Archive for insects
Finglandrigg Wood Bioblitz
We have been spending a lot of time at Finglandrigg Wood recently! It is a fantastic reserve with a great range of habitats! Last friday night I joined Liz and a number of other wildlife specialists to help with the Bioblitz. The plan was to set out a few moth traps and also erect a [...]
More awesome wildlife – Gait Barrows NNR
Last weekend Peter and I (along with Erin) decided to head down to the border to visit the Lancastrian NNR Gair Barrows to see what awesome wildlife we could discover! Once through the second gate we were soon enjoying views of the enigmatic and scarce wildflower Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). This unique looking plant has [...]
Doorstep Wildlife
Wildlife is under serious threat here in the UK and across the globe, there is no doubt about this. You only have to look at some of my recent posts to learn some of the details. This week I have tried (and succeeded) in making some time to remind myself why this wildlife is worth [...]
#NaturesinTrouble – The Tweet-a-thon!
#NaturesinTrouble – I have been talking a lot I recently about the results of the recent ‘State of Nature’ stock take, but I feel it needs repeating. Here is a summary taken from the RSPB website: 60% of the 3,148 UK species we assessed have declined over the last 50 years and 31% have declined [...]
The War on Wildlife – Make your Stand
In the past week there have been even more revelations relating to the current governments intent on destroying ‘our’ wildlife. It is fast becoming clear we have a war on wildlife, if we stand back and do nothing there will be no wildlife left and we will be speeding up the destruction of this planet! [...]
Natural England – Failing to protect the countryside!
Regular readers will know of my anger and dismay at the UK Government and the government agency ‘Natural England’ for authorising licenses to remove nests and eggs of Buzzards to ‘protect’ Pheasant shooting interests. You can read my post on this here: http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/buzzards-the-final-straw/ I would also urge you to read Alan Tilmouth’s excellently detailed post [...]
The Scottish Birdfair – Awesomeness
Yesterday saw me heading of the M74 at some ridiculous hour in the morning with my three daughters and Kath. The weather wasn’t looking that great, typical Scottish weather some might say! Despite this we were all looking forward to a day at the Scottish Birdfair! I was admittedly a little bit nervous as [...]
#1000for1sqk Update!
Last week I blogged about the 1000for1sqk challenge, so I thought I would give a progress report! We are really loving this challenge, seeing great wildlife and learning all the time! Shannon and Erin have especially taken to it, desperate to get out exploring as soon as they are home from School! The great [...]
Moth Mayhem!
As you will have seen on my previous Moth post, the season has got off to a start finally here in Cumbria! Jonny, Rob (Sir Rob), me and a person I only know as Rhino (I hope he has a face horn, I’d be disappointed if he didn’t!) are competing to see how many species [...]
1 year, 1000 species, I square kilometer…….
1000 species, that is a lot of species! Andy Musgrove (of Bubo fame) came up with an ingenious idea! Andy decided to do an all year round ‘bioblitz’ of a one kilometer square on his home turf! Not surprisingly this idea has caught on, with many people across the UK and beyond participating! I heard [...]
