10th December To the year’s archive! Didn’t set foot in the great outdoors today much to my shame, but did life admin instead (still more to do! Hello tax returns!), so today’s species is one I saw over the spring and summer, and similarly to the ground beetle a few days ago this was alsoContinue reading “Advent Species No.10”
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Advent Species No.9
9th December Back on track! Had a full on day (not doing much important, but little fun things) so I have a subject to write about. And it’s an appropriate one for this time of year as it’s a bird that is pretty common in the run up to Xmas and beyond further into winter.Continue reading “Advent Species No.9”
61. Bank Vole
As I check my great-crested newt traps for newts (which are removed to somewhere safer which won’t be developed), which forms a large part of my job, I occasionally come across small mammals, often they are under carpet tiles which they lie to hide under (as do the newts, hence why they are there!) andContinue reading “61. Bank Vole”
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”
57. Lesser Horseshoe Bat
I’ve finally started on bats for my new company! For most of last summer I was a sub-contractor for a local ecologists and 90% of my work was assisting with bat surveys; which basically involved sitting and staring at a corner of a building for an hour or so around dawn or dusk. This wasContinue reading “57. Lesser Horseshoe Bat”
56. Smooth Newt
Another 10 days has passed since my last post. Still eeking them out though! I’ve spent probably 5 minutes (but felt like a lot longer) just staring at this screen trying to think of a subject. Truth is I’ve not been out for my own pleasure for ages. The local park is less appealing atContinue reading “56. Smooth Newt”
55. Poecilus cupreus (a ground beetle)
Blimey, getting longer between posts but I’m still going which is the main thing. I am doing a lot of writing for work as well as being out in the field a lot (still thanking my lucky stars this year!), but enough with the excuses. Today’s post is about one of the obscure things IContinue reading “55. Poecilus cupreus (a ground beetle)”
53. Red-eared Terrapin (or Slider)
It’s been over a week since my last post. No excuses other than lethargy and being relatively busy at work (okay, two excuses!). I’ve actually barely been out walking around my park, I went last Friday and this Friday (as in yesterday) and that’s it. Granted my work allows me out onto sites, which isContinue reading “53. Red-eared Terrapin (or Slider)”
52. Great Crested Newt
I’m almost halfway through my new job; I should be half way through the first month of my new job, but hey circumstances. My job is pretty standard ecological consultancy basics in the UK – at this time of the year that means helping out Great Crested Newts. Now, as many people who work aroundContinue reading “52. Great Crested Newt”
43. Common Frog
The outdoors seems to be a place of sanctuary at the moment, a deserved ‘other room’ to step into when you get bored of the same four walls whilst you self-isolate. For someone who is at times socially awkward (although not as much as I used to be) this is just fine and dandy. GoContinue reading “43. Common Frog”
A Species a Day 