Day 11 – 30 Days Wild

Today I have decided to share a wild moment from my past 🐦 😊

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Day 9 – 30 Days Wild

Today I did try to get better footage of the House Sparrows, but they weren’t playing ball πŸ˜…

So when I noticed some interesting Black Garden Ant behaviour, I decided to focus on them instead today 🐜 😊

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Day 8 – 30 Days Wild

Today I tried to get better footage of the House Sparrows sand-bathing, but had technical issues with my camera & not quite getting the right angle.

So I decided to watch some live webcams online & settled on the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project website! 😍 πŸ¦‡

Maybe I will try again tomorrow with the House Sparrows πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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Day 7 – 30 Days Wild

For a couple of weeks, since the bottom part of the flowerbed was dug over, I have observed House Sparrows having sand / dust baths & I thought to myself, I must get footage of this!

My attempts failed, at first, because they either didn’t turn up or I had just missed them, or it was raining πŸ˜…

However, today I thought I would give it another go and within about 5 minutes into recording they showed up & I got footage! πŸ‘‡πŸ»

I plan on getting closer & better footage very soon!

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Day 6 – 30 Days Wild

Today’s Random Act of Wildness is inspired by BBC Springwatch, they have been doing a Mindfulness Moment on the show.

So I decided when I was out on my walk around Bourlay Wood, I would get some footage, to make into my own short mindfulness video (See below).

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Day 5 – 30 Days Wild

After a lovely walk around my local wood & a wee heritage site, I got back to find a beautiful Butterfly basking in the sun, in the garden, & I managed get some lovely footage of it! 😊

Gotta love Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies πŸ¦‹ πŸ’š

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Day 3 – 30 Days Wild

Today I awoke to the sound of rain, so of course there was only one thing for me to do…

I also got an ID for the Spider from yesterday πŸ‘‡πŸ»

It is an Araniella sp. Also known as a Cucumber Spider πŸ₯’ (Thank you Emma Woolley)

From Googling, I suspect it’s an Araniella opisthographa πŸ•·οΈ But you can only determine that by having it under a microscope (cheers Rory Dimond & Luke Anderson) πŸ™‚

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Day 2 – 30 Days Wild

Whilst hanging out the washing today, I spotted a Spider that I don’t think I have seen before. It was green with orange legs & black stripes.

You can’t really make out the green body, but hoping somebody can still ID it for me?

Also, in the early evening, I decided to do a drawing, my best mate suggested this particular species πŸ’š

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Day 1 – 30 Days Wild

It’s that time of year again! To do something nature related & connect with the natural world every day in June, a “Random Act of Wildness” – as suggested by The Wildlife Trusts.

This morning I got up at 4pm to listen to the Dawn Chorus πŸ’š 🐦 🎢 (Then went back to sleep πŸ˜†).

Yesterday I saw a lovely species of Moth in the Garden, for the first time, so I have included a video of that video too! πŸ˜€ πŸ¦‹

In the early evening I went for a lovely walk with my Mom, around the Waseley Hills Country Park 🏞️ ❀️

You can make out the Malvern Hills AONB in the distance 😍

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Penned Wildlife

For a while I have been meaning to do some drawing or painting, as I haven’t since High School (about 15 years ago).

So yesterday (29/05/2020) I decided I would draw one of my favourite birds of prey, which I completed today (30/05/2020)…

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