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Day 16 – 30 Days Wild – Butterflies
The recent warm weather as meant the bramble hedge close to my house is covered in butterflies
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Animals, Butterfly, Environment, Get Your Boots On, hedgerows, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books
Tagged 30 Days Wild, brambles, Butterfly, Get Your Boots On, nature, painted lady, Small tortoiseshell, wildlife
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Big Butterfly Count 2021
It’s time for the Big Butterfly Count. This citizen science UK wide survey started on the 16th July and runs to the 8th August. You can find out more details here https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ Here are a few photos I took on … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Butterfly, Citizen science, Environment, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, survey, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Butterfly, Marbled White, nature, Small tortoiseshell, survey, The Big Butterfly Count, wildlife
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30 Days Wild – Day 7 – Butterflies
In between the rain showers today there were long patches of sunshine that the butterflies took advantage of. Along one hedgerow and down into the flower meadow I came across these few species of butterfly.
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Butterfly, Environment, hedgerows, Local patch, nature, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife photography
Tagged Butterfly, Meadow Brown, nature, oxeye daisy, Skipper, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly
The temperature hit 13 degrees celsius afternoon and a few butterflies were out and about. Firstly, a Brimstone flew over the garden. Around 3pm a Comma butterfly fluttered around but didn’t settle, then in floated this Peacock butterfly, which settled … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Butterfly, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography
Tagged Books, Butterfly, education, garden, garden wildlife, nature, nature photography, peacock butterfly, self isolation, wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography
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Second Butterfly count
Second butterfly count was at Bernwood forest. 1pm. Temperature was 31 degrees, sunshine Bernwood Forest has its own Butterfly trail and occasionally sightings of the Purple Emperor. Unfortunately we didn’t spot one of those, but did see: 13 x Silver … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Butterfly, Citizen science, Environment, Get Your Boots On, hedgerows, insects, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Bernwood forest, Brimstone butterfly, Butterfly, Citizen science, Get Your Boots On, Large White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Silver-washed fritillary, Skipper, The Big Butterfly Count, wildlife
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Big Butterfly Count number one
Each year Butterfly Conservation run the Big Butterfly Count. The idea is to count the butterflies you can see from a fixed position for 15 minutes, then submit your sightings. The first Big Butterfly Count of this year was quite … Continue reading
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 23 of 30 Days Wild – Revision in the garden
My end of year exams start on Monday, so a lot of time has been taken up revising. I’m not sure revising out in the garden is the best idea for me as I keep getting distracted by all the … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, garden, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Blue tit, Butterfly, garden, GCSE, Meadow Brown, nature, Oxfordshire, snail, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Day 14 of 30 Days Wild – insects
For Day 14 of 30 Days Wild I made a short film clip of the insects in my garden
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Butterfly, creepy crawlies, garden, insects, Local patch, photography, Uncategorized
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Butterfly, garden, insects, Local patch, wildlife
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Winter again
After seeing my first Brimstone Butterfly of the year on Friday my local patch seems to have returned to winter this weekend. I do wonder how all the butterflies, bees, other insects and plants which started to emerge in the … Continue reading
Posted in Local patch, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Butterfly, nature, photography, rabbit, Roe deer, wildlife
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