Comma

Comma, Purdown, Bristol, July 2024
Comma, Purdown, Bristol, July 2024

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Disproportionate

joy of spotting butterflies

a rare sight these days

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by Scooj

Velvet

Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, July 2024
Fallow deer, Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood, Leicestershire, July 2024

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Summer soft antlers

are protected and nourished

then the autumn rut

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by Scooj

Nature crisis

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Unpollinated

where have all the insects gone

a summer without

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by Scooj

Spooked

Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, July 2024
Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, July 2024

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Fishing stint disturbed

eye on approaching danger

little egret flies

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by Scooj

Morning – 30 Days Wild (30/30)

Morning seascape, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024
Morning seascape, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024

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Where sea and sky meet

and thoughts turn to my forebears

hungry gulls paddle

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by Scooj

  • That concludes my 30 Days Wild series of Haiku. I hope you enjoyed them.
  • 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.

Startled – 30 Days Wild (29/30)

Starlings, Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve, Cleethorpes, September 2023
Starlings, Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve, Cleethorpes, September 2023

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Taking to the sky

a flock of startled starlings

evade peregrine

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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.

Himalayan Balsam – 30 Days Wild (28/30)

Himalayan balsam, Impatiens grandulifera, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024
Himalayan balsam, Impatiens grandulifera, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024

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Riparian strip

overwhelmed by invader

a beautiful weed

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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.

Ivy broomrape – 30 Days Wild (27/30)

Ivy broomrape, Orobanche hederae, River Avon, Bristol, June 2024
Ivy broomrape, Orobanche hederae, River Avon, Bristol, June 2024

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Holoparasite

a plant without chlorophyll

ivy devourer

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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.

Lesser stitchwort – 30 Days Wild (25/30)

Lesser stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, Ley, Cornwall, June 2024
Lesser stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, Ley, Cornwall, June 2024

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Weaving through grasses

stellar determination

flowers to be seen

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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.

Cellophane bee – 30 Days Wild (24/30)

Cellophane bee, Genus Colletes, Ley, Cornwall, June 2024
Cellophane bee, Genus Colletes, Ley, Cornwall, June 2024

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Wee cellophane bee

so tiny on a daisy

the ground is your home.

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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.