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Final resting place
when we return to the soil
verdant new life thrives
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by Scooj
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Uninvited guest
hitched a dog-fur ride and meal
parasitic tick
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by Scooj
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Common, overlooked
attached to walls filling gaps
elegant flower
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by Scooj
30 Days Wild (1)
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 nature. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.
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Stop to rest a while
marvel of evolution
stop to look a while
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by Scooj
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In meadow grassland
and sun-popping buttercups
to rest here a while
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by Scooj
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Drunken woken dance
from here to there in sunlight
then settled in shade
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by Scooj
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September’s bounty
depends on pollination
put on a good show
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by Scooj
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Nectar festival
bright yellow flowers entice
bee does what bees do
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by Scooj
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Oak, cherry and elm
I’ll be pushing up daisies
before they mature
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by Scooj
• after a day spent planting trees on a hillside in the Peak District National Park
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A rare privilege
private viewing of a kill
light feathers flying
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by Scooj
• In the grounds of Peterborough cathedral I was lucky enough to witness a red kite making a kill, taking it to a perch and plucking it. I was alone and was unable to share the moment.
I happened to be in the company of a bird expert in the workshop I was running later on, and he identified the bird from the film I took and said that it was very unusual for red kites to kill prey as they are not designed for it and are carrion feeders, so this was a rare occurrence.
Natural adventures 