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| | Welcome to our newest member, Penali18 | | For as long as I can remember I've had a love of natural history, especially birds.
So many of the things we see, the experiences we taste, are but a fleeting moment, there to be treasured, but all too often flying away to rest only in our memories. I'm trying to improve my photography so that it too can try and capture some of those moments. As I look at the WAB gallery, I'll have to let my admiration lead to aspiration, not desparation. In the meantime, I can jot down a few experiences and thoughts by way of a blog - nothing too profound, just what it says on the tin... my miscellaneous musings. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and please feel free to leave any comments.
Jonners  | Posted 15-07-2009 at 06:52 PM by Jonners Is it me, or has harvest started early this year? When I was a boy, we would always look out for harvesting when we went to the East of England Show, usually held around the 20th of July, but I saw my first harvested field (probably barley) last Saturday, the 11th. This one is just up the road: 
A somewhat tenuous link, but it got me thinking about how nature is permanently in on the harvesting... | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Comments 0
 | | Posted 12-07-2009 at 01:15 AM by Jonners Updated 12-07-2009 at 01:25 AM by Jonners We visited Bradfield Woods this afternoon, and hoped we would dodge any showers that might be around. We were fortunate in that we did remain dry, although we had been rained on earlier as we picked a few raspberries at a local farm.
I had not visited Bradfield Woods before, although it is not too far away. It is an ancient, but not huge woodland, which has been managed traditionally for over 750 years. Coppiced hazels (with nuts already showing) and ash provide a rich habitat for wildlife,... | Commander of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 0
| | Posted 04-07-2009 at 12:49 AM by Jonners A couple of Christmases ago, my Mother-in-Law bought me a bee box - a small "house" made up of a lower wooden block with holes drilled in it, an upper storey of hollow bamboo canes, topped by a nicely pitched roof. It's been up for some time and I don't know whether anyone hibernated in it over the winter, but the other day someone noticed that some bees had moved in. It appears that these are Leafcutter Bees, who industriously travel back and forth, bringing sections of leaf and disappearing... | Commander of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 0
| | Posted 28-06-2009 at 12:27 AM by Jonners OK, that might be pushing it a bit on both counts, but I was somewhat surprised late yesterday afternoon to see a family of seven carrion crows lined up on the fence at the bottom of my nextdoor neighbour's garden. We're not really suburbia here, being literally a stone's throw from a farmer's field, but I was still surprised by their presence, not to mention the noise which had caught my attention in the first place!
I took the boys to see the nightjars, which duly performed again tonight,... | Commander of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 0
| | Posted 26-06-2009 at 12:46 AM by Jonners Another fine sunny day, and I discovered that we have Solomon's Seal Sawfly on our (you've guessed it) Solomn's Seal. CharlieB kindly identified said critters, which do exactly as it says on the tin, happily munching their way through the leaves of the poor plant. 
This evening, once the boys were all safely tucked up in bed, I decided to lone it to the forest in search of nightjars.... | Commander of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 1
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