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Continue reading →: 30 Days Wild 2021 – Day 9 – Ponds/Lakes – Water IrisThere are many species of Iris, an in the Water Iris area, again a lot of different species. For this blog post I am looking at the one that I see the most around Ponds/Lakes local to me which is the Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus). As you can see…
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Continue reading →: 30 Days Wild 2021 – Day 8 – Ponds/Lakes – Common NewtI was excited to spot a Common/Smooth Newt “Lissotriton vulgaris” in my own pond at home as well as the other day at the fishing lake. We have had frogs before, but as the pond has been establishing itself more life has appeared. The plants in the pond needed some…
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Continue reading →: 30 Days Wild 2021 – Day 7 – Nature Walking – Ponds/LakesI am lucky to have a small lake/pond nearby that I use on a regular basis for fishing (member of a club) and often sit on the bank not catching much, but appreciating the nature that is around. Its an open season pond so not affected by the course closed…
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Continue reading →: 30 Days Wild 2021 – Day 6 – Nature Walking – The Red SquirrelTaking a walk out in a wood or forest you are most likely to spot a Squirrel. More often it will probably be a Grey Squirrel, which has taken over a good proportion of the UK and has helped in the reduction in numbers of our native Red Squirrel. There…
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Continue reading →: 30 Days Wild 2021 – Day 5 – Nature Walking – The RobinNature is all around us and it is good to get out walking and seeing it first hand. On this particular walk my family and I came across a Robin “Erithacus rubecula” sat next to the path. It was happily watching the walkers out on this route picking up anything…
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