Tag: Nature

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.

View – 30 Days Wild (14/30)

Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve, Leicestershire, May 2024
Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve, Leicestershire, May 2024

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Green and pleasant land

there to connect with nature

and find some meaning

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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.

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.

Sign – 30 Days Wild (9/30)

Lugworm burrow, West Wittering, West Sussex, June 2024
Lugworm burrow, West Wittering, West Sussex, June 2024

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Home in a ‘U’ bend

water inlet, sandy cast

low tide exposure

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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.

Giant hogweed – 30 Days Wild (8/30)

Giant Hogweed, River Frome, Bristol, May 2024
Giant Hogweed, River Frome, Bristol, May 2024

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Giant invader

impressive harmful bully

keep a good distance

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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.

Greenbank Cemetery – 30 Days Wild (7/30)

Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024
Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024

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Final resting place

when we return to the soil

verdant new life thrives

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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.

Deer tick – 30 Days Wild (3/30)

Deer Tick, Ixodes ricinus, Dog, Bristol, June 2024
Deer Tick, Ixodes ricinus, Dog, Bristol, June 2024

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Uninvited guest

hitched a dog-fur ride and meal

parasitic tick

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by Scooj

  • The Deer tick is also known as the sheep tick and castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)
  • 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.