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Day 7 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 7, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Conservation, Environmental, Film, Garden, Local, Natural History, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Earth, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birds, Birdwatching, Birmingham, BTO Garden BirdWatch, Challenge, Conservation, Earth Capture, Environmental, Frankley, Garden, Garden BirdWatch, Green Birmingham, House Sparrows, June, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Now for Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, Rewildling, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Urban Birder, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Art, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wilder Future, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog, WildlifeKate, WLT Bigger Picture, World Land TrustLeave a comment

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 😅

However, today I thought I would give it another go and within about 5 minutes into recording they showed up & I got footage! 👇🏻

I plan on getting closer & better footage very soon!

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Day 6 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 6, 2020Jun 6, 2020Posted in BBC, Birds, Challenge, Environmental, Exploration, Film, Greenbelt, Local, Natural History, Nature Reserve, TV, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birdsong, Birmingham, Challenge, Chris Packham, CPRE, Days Out, Earth Capture, Environmental, Exporation, Film, Flora, Frankley, Green Belt, Green Birmingham, Green Space, Greenbelt, Huawei, June, Natural England, Natural History, Nature On Screen, Nature Reserve, New Frankley, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Tree Hugging, Trees, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild June, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog, Woodland, World Land TrustLeave a comment

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

Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Garden, Insects, Natural History, Plants, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Action For Insects, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birmingham, Bugs, Butterflies, Challenge, CPRE, Earth Capture, Encounter, Environment, Environmental, Film, Flora, Frankley, Garden, Green Birmingham, Insects, Invertebrates, June, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog, World Land TrustLeave a comment

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 🦋 💚

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Day 4 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 4, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Countryside, Encounters, Film, Garden, Insects, Local, Natural History, Nature Reserve, Plants, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, #NowForNature, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Action For Insects, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birmingham, Botany, Bugs, Butterflies, Challenge, Chris Packham, Conservation, country park, Countryfile, Countryside, CPRE, Days Out, Digitalis purpurea, Encounter, Environmental, Film, Frankley, Garden, Green Birmingham, Green Space, Insects, Invertebrates, June, Natural England, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, Nature Reserve, New Frankley, Now for Nature, Outdoors, Presenting, Random Acts of Wildness, Rewildling, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Walk, Waseley Hills Country Park, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildflower, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife TV Presenter, Wildlife VlogLeave a comment

On Monday, whilst walking passed some Foxgloves with my Mom up the Waseley Hills Country Park, I remembered that we had some seeds at the back of one of the kitchen cupboards 😉

Digitalis purpurea – Waseley Hills Country Park

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Day 3 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 3, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Challenge, Encounters, Film, Garden, Natural History, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birmingham, Challenge, CPRE, Dance in a downpour, Dancing in the Rain, Encounter, Film, Frankley, Garden, Green Birmingham, June, Natural England, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife TV Presenter, Wildlife VlogLeave a comment

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 👇🏻

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

From Googling, I suspect it’s an Araniella opisthographa 🕷️ But you can only determine that by having it under a microscope (cheers Rory Dimond & Luke Anderson) 🙂

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Day 2 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 2, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Conservation, Environmental, Garden, Natural History, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, Artwork, BBC Wildlife, Birder, Birders, Birding, Birds, Birds of Prey, Birdwatching, Birmingham, Chris Packham, CPRE, Drawing, Earth Capture, Environmental, Film, Frankley, Garden, Garden BirdWatch, Get Your Boots On, Green Birmingham, Illustration, June, Natural England, Natural History, Nature, Nature Art, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Ornithology, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, Raptors, RSPB, Semirural, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Art, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog1 Comment

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 💚

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Day 1 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 1, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Garden, Insects, Natural History, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Wildlife, Birder, Birders, Birding, Birds, Birdsong, Birdwatching, Birmingham, Butterflies, Chaffinch, CPRE, Dawn Chorus, Earth Capture, Encounter, Environmental, Frankley, Garden, Garden BirdWatch, Gay Birders, Green Birmingham, Invertebrates, June, Moths, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Ornithology, Park, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Waseley Hills Country Park, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife VlogLeave a comment

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 💚 🐦 🎶 (Then went back to sleep 😆).

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! 😀 🦋

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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My Dawn Chorus Guide

May 1, 2020May 23, 2020Posted in Birds, Exploration, Film, Garden, Greenbelt, Local, Natural History, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged Birmingham, Dawn Chorus, Documentary, Film, Garden, International Dawn Chorus Day, Nature, Outdoors, Spring, Springwatch, Urban, Video, WoodlandLeave a comment

2011
(apologies for the dodgy voice-overs)

International Dawn Chorus Day is annually the first Sunday in May – it was invented in Birmingham, in 1984 at Moseley Bog LNR.

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October: Amazing Autumn

Oct 10, 2019May 23, 2020Posted in Country Park, Countryside, Deer, Encounters, Environmental, Exploration, Fungi, Greenbelt, Mammals, Natural History, Nature Reserve, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged Adam Ó Hare, Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Autumn, Autumnwatch, Birding, Birds, Birmingham, Conservation, country park, Countryfile, Countryside, Deer, Documentary, Encounter, Environment, Eurasian Jay, Fall, Fallow, Film, Fungi, Natural History, Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Walk, Wildlife, Wildlife Monthly, WoodlandLeave a comment

Made in October 2011 [VIDEOS], three great things to look out for this month: acorn crazy Jays, Rutting Fallow Deer & fun looking Fungi!

🥜 🦌 🍄

Apologies for the inaccuracies in the Fungi video; pronunciation of hallucinogenic and apparently you can eat Amethyst Deceivers – but it is better to be safe than sorry! (No matter how good a recipe sounds!)

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Common Loon at Pitsford Reservoir

Jan 17, 2019May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Countryside, Encounters, VideoTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, BBC Earth, Birder, Birding, Birds, Brixworth, Countryfile, Countryside, East Midlands, Encounter, Film, James Burman, Nature, Northamptonshire, Northants Birds, Pitsford Water, Video, Wildlife, Winter, Winter Migrants, WinterwatchLeave a comment

Wednesday last week (09/01/2019) I spent a day at Pitsford Water in Northamptonshire, with James Burman. We were there to track down one, if not both, of the Great Northern Divers (GND) a.k.a Common Loon, which are currently wintering there.

On our long walk around this vast body of water (starting at the Dam), we saw the usual suspects, along with approx four Goldeneye (drake & hen), two Great White Egrets (on the other side of the Causeway) and two lovely Stonechat (male & female at the Causeway entrance) on some flowering Gorse.

After getting a good look at the Stonechat pair and a quick scan of the water, we were going to walk speedily to where the sailing club part is, as there had been an update on the reports of them and one had been seen there, and James says: “Adam, I’ve seen something that definitely isn’t a Cormorant! It has just dived.” So we stopped with our binoculars at the ready and James pointed it out when it resurfaced, I didn’t need my bins to confirm it was what we were looking for! As it was by the waters edge and I recognised it instantly! I exclaimed: “That’s it! That’s the Great Northern Diver!” 😁 ⬇️ My video ⬇️

Recently I read that British GNDs mainly winter in the Mediterranean, and the ones that winter in the UK are usually from Iceland.

Thanks 🙂