at Bembridge
One of my favourite parts of our visit to the Isle of Wight was snorkelling at Bembridge. Filming underwater opens up a whole new world of creatures, including crabs, juvenile Ballan wrasse, sea anemones and multitudes of other tiny fish. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, coast, nature, outdoors, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Underwater, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged ballan wrasse, Bembridge, Blogging, Gopro, Isle of Wight, shore crab, snorkelling, Underwater, velvet crab
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Rockpooling – Isle of Wight
I’ve just come back from a spending a few days on the Isle of Wight. On one of the days we went rockpooling with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The session was held at Bembridge beach. As the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Camping, coast, Environment, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Bembridge, Blogging, crabs, Isle of Wight, Little Egret, rock pools, Sea urchin, sealife, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wildlife Trust, winkles
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Glow worms
On the first day of the holiday my family sat down and made a list of things we would like to do over the summer. Some of the ideas were things such as catching up with people we haven’t seen … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, creepy crawlies, Environment, insects, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Environment, Glow worm, insects, nature, nature photography, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Big Butterfly Count – wildflower meadow
This afternoon we walked across to our nearby wildflower meadow which was planted by our local farmer a couple of years ago. The area is mainly Ox-eye daisies that are now going over, knapweed, thistles, yarrow, St John’s wort, ragwort … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Butterfly, Citizen science, hedgerows, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Blogging, Brown Argus, Citizen science, Environment, Green-veined white, Knapweed, Large White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, science, small copper, small white, speckled wood, The Big Butterfly Count, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Big Butterfly Count 2018 – Garden
Hopefully this will be the first of a few butterfly counts for this year. The Big Butterfly Count was launched in 2010 as a way to assess the environment because Butterflies are an important and early indicator as to what is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Butterfly, Citizen science, Environment, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged butterflies, Environment, Gatekeeper, large white butterfly, Meadow Brown, nature, painted lady, peacock butterfly, photography, Ringlet, Secret World, Silver-washed fritillary, The Big Butterfly Count, Wood mouse
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Guided butterfly walk
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to help out on one of Richard Lewington’s guided butterfly walks. Richard is not only fantastic at spotting and identifying butterflies but illustrating them as well. Check out his website http://www.richardlewington.co.uk/ … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Butterfly, hedgerows, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Brimstone butterfly, Butterfly, Gatekeeper, Green-veined white, Guided walk, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, nature, Purple Emperor, Purple Hairstreak, Ringlet, Silver-washed fritillary, Small Skipper, small white, speckled wood, White Admiral, wildlife, woodlands
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Day 30 of 30 Days Wild – Roundup
I thought I’d make a short film about my favourite moments of 30 Days Wild of 2018
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Animals, birds, Blogging, Environment, Every child wild, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Bee orchid, Blogging, Dogs, Environment, fox, Full moon, insects, nature, pond, seal, Wildflowers, wildlife, Wildlife photography, wood pigeon
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