Tag Archives: Butterfly

Guided butterfly walk

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

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 →

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Day 23 of 30 Days Wild – Revision in the garden

Posted on June 23, 2018 by

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 →

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Day 14 of 30 Days Wild – insects

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

For Day 14 of 30 Days Wild I made a short film clip of the insects in my garden  

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Winter again

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

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 →

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Attachment issues

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

One thing that I find difficult to do while enjoying wildlife is not get emotionally attached. If you have been following my blog for long enough now you will know that I do get emotionally attached and that when something … Continue reading →

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Ivy at the end of October

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

As I look out of the window today, a blanket of grey cloud covers the sky and it has drizzled with rain non stop since I got up this morning. Totally different from yesterday. Yesterday the sun shone all day … Continue reading →

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BBOWT – Hitchcopse Pit

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

BBOWT’s Nature Reserve, Hitchcopse Pit, like Dry Sandford Pit was once a quarry. I visited Dry Sandford Pit in March and had planned to go back in the autumn but we ended up at Hitchcopse pit instead. https://appletonwildlifediary.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/bbowt-dry-sandford-pit/ Hitchcopse Pit … Continue reading →

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