Month: June 2016

  • Climbing up the window

    Climbing up the window

    I was wondering what my random act of wildness would be for today, when I spotted an insect on the outside of the window. Admittedly it’s not something you normally see from this angle, so it took me a while to figure out exactly what it was, but thanks to my book of wildlife, plus the…

  • Blue sky and fluffy white clouds

    Blue sky and fluffy white clouds

    There wasn’t much opportunity for “wild” today, so it’s a simple cloudscape from this evening. The day started off really cloudy and misty, but by the evening, there were patches of blue sky with a few wispy-looking clouds, mixing in with a contrail or two from planes which flew over a little while ago. #30dayswild

  • Daisy chain

    Daisy chain

    On my allotment, I’ve devoted one area to flowers; most of them are wild flowers from seed sown a year or two ago, but one in particular has taken a liking to that section, and grown larger than it ever has before. The Ox-eye daisy flower looks just like a normal daisy you’d find in the lawn,…

  • Bath time

    Bath time

    There’s a small stone bird bath in the garden – sometimes a Blackbird takes an enthusiastic bath where the water seems to fly everywhere as it flaps its wings, or a Robin might take a bath while another small bird bathes in the plant saucer we’ve put on the step at the base of the…

  • Birdwatching

    Birdwatching

    In the city centre, amidst all the hustle and bustle, there’s a nest box attached to the side of a church. Not the normal kind of nest box you’d attach to a fence or tree in the garden, and hope some Wrens might make themselves at home – this one is considerably larger! The nest box…

  • A sting in the tail?

    A sting in the tail?

    There was a unusual creature sitting on the towel hanging on the washing line this morning. I didn’t have a clue what it was, or how to even start identifying it. A quick search through the insect pages of the “British Wildlife” book proved fruitless, so I checked the UK Safari site. As with most searches, you…

  • Oh I do like to be beside the….

    Oh I do like to be beside the….

    No, I haven’t gone to the seaside today, but given the number of seagulls flying around and calling, it certainly sounds like I have! The seagulls have nested in the city centre for years, but recently have been driven out of the centre, in an attempt to save the tourists and locals from being ‘dive…

  • A Floral Rainbow

    A Floral Rainbow

    My inspiration today came from the 30 Day Wild app, which features 100 different wild ideas. A rainbow of wildlife sounded like fun, so taking my camera into the garden, I set out to find something in each colour of the rainbow…. which was harder than it sounds! Starting with red, and I was lucky…

  • Second day of wildness

    Second day of wildness

    You wouldn’t believe yesterday had been so cold and wet, when your see today’s bright sunny weather. And as luck would have it, the blue skies gave some perfect Buzzard-spotting opportunities! The last few birds I’ve spotted circling high in the sky, have been seagulls, so I was pleased to spot the local Buzzard circling…

  • A Charm of Goldfinches

    A Charm of Goldfinches

    I’ve noticed a couple of small birds flying around recently, but they never seem to sit still enough to be able to identify them! However, after they flew off the roof and zoomed past the window, they landed on the seed feeder in a nearby tree. Undeterred by the pigeon landing on the grass nearby…