May 2022 gave us beautiful blossoms, warmer weather and caused our plants to spring into action! It’s an exciting time of year as more and more plants and trees bloom. We wave goodbye to the daffodils and start to see the tulips, ranunculus and alliums take their turn in the spotlight. I’ve managed to witness…
Tag: The Wildlife Trust
30 Days Wild 2021 Days 21 – 30
Welcome to the final stretch of my 30 Days Wild Challenge! In this blog I’ll be going through days 21 – 30 of my 30 Days Wild challenge from The Wildlife Trusts. Every year in the month of June we are challenged to do something “wild” to connect with nature. If you haven’t already seen…
30 Days Wild 2021 Days 16 – 20
Welcome to days 16 – 20 of my 30 Days Wild challenge from The Wildlife Trusts. Every year in the month of June we are challenged to do something “wild” to connect with nature. If you haven’t already seen Days 1-5, Days 6-10 and Days 11-15, you can catch up on my blog. Day 16…
30 Days Wild 2021 Days 11 – 15
Welcome to days 11 – 15 of my 30 Days Wild challenge from The Wildlife Trusts. Every year in the month of June we are challenged to do something “wild” to connect with nature. If you haven’t already seen Days 1-5 and Days 6-10 you can catch up on my blog. Day 11 of 30…
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Fungi – Day 26 of #30DaysWild
I remember when I started to become interested in fungi, I was watching a film that was aired on BBC’s Autumnwatch a few years ago and my imagination was captured. Who knew they were so fascinating! From then I started to take more notice when out for walks and signed up for a Fungi walk…
Four Nature Books for Toddlers – Day 10 #30dayswild
Robin loves to read and if the book has flaps to lift up, even better! Quite often when he first wakes up he points to his books to read one, and last thing at night it is the same. As you can imagine a lot of his books are centred around nature. Last year I…
Persley Walled Garden – Day 8 #30dayswild
Day 8 of #30dayswild looks at one of those locations which you drive past frequently and always think “I should go there” and rarely ever do! For me that is Persley Walled Garden in Aberdeen. I’ve been there a few times but not since last year. In fact one outing to Persley Walled Garden was…
Different Seasons at Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen – Day 7 #30dayswild
Day 7 of #30dayswild is about our visits to Johnston Gardens in Aberdeen during the different seasons. It might not be the biggest park in Aberdeen but it sure is unique. The park contains flowers, shrubs, rockeries, trees, as well as a stream, waterfalls, and pond with ducks and moorhens. The Mandarin duck has even made an…
Getting Ready for 30 Days Wild 2018
It is almost June, which means it is almost time for the Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild challenge! This will be my 4th year taking part in the challenge and this year I will be blogging and sharing my adventures with Robin Oleander on my social media accounts. Make sure you don’t miss out by…
Winter Robin 