It was fantastic to see the return of some decent weather yesterday and after finishing work we decided that it was high time we made a first trip of #30DaysWild out onto our local patch. Regular readers will by now be more than a little familiar with this area as Read more…
I think the less said about Monday’s weather the better, don’t you? Like many of my fellow participants in #30DaysWild we found ourselves faced with a day of near continuous, heavy rainfall. What’s more we were still in Leeds which meant we had a six hour drive ahead of us Read more…
Sunday was our first real opportunity to do something properly big for #30DaysWild and it doesn’t get much bigger than 250,000 seabirds on some massive chalk cliffs. And where would we find such a spectacle? At Bempton of course. It had been years since my last visit to one of Read more…
Day three of #30DaysWild found us in Leeds for a wedding. A change of location then but definitely no change in our attempt at doing something wild every single day in June. With time limited (something about needing to put on a suit and polish my shoes apparently) we decided Read more…
For us day two of #30DaysWild has been all about citizen science. That is to say the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists. Thanks Google, couldn’t have said it better Read more…
Today marks the official start of #30DaysWild and it’s been really encouraging reading what everyone’s been up to. Encouraging and frustrating as while it seemed that the wider populace was off having their own wild adventure, muggings here was stuck at work. Not to worry though as I had a Read more…
Tomorrow marks the start of June (I know!) and with it the Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild challenge. Its premise is a simple one. Can you do something wild every single day in June? Sounds easy and as a nature lover I’d like to say that I already do, but Read more…
This year will see big changes coming to my little corner of the world. Not the slow creep of urbanisation which continues to erode our countryside but full on, landscape wide transformation. And all apparently in the name of green energy and saving the planet. I’m surely not the first Read more…
The RSPB rather nicely sent me a reminder email last week that I’d yet to submit this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch results. Given that the count took place over a fortnight ago this seemed entirely reasonable and has prompted me into action, with this evenings ramblings the result. For those Read more…
Last Saturday was my first opportunity of 2017 for a proper days birding and, in keeping with my new year resolutions, that meant Patchwork Challenge time. As mentioned previously I’ve abandoned the two patch plan from last year and instead returned to the area that started it all, Cefn Drum Read more…