11th December A nocturnal species for a post written at night. No more preamble today! Tawny Owl Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 Last night I went to bed in a not great mood, what with the news and all that. And I woke up similarly in a not great mood which has lasted most of theContinue reading “Advent Species No.11”
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Advent Species No.10
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”
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”
Advent Species No.8
8th December I know, I know. A day late. So this will the first of two posts written today. The subject of this post came to me when I saw a dead example caught up in the roller-blind in my bathroom, it looked a little silly and decidedly flat as an adornment to the fittings.Continue reading “Advent Species No.8”
Advent Species No.7
December 7th I’m sat here trying to write a job application for a position I really want. But. I really hate writing job applications no matter what the job is for! So in order to get the creative juices flowing and kick-start the writing process I’ll publish a blog post. This time for a commonContinue reading “Advent Species No.7”
Advent Species No.6
6th December I went into my garden today and looked desperately for something that isn’t a bird. A fruitless task when the temperature is 4 degrees Celsius. Sure I can write about a squirrel or a random garden plant but I wanted something a bit more obscure today. I found a lichen on the appleContinue reading “Advent Species No.6”
Advent Species No.4
4th December Okay, cop out time. Again. Will have to use a species I’ve written about in the main list. Jut another god awful day. One of those days where it feels like the sun hasn’t bothered to come over the horizon. I’ve looked out the window forlornly at the garden and barely seen aContinue reading “Advent Species No.4”
Advent Species No.3
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”
Advent Species No.2
2nd December The weather has been mirky and uninviting. I wanted to go out and cycle ride somewhere but I would have got wet. So instead I drove to a local wildlife spot which is a flooded field. But alas, the temporary lake is getting smaller and smaller so nothing of note was there (andContinue reading “Advent Species No.2”
Advent Species Day 1
A little different and a chance to motivate myself to write every day again. I came across a website which gave out a challenge of recording a species every day in the advent period (1st December – 25th December) which would then enter you into a prize draw if you managed it. Unfortunately I don’tContinue reading “Advent Species Day 1”
A Species a Day 