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Morning Cloudscapes – one every hour
I thought I would try something a little different for today – one cloudscape every hour from 8am – 11am, to see how the clouds changed across the morning. Starting off with 8am, and lots of cloud cover with the sunlight just starting to peek through. By 9am most of the cloud had vanished, leaving…
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Evening Cloudscape
I spent an hour or so on the allotment today, but unfortunately I didn’t take my camera with me! I did spot some ladybirds and a large spider that was making its home in my strawberry patch…. but today’s random act of wildness photo was taken this evening, when the cloud had rolled back in. There was…
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Saturday Special – wildflowers
On my allotment plot, I’m allowed to have some non-edible flowering plants, to attract the pollinating insects. I chose to plant a Penstemon, lavender, and a packet of wild flower seeds. The advantage of the seeds is that once some of the wild flowers have grown and flowered, they drop seeds so there’s a chance…
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Can you guess what this plant is?
Ok, I’ll give you a hint – I watered my houseplants today, which is when I took this photo. Hmm, I reckon that half of you know instantly what this houseplant is, and the other half are just staring at the photo wondering which way up it should be. Maybe this photo makes it a…
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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…