Do Something Wild.

That got you interested didn't it?

Seriously though, I quite like this idea. The wildlife trusts have got together and come up with this.
30 days wild.

I think it's a good way to get people to just look around them, think about and observe wildlife in general, wherever they happen to be. They're not asking for money or great feats of endurance or anything like that, you can put your own interpretation on it and do as much or as little as you like.

It's probably mostly aimed at people who perhaps don't get to spend as much time outdoors as us gardeners, but I think we could join in and have some fun with this one.

So, who wants to do something wild in June? Feel free to post your wild activities, experiences or observations on this thread (within reason of course). I know what an imaginative and friendly bunch you are here on GC, so if we all learn something and have a few laughs along the way, even better.

 

oooohh this is slightly exciting

I will def be posting it on my work social media

 

Liking the look of this Trunky .....thanks for the link!

 

I watched a short tailed field vole today

 

My good deed for the day! Went into the greenhouse this evening and found this chafer beetle swimming around in the watering can, so I fished it out with a stick and returned it to the garden.





Also took a random photo of some buttercups growing by a stream earlier today...



...and took another random photo of some wildflowers in a wood

 

Been eating wild and getting creative today.

Chopped up some Garlic Mustard leaves and had them sprinkled in my sandwich for lunch, quite tasty they were too.



Also cut and fashioned some poles from a large hazel to make a framework for some climbing beans.

 

You'll hate me ... yesterday I discovered my very first chafer beetle; had no idea what it was ... and I flicked it away I suppose it made the chafer a bit wild Don't suppose that counts though does it

I left it to the wind and rain to do a bit of "wild thing" in the garden today.

I'll try and be wilder tomorrow.

Well done on your wild-ness Trunky - I'm enjoying reading your posts on this

 

Couldn't possibly hate you M.

Don't worry about the chafer beetle, they're quite robust little creatures, I'm sure you did it no harm.

 

Had a stroll around on the lawn barefoot today, quite enjoyed the feel of the grass beneath my feet.

This prompted me to have a closer look before I mowed the grass, just to see how many wild plants were actually flowering in my lawn. Came up with six;

Daisy


Plantain


Cranesbill


Trefoil


Clover


Buttercup

 

I decided to actually *stop* on my morning walk and let the coffee pot wait.

I saw a little white butterfly with bright orange tips on its rear wings and decided it would be fun to "stalk it" for a moment, just to see if it would land so I could take a photo. It didn't. *sighs*

Then, I saw some swallows swooping over the fields. I tried very hard to get a photo - which I did, its just not a very good one



Then, I saw a really pretty clover flower and decided that I would photograph that instead.

When I had finished, I noticed Ozzy had been that bit "wilder" than I am and had attempted to design his own crop circle

After that, I stopped by the woodpecker tree and all I managed to accomplish was a fuzzy photo of one of the chicks popping up at the nest hole.


So, to recap:-

• saw a new to me butterfly
• captured (ish) a swallow in flight
• captured Ozzy's attempt at a crop circle and
• returned to a woodpecker nest and saw a chick at the hole

All new to me experiences.

 

Wild happenings at work today. I heard a commotion coming from an ivy clad alder tree behind one of our outbuildings, a great deal of flapping and squawking was going on up there, so I took a closer look.
It turned out to be a group of jackdaws mounting a raid on a wood pigeon's nest, with the pigeons putting up some stiff resistance.
Not sure what the final outcome was, but once the commotion died down, I grabbed the camera and managed to get a couple of shots of a rather nervous looking pigeon, still sitting on the nest.
Just below the nest can be seen an egg which must have been dislodged during the struggle and came to rest between two branches.
About an hour later the egg could no longer be seen, so I guess either the pigeon recovered it, or the jackdaws had it.

 

A couple of sky shots from this morning, just before the storms arrived and a colourful insect which turned up at work today. I think I'm right in saying the insect is a Wasp Beetle.

 

Enjoying some of the native wild flowers and plants in my garden today.
Foxgloves (complete with bee), honeysuckle, white campion, ox-eye daisies, dogwood, guelder rose and elder.

 

The resilience of nature never ceases to impress me.
This poppy has somehow managed to grow against my front garden wall, right next to the pavement. I'm leaving it there in the hope that it will brighten the day for a few people as they pass by.