This two posts a week thing is going well isn’t it?! My focus definitely lapses when it’s not an every day commitment, I knew this would happen! Anyway, I’m writing one now and in fairness the weather since my last post in the UK has been pretty awful, Storm Ciara hit followed by a coupleContinue reading “34. Tufted Duck”
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33. Buzzard
A quick blast around the local nature reserve this afternoon, the wind is really picking up so didn’t spend too long there; tomorrow Storm Ciara hits these islands so it’s going to be mega windy tomorrow! (As an aside, the islands of Ireland and Britain have had named storms for a few years now, andContinue reading “33. Buzzard”
Day 31 – Sparrowhawk
So this is it. My final blog of my species a day challenge for January! I think what I will do from now on is do twice weekly posts with maybe some non-sightings posts about wildlife recording in general. I may go back to one a day in another month. I really wanted to doContinue reading “Day 31 – Sparrowhawk”
Day 27 – Great Crested Grebe
Another ‘great’ bird. I think this last week will be mostly about the birds; they’re my specialist area and gives a nice run up to until Friday, my last post of the month. This one is from my local patch again. There wasn’t too many birds around today, nothing unusual or great in number; probablyContinue reading “Day 27 – Great Crested Grebe”
Day 26 – Great Spotted Woodpecker
This weekend is the RSPB’s Great Garden Birdwatch 2020 where every year people up and down the UK spend an hour noting down what birds visit their gardens. This year, my parents surveyed our back garden (I still live with them, please can I get a permanent job in conservation or ecology so I canContinue reading “Day 26 – Great Spotted Woodpecker”
Day 13 – Coot
Today Storm Brendan approaches and whilst it won’t be as windy here in North West England as elsewhere (Ireland in particular) it is still a pretty windy day. Nevertheless I’ve managed to get out for a walk around my local park, so I have another species! I’m realising this blog is rather bird heavy atContinue reading “Day 13 – Coot”
Day 8: Starling
Today I’ve spent the day writing my tax return when I should have been volunteering with the RSPB at Dove Stone. Maybe I could have been writing about something a little bit more exotic than usual but alas no, the taxman calls. What I have seen is a large amount a species of bird inContinue reading “Day 8: Starling”
Day 7 – Black-headed Gull
Day 7! A whole week’s worth of daily posts. Getting easier to remember to do it but I suspect it will get harder to think what to write about; guess that’s the challenge really. It’s all for me really, all about me actually writing things down so I can discipline myself to write regularly, andContinue reading “Day 7 – Black-headed Gull”
Day 4 – Coal Tit
The cold’s not going away yet, feel as bad today as yesterday so no venturing into the countryside for me alas. Thought I’d explain the names of the species before today’s entry. So on Day 1 we had Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 and on Day 2 we had Groundsel Senecio vulgaris L. (I’ve admittedContinue reading “Day 4 – Coal Tit”
A Species a Day 