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Moth identification
My random act of wildness was made easy today when this moth decided to sit on the outside of the window and pose for a photo! While butterflies have the colour to make them stand out, moths are surprisingly pretty in their own way – I hadn’t expected this moth to have such delicate fringes on…
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Buzzing Bees in the Bin….?
The “solar powered big belly bins” in the city centre are causing a buzz…. literally! A few days after a couple of local beekeepers collected a swarm from the bin, more bees were gathering. Because the beekeepers were able to collect the swarm, the first ones must have been honeybees…. but I wasn’t willing to…
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Buzzard Training Flight
First we heard the Buzzards calling, but couldn’t see where they were. Then they came into view – first two of them circling, then we realised there was a third lighter coloured Buzzard with them. Although Buzzards do have a lighter coloured variant, I’m going on the assumption that the lighter one might be a…
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A Pair of Buzzards
As if in response to my comment the other day when I said I hadn’t seen two Buzzards flying together, there were two Buzzards soaring high in the sky this morning. #30dayswild
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Lunch Delivery
I was looking out of the window earlier, and spotted this bird of prey circling (I think it’s a Buzzard by the way it was flying). It wasn’t until I looked at the photos on the computer, that I realised the Buzzard seemed to be carrying lunch in its talons! Sorry for the…
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Saturday Special – Grow your Own Strawberries
One way to get a little piece of wild is to try growing your own fruit or vegetables. I was planning on this post being about growing your own radishes…. but mine went straight to producing flowers, with no radishes to be seen 🙁 So instead, here’s my guide to growing your own strawberries! You don’t…
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Kestrel Spotting
It’s unusual to spot a Kestrel from the window – previously the only ones I’ve spotted were as I was walking through a field, so when I spotted this bird, I originally thought it must have been one of the local Buzzards. But then the bird started frantically flapping, and hovered in one place for…
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Trainee Long-Tailed Tit
Looking out of the window this evening, I spotted a small bird sitting in one of the plants. The long tail made it clearly a Long-tailed tit, but it didn’t have the reddy-pinky colour to its chest feathers that the adults normally do. Long-tailed tits feed on insects, and that particular shrub that it was…
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The Return of the Buzzard
We could hear the distinctive “mewing” of the Buzzard earlier in the day, but there was no sign of it at all. Later on, we spotted it circling high over the hills, presumably looking for a meal. I haven’t seen multiple Buzzards together recently, so I wonder if they have chicks in the nest that…
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Another Day, Another Cloudscape
I’m still amazed that no matter how many photos I take of clouds, it’s like snowflakes – no two look alike! While the lower clouds looked quite dark, it was actually more of an illusion than stormy conditions, as the sun was starting to set, which cast a shadow over those clouds. #30dayswild