All tagged rspb_love_nature
New Year’s day is always tinged with excitement,. Faced with a fresh start, I like to wake up early, draw back the curtains and let the world flood in and wait, with anticipation at what my first bird of the New Year will be. Will it be a robin? A house sparrow? Perhaps a heron flying overhead? And to ponder over what message that brings me for the year ahead. Happy New Year everyone.
Long tailed tits may be tiny but they’re big on character. A recent walk through my local patch, Martin Down , has made me think a little bit more on this little bird.
Have you ever really paid blackbirds much attention? It’s so easy to take this common garden visitor for granted. Their everyday appearances and ever-present songs can easily fade into the back-ground. I’m guilty of that, but with lock down in full swing I’d started to pay more attention to these little gems and feel all the more richer for it.
Great Tits used to be a frequent site at the bird feeders in my garden and after getting to used to this woodland birds absence. I was delighted when one returned and filled the garden with birdsong.
With National Tree Week marking the start of the tree planting season, I wanted to put together a blog dedicated to the magic of trees.
Summer wouldn’t be summer without swifts. I was lucky enough to head out with Salisbury and Wilton Swift Group’s Daniel Kronenberg to find out more about Salisbury’s swift population, and what’s being done to help them.
When I’m out exploring I like to know the names of the things I find, so I get frustrated when I’m stumped by them. So I set myself a challenge to put a name to my unknown nature.
On a recent camping trip I was reminded of all the things I’ve missed by not paying attention to nature. And all the things we stand to lose as well.
I’ve not had as much luck spotting otters back here as I did when we were in Scotland. So what better way to improve my chances of being more otter aware, and help the local mammal group, than by volunteering to help out in their otter surveys.
Spending time back at my childhood home I’ve reconnected with some wildlife that I though had disappeared.
A bird synonymous with english farmland, but its also pretty well known for the part it plays in english folklore
An incredible bird, with an incredible come back story and now a regular sight here in the Chalke Valley.
Off the beaten track in the picturesque Cranborne Chase is a secret nature reserve with plenty to offer.
Part Two of my tips on How To Watch Wildlife
My local patch and one of my all time favourite nature reserves. There is always something to see at Blashford Lakes.
Wildlife watching doesn’t have to be all camo hear and hides. If you learnt to really look you’d be surprised at the amount of nature on your doorstep…
The New Forest is most well known for it’s woodland and heathland habitats, but there are some hidden gems tucked away on the coast…
We are so lucky to be based here in Salisbury over the next few months, there are so many wild places and some of them have crashing waves and fish and chips…
For me there is only one bird that truly epitomizes Autumn for me, and it’s a pretty impressively adapted bird. But, it is starting to have a bit of a hard time, although there is something you could do to help….
Our summer season is coming to an end, and what a season it’s been. The cold and encroaching evenings have given us chance to reflect on some of our favourite wildlife encounters on our travels so far.
