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! ๐
Gotta love Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies ๐ฆ ๐
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 ๐
It is an Araniella sp. Also known as a Cucumber Spider ๐ฅ (Thank you Emma Woolley)
From Googling, I suspect it’s an Araniella opisthographa ๐ท๏ธ But you can only determine that by having it under a microscope (cheers Rory Dimond & Luke Anderson) ๐
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 ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ถ (Then went back to sleep ๐).
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! ๐ ๐ฆ
In the early evening I went for a lovely walk with my Mom, around the Waseley Hills Country Park ๐๏ธ โค๏ธ
You can make out the Malvern Hills AONB in the distance ๐
This month I’ve decided to focus on some wildlife that takes a backseat, and is often overlooked – Reptiles and Amphibians! ย ๐ ๐ธ
ARG UK have teamed up with Amphibian and Reptile Conservation;ย to bring us a Record Pool of our water loving and sun loving friends! ย In the video below I interview Underwater Cameraman,ย Jack Perksย –ย to give us some tips and the lowdown on this nationwide survey.
To get involved with the survey; click here. ย ๐ป
A nice easy one today ๐ ย I spent most of my day with my friend Laura at her Pet Store. ย I’ve mentioned the shops’ unkempt Wildlife Gardenย in a previous Blog post, it’s where I took todays’ “something blue”.
The modest Forget-me-not.
I’ve heard Forget-me-nots being described as “a British staple” – they do seem quintessentially British ๐
The Sweet Peas are doing well in the CavyNoodle Wildlife Garden.