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https://wildwings.co.uk/ Home Page - WildWings | Birds and Birdwatching the World Over home page the world birds birdwatching https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2025/05/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/05/2025 - 01/06/2025 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2026/04/clarkes-mining-bee-early-nomad-bee.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Clarke's Mining Bee & Early Nomad Bee My first outing of the current year was to Decoy Park Newton Abbot to see a colony of Clarke's Mining Bee - Andrena clarkella. I've seen ind... mining bee wanderings clarke early nomad https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/11/serins-at-rainham-marshes.html?showComment=1259644868347 Wildwings and Wanderings: Serins at Rainham Marshes. Yesterday we went on a family outing to London.This had been planned months ago because Martha, George and a friend were going to the Collec... wanderings rainham marshes https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/07/playing-possum.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Playing Possum The moth trap was operational on Monday night ( although it doesn't work entirely alone you know and I sometimes feel a bit guilty that Bun ... wanderings playing possum https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/02/very-jammy-patch-yeartick.html Wildwings and Wanderings: A Very Jammy Patch Yeartick I've had little time today for any birding but I did manage to see a couple of notable birds non the less. Latish on in the afternoon I too... wanderings jammy patch https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-meadow.html Wildwings and Wanderings: The Meadow These photos are from several visits to my favourite local meadow. It's along the clifftops above Weston Mouth. I believe that it is special... wanderings meadow https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/04/glossy-hat-with-wings.html?showComment=1271930133706 Wildwings and Wanderings: Glossy Hat With Wings What!!? You might well ask! That's what I thought when I read it. It's what someone searched for on Google before finding themselves on my b... wanderings glossy hat wings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2011/05/couple-of-things-ive-been-meaning-to-do.html Wildwings and Wanderings: A Couple of Things I've Been Meaning to Do I've been putting off blogging again, (not on purpose, life just gets in the way sometimes) so it's another gargantuan post I'm afraid! I ha... https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/07/just-few-new-moths.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Just a Few New Moths The moth trap has been deployed on a couple of occasions this last week and six 'new for the garden' moths caught, those being, Marbled Whi... just a few wanderings new moths https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of.html Wildwings and Wanderings: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of.... I can't recall how many times while wandering up Axe Cliff in the spring sunshine I've fantasized about finding a Bee-eater . It looks so p... the stuff wanderings dreams made https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2011/04/white-stork-and-hairy-fairy.html?showComment=1304276998211 Wildwings and Wanderings: White Stork and Hairy Fairy After having missed the (would have been a lifer) Purple Heron last Saturday whilst at work I was a bit worried when yesterday, again while... white stork wanderings hairy fairy https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-from-black-hole-marsh.html Wildwings and Wanderings: More From Black Hole Marsh I've paid a couple of visits to Black Hole Marsh today, one at either end of the day to avoid the crowds, and there are crowds compared to t... more from black hole wanderings marsh https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2016/01/purple-sandpipers-yes-thats-right-birds.html?showComment=1451847138090 Wildwings and Wanderings: Purple Sandpipers ... Yes That's Right, Birds! Decided to pop out for a bit if fresh air today and went over to Lyme Regis for a change. Timed it just right with the weather as the rain s... that s wanderings purple sandpipers yes https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2011/06/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/06/2011 - 01/07/2011 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/05/drive-by-orchids.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Drive By Orchids On Sunday morning whilst Bun and I were driving to the 'undisclosed site,' we passed a lane just on the northern outskirts of the local patc... drive by wanderings orchids https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/02/local-patch-featured-on-tv.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Local Patch Featured on TV Remember my post from a few weeks ago called 'Ringing with a Twist? ' (if not see it HERE) Well the results of that day's filming were scre... local patch featured on wanderings tv https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-close-and-personal.html?showComment=1246677553929 Wildwings and Wanderings: Up Close and Personal Seeing as Sunday's close up shots of Wood Ants turned out quite well, I decided to stick my lens right in the face of another couple of unf... up close wanderings personal https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/11/colyford-common-speciality.html?showComment=1258496336667 Wildwings and Wanderings: A Colyford Common Speciality Best bird at Colyford Common this morning was one of its speciality species, a Water Pipit . Very nice it was too! (for a Pipit anyway ;-) ... wanderings colyford common speciality https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/02/n-unusual-find-and-obliging-iceland.html Wildwings and Wanderings: An Unusual Find and An Obliging Iceland Gull. At lunchtime I took Rex for a walk along part of the River Coly in the Heathayne area of Colyton, it was really cold and I was having a thor... wanderings unusual find obliging iceland https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 2009 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/07/bird-number-300.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Bird Number 300? Well nearly. After a mere six hour drive over to Norfolk on Monday evening, myself , Bun and Joe joined around a hundred others hoping to se... wanderings bird number https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2025/05/black-winged-stilts-on-black-hole-marsh.html?showComment=1746720779778 Wildwings and Wanderings: Black-winged Stilts on Black Hole Marsh I went out nice and early this morning to visit Seaton Wetlands, where a pair of Black-winged Stilts had arrived yesterday. I couldn't face ... wanderings black winged stilts hole https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/03/summer-plumage.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Summer Plumage The Black-tailed Godwit flock was brightening up a rather grey and drizzly Coronation Corner this morning, they looked so lovely I just had... wanderings summer plumage https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/07/it-must-be-autumn.html Wildwings and Wanderings: It Must Be Autumn On Colyford Common this morning I saw this... ... it must therefore be Autumn. On Black Hole Marsh there were just six Common Sandpipers ... must be wanderings autumn https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2015/08/wood-sandpipers.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Wood Sandpipers Yes, it's a blog post and there are birds in it! The unprecedented occurrence of a whopping THIRTY FOUR Wood Sandpipers at Black Hole Marsh ... wanderings wood sandpipers https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2016/05/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/05/2016 - 01/06/2016 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/07/heres-one-i-missed-earlierwell-two.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Here's One I Missed Earlier...Well, Two Actually After some kind advice from Dean I've been 'back to the seventies' today and cracked open a couple of rolls of 'Fablon' (or its modern day e... s one https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2014/06/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/06/2014 - 01/07/2014 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/11/serins-at-rainham-marshes.html?showComment=1259614858841 Wildwings and Wanderings: Serins at Rainham Marshes. Yesterday we went on a family outing to London.This had been planned months ago because Martha, George and a friend were going to the Collec... wanderings rainham marshes https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/07/small-things.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Small Things... ... Amuse small minds, so they say, well mine was amused by these two today, haven't seen a lot else though, unless you count a juvenile Y... wanderings small things https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/07/moth-trap-mark-iii.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Moth Trap Mark III On Monday night when Steve caught a large number of moths , I had my trap set up on my back garden and caught FOUR moths and they were ALL D... moth trap wanderings mark iii https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/03/fourteen-hours-and-five-minutes.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Fourteen Hours and Five Minutes After a dismal day weather wise yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to see that the forecast was for a lovely fine, sunny and still morning... wanderings fourteen hours five minutes https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2013/04/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/04/2013 - 01/05/2013 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2011/04/scotland.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Scotland As you may know I've recently returned from a birding holiday in Scotland with Steve, Bun and Nick. It was mostly very enjoyable ( a bit too... wanderings scotland https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2021/03/im-back-again.html Wildwings and Wanderings: I'm Back! .... Again Well, what can I say? On Sunday it will be a year since my last blog post. I remember that I promised I'd catch up, but that was before all ... i m wanderings back https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2021/03/june-2020-botany-and-bees.html Wildwings and Wanderings: June 2020: Botany and Bees I ventured out a bit more in June and saw two new plants and several new species of bee. Firstly in early June I visited one of my favourite... wanderings june botany bees https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/02/curates-egg.html Wildwings and Wanderings: The Curate's Egg It's been rather quiet on here of late I'm afraid, the reason being it's been 'Seaton pantomime week' which means I've had precious little t... wanderings curate egg https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2016/08/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/08/2016 - 01/09/2016 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2012/08/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/08/2012 - 01/09/2012 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2016/01/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/01/2016 - 01/02/2016 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/11/duck-action.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Duck Action! Today, feeling in the mood for a bit of excitement I decided to pop over the border to Lodmoor in Dorset to have a look for the four Scaup t... wanderings duck action https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2015/12/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/12/2015 - 01/01/2016 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2013/04/too-sexy-for-beer-head.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Too Sexy for Beer Head There wasn't really much of interest in a couple of hours on Beer Head this morning just a few Wheatears and Blackcaps . Seaton marshes was... too sexy for beer wanderings head https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/02/name-that-iceland-gull.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Name That.... Iceland Gull I only had time for a quick half-hour look at the estuary before work today, long enough to see an Iceland Gull though obviously! I also saw... name that wanderings iceland gull https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/07/butterflies-at-trinity-hill-woods.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Butterflies at Trinity Hill Woods I haven't had much time out and about today but Rex needed his walk, so I decided to go to Trinity Hill Woods. It can be very good for butt... trinity hill wanderings butterflies woods https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/02/black-red-and-white.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Black, Red and White I was very disappointed a couple of weeks ago when I had to call off my planned trip to see the Black Kite in Wales. Fortunately though it'... black red wanderings white https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/07/high-brown-fritillary.html Wildwings and Wanderings: High Brown Fritillary A single High Brown Frtillary was showing well today at the DWT Dunsford Reserve near Dartmoor. A scarce butterfly and my first ever views ... wanderings high brown fritillary https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-day-buntings.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Christmas Day Buntings On Christmas Day morning I managed to pop out for a couple of hours birding. I thought it would be very quiet but quite a lot of folks had t... christmas day wanderings buntings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2013/07/downy-emerald-and-silver-studded-blue.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Downy Emerald and Silver-studded Blue A couple of weeks ago I popped over to the East Devon Commons to see if any Silver-studded Blues were out yet. I only saw a handful (about f... downy emerald wanderings silver studded blue https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/06/twitch-of-year.html Wildwings and Wanderings: The Twitch of the Year Yes, It's been put on hold a couple of times but yesterday was THE day! After a sleepless night, I was up bright and early and drove round t... wanderings twitch year https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/12/caspian-gull.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Caspian Gull I didn't go and look at the swans again today, in fact the weather was so appalling I didn't get out and about with the dog either. With tre... wanderings caspian gull https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2015/12/kingfishers-bridge.html?showComment=1449963982806 Wildwings and Wanderings: Kingfishers Bridge Kingfishers Bridge is a reserve in Cambridgeshire which twenty years ago was 300 acres of arable farmland. Read all about it here . We v... wanderings kingfishers bridge https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2010/04/glossy-hat-with-wings.html?showComment=1271920194748 Wildwings and Wanderings: Glossy Hat With Wings What!!? You might well ask! That's what I thought when I read it. It's what someone searched for on Google before finding themselves on my b... wanderings glossy hat wings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-selection-of-solitary-wasps-from.html Wildwings and Wanderings: A Selection of Solitary Wasps from Aylesbeare Common I spent quite a few days looking for interesting species of solitary wasps on Aylesbeare Common last summer and here's a selection of some o... a selection solitary wasps wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/07/moth-trap-update.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Moth Trap Update Over the last two nights I've been giving my new moth trap a good old 'try out'. I'm not daft so haven't been doing this in my small patch o... moth trap wanderings update https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/12/review-of-yearits-longvery-long.html?showComment=1262383666939 Wildwings and Wanderings: Review of the Year...It's Long....Very Long! Seeing as I haven't had much to talk about on here recently I thought I'd put on a little review of my year. The trouble is it can't really ... review of the year wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/05/parehayne-woods-and-memory-lane-type.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Parehayne Woods and 'Memory Lane' Type Waffle Yet again I haven't really been out birding as such but have taken the dog for a couple of little walks on which I've seen one or two vague... memory lane wanderings woods type waffle https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2026/05/cramp-ball-fungus-weevil-platyrhinus.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Cramp Ball Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus I've long wanted to see this striking weevil and last weekend I decided to go looking for it. I know of a local site where there is an abund... wanderings cramp ball fungus weevil https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/11/hey-up-me-ducks.html?showComment=1257972764122 Wildwings and Wanderings: Hey Up Me Ducks! Or if you don't understand that. Greetings, friends! I'm afraid I've had another bout of Blogger's Block this last couple of weeks. I'm not... wanderings hey ducks https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2014/02/ Wildwings and Wanderings: 01/02/2014 - 01/03/2014 wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-of-well-poo-mostly.html Wildwings and Wanderings: A Day of.... Well... Poo Mostly! I was up until silly o'clock last night doing battle with my computer's virus, a battle that has at last been won! :-) Consequently after a ... a day wanderings well poo mostly https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/ Wildwings and Wanderings wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2009/12/review-of-yearits-longvery-long.html?showComment=1262313951043 Wildwings and Wanderings: Review of the Year...It's Long....Very Long! Seeing as I haven't had much to talk about on here recently I thought I'd put on a little review of my year. The trouble is it can't really ... review of the year wanderings https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2012/07/his-imperial-majesty.html Wildwings and Wanderings: His Imperial Majesty After missing out on seeing HIM last year at Bentley Woods a return trip was in order. Although we had unbelievably good views of several fe... wanderings imperial majesty https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2025/02/wool-carder-bee-banded-dark-bee-at.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Wool Carder Bee & Banded Dark Bee at Vivary Park, Taunton Over the last few years I've often walked (or sometimes ridden (mobility scooter, not horse or heaven forbid, bike!) through Vivary Park in ... wool carder bee https://karenwoolley.blogspot.com/2011/05/birdingwhats-that.html Wildwings and Wanderings: Birding...What's That? Over the long bank holiday weekend I've only managed a couple of hours birding, that being a visit to the marshes... wanderings birding