3rd December Another murky day, I did venture out however to do an errand. I seriously can’t remember seeing any wildlife at all today though. There’s been a few birds in the garden, all of which I’ve written about before, but I’m not willing to use my get out clause of this being a separateContinue reading “Advent Species No.3”
Category Archives: Plant
60. Common Spotted Orchid
Not done a plant for a bit so time to change that. I’ve just come back from a great walk around my local nature reserve. It was just great to be out and about and within nature, good for the soul. I’d fully intended to go just for the birds but ended up being distractedContinue reading “60. Common Spotted Orchid”
49. Cuckooflower
I have been really busy over the last few days, started a new job and have been subsequently stuck to my sofa all day as a result, it’s not easy to start a job and immediately work from home! And then I’ve been finishing off my dissertation, which barring a final read through and tidy-upContinue reading “49. Cuckooflower”
47. Herb Robert
Something different today, and maybe to continue in these odd times. Today I’m going to write about what others have seen (or one person; it’s still a species per day, so maybe tomorrow it will be someone else). As someone who suffers from mental health issues (I have depression and anxiety – I used toContinue reading “47. Herb Robert”
40. Cowslip
It’s actually felt like Spring today. Relatively mild and the wind and rain that has been with us since October (it seems) has relented. I even saw a bumblebee whilst out and about. Alas, I couldn’t identify the species so it won’t be appearing in today’s blog post. I walked around my number 2 patchContinue reading “40. Cowslip”
36. Daisy
Need to do a 2nd blog this week! It’s raining, I’ve done loads of other tasks, my cat is playing up (near his dinner time) and I need to write a blog else I will fall behind! But what to write about? I’ve been cooped up inside all day and indeed most of the week.Continue reading “36. Daisy”
32. Marsh-marigold
The first post of my scaled back blog. Today’s post is about a plant which is in flower unseasonably early. It should normally be in flower at the end of this month, not the beginning, in fact I saw another example at another site in flower on the 2nd of January. The weather in myContinue reading “32. Marsh-marigold”
Day 30 – Lime Tree
The penultimate blog post of my species a day challenge for January. I’m in two minds what to do after tomorrow, to continue writing one every day or to make it twice a week. The issue with every day is running out of things to write about, and that will invaraibly mean writing about moreContinue reading “Day 30 – Lime Tree”
Day 25 – Gorse
I thought I’d write about something a little more appealing than an earthworm or a tiny thing that lives in a bramble leaf (they may be unappealing but I like the small and/or unpopular stuff), so I’ve decided on a plant today, maybe a bird tomorrow and save some more obscure things for later nextContinue reading “Day 25 – Gorse”
Day 23 – Stigmella aurella
Today’s one is a hard sell, it doesn’t even have an English name. Or least an English name that anyone uses. I find outside of the big and bold a lot of experienced folk prefer to use the scientific (or Latin, but it’s not really Latin) name. I’m fine with it some cases (the moreContinue reading “Day 23 – Stigmella aurella”
A Species a Day 