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A tasty little snack
Have you ever stopped to look closely at a snail eating a leaf? I certainly haven’t ever done that before, but when I saw this snail sitting on the patio, it was fascinating to see it munching slowly through a fallen leaf. I know that snails aren’t considered ‘friends’ in a garden, given that they…
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Creeping over the wall
I’ve been actively seeking out some “wild” in areas you might least expect, and one of those was in a recently repaired wall. Previous years have seen the wall covered with a Virginia Creeper, with the leaves turning a vibrant red in the Autumn. The wall was recently replaced, which I assumed would be the…
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Cutting the grass
Cutting the grass is one of those chores that few people enjoy, especially when the grass is on a steep slope in a prestigious area, visible to everyone who drives past. One group of residents resolved the need for cutting the grass opposite their crescent, by employing some more natural techniques to keep it looking tidy; they use…
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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…
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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
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…