Tag: 30 Days Wild

Common green capsid – 30 Days Wild (20/30)

Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2024
Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2024

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An oxeye daisy

hosts a tiny speck of green

common green capsid

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge

Sea Bindweed – 30 Days Wild (19/30)

Sea bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, West Wittering, West Sussex, June 2024
Sea bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, West Wittering, West Sussex, June 2024

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Prettiest cousin

of the scourge of gardeners

pink and white trumpets

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge

Common cardinal beetle – 30 Days Wild (18/30)

Common cardinal beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis, Redland Green, Bristol, June 2024
Common cardinal beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis, Redland Green, Bristol, June 2024

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Bright red-orange flash 

in peripheral vision

stalls afternoon stroll

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge

Grasses – 30 Days Wild (17/30)

Grass, Ashton Court, Bristol, June 2024
Grass, Ashton Court, Bristol, June 2024

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Shimmering grasses

ripe flowerheads bent over

early summer breeze

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Next generation – 30 Days Wild (16/30)

Tree planting, Manifold valley, Peak District, April 2024
Tree planting, Manifold valley, Peak District, April 2024

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On a steep hillside

volunteers planting saplings

ash dieback replaced

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Pillar of life – 30 Days Wild (15/30)

Groyne pillar, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024
Groyne pillar, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024

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Clinging for dear life

rough barnacles and seaweed

a giver of life

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Common swift moth – 30 Days Wild (13/30)

Common swift moth, Korscheltellus lupulina, Bristol, June 2024
Common swift moth, Korscheltellus lupulina, Bristol, June 2024

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Nighttime visitor

conspicuous in the day

no attempt to hide

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Maidenhair spleenwort – 30 Days Wild (12/30)

Maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024
Maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024

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Hey, what’s in a name…?

sweetest fronds reach out and spread

absorbing sunlight

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Pennant’s swimming crab – 30 Days Wild (11/30)

Pennant's swimming crab, Portumnus latipes, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024
Pennant’s swimming crab, Portumnus latipes, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024

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Small carcass washed up

resting still while the tide drops

a carrion snack

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Lifeblood – 30 Days Wild (10/30)

River Frome, Bristol, June 2024
River Frome, Bristol, June 2024

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Urban oasis

unculverted stretch runs free

nature overflows

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.