@Bug_Woman

Bug Woman is a slightly scruffy middle-aged woman who enjoys nothing more than finding a large spider in the bathroom.

 London
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Joined February 2014
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Such a wonderful bird...
Stephen Moss@StephenMoss_TV9 Feb 2024
These stunning Cirl Buntings are back in Somerset thanks to the hard work of @RSPBEngland southwest team, who have brought them back from the brink in South Devon…
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Red List Twenty Eight – Cirl Bunting

Dear Readers, back in the early 2000s I had a first stab at a biology degree, with Birkbeck University in central London. Part of the degree was a field course at Slapton Sands in Devon. I loved th…

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Oh yes...
"Mad Cat" Cattis
@GeneralCattis5 Feb 2024
Entertain the human with an early morning song #WaysToPrepareForTheWeek
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Nature’s Calendar – 30th January to 3rd February – Lichens on Bare Branches

A series following the 72 British mini-seasons of Nature’s Calendar by Kiera Chapman, Lulah Ellender, Rowan Jaines and Rebecca Warren.  Dear Readers, lichen are a lifeform that is so often overlook…

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What’s In A Name? Birds and Babies

Dear Readers, when I posted about linnets a few days ago one of my readers mentioned that there’s a character in a book called ‘The Children of Green Knowe’ by L. M. Boston who is…

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The Great Garden Birdwatch 2024

Dear Readers, it’s that time of year again when all across the UK, people sit in their kitchen windows or on a park bench and try to pay attention to the birds for a whole hour without being …

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The Capital Ring – Balham to Wimbledon Park

Dear Readers, I went looking for my last post on our walk around the Capital Ring, and found that it was from November 2022. What happened to 2023, I ask myself? But still here we are, walking boot…

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Red List Twenty-Six – Linnet

Dear Readers, these are quintessential farmland birds – I used to see them regularly in the fields around Milborne St Andrew in Dorset, where these photos were taken. Richard Crossley and Dom…

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Nature’s Calendar – 25th to 29th January – Bright Winter Aconites

A series following the 72 British mini-seasons of Nature’s Calendar by Kiera Chapman, Lulah Ellender, Rowan Jaines and Rebecca Warren.  Dear Readers, how I love winter aconites! Their butter-yellow…

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Flowers for Fran

Dear Readers, back in 2022 a most beloved reader, Fran Freelove, passed away from ovarian cancer. Those of you who have been following the blog for a while will remember how Fran and her sister Bob…

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So true!
Dr Erica McAlister@flygirlNHM23 Jan 2024
Hahaha hahaha hahaha Sooooooooooo true
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The Results Are In – BSBI New Year Plant Hunt

Well, Readers, the results of the BSBI Annual New Year Plant Hunt are in. You might remember that this year I took part for the first time, and managed to spot a princely 9 species in flower –…

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Bedbugs

Dear Readers, I apologise for getting your week off to such a squirmy start, but I am reading a lot about bedbugs at the moment, and as other insects are pretty hard to find in sub-zero temperature…

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It’s That Time Again

Dear Readers, once every five years or so (or seven years in this case, ahem) I get the tree surgeon in to trim the whitebeam. The photo above doesn’t really do it justice – this magnif…

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Nature’s Calendar 20th – 24th January – Small Birds Fluff Up

A series following the 72 British mini-seasons of Nature’s Calendar by Kiera Chapman, Lulah Ellender, Rowan Jaines and Rebecca Warren.  Dear Readers, you’d have to have a heart of stone not t…

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Nature’s Calendar – 8th – 12th October – Owls Duet

Dear Readers, there is something magical about owls, and they are often nearer to us than we think. The two chicks above were photographed in Kensington Gardens, of all places, and there are Little…

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So cute!
Brigit Strawbridge@B_Strawbridge19 Sep 2023
My favourite tweet so far this week!
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A Close Shave?

Dear Readers, as you might remember I was in Coldfall Wood yesterday for our spider walk, and a lot of fun it was too. Well, between midday on Saturday and first thing this morning, one of the dead…

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A Spider Walk in Coldfall Wood

Dear Readers, I don’t know what you were doing yesterday (the hottest day of the year so far here in London) but I and a group of intrepid spider spotters of all ages were out in Coldfall Woo…

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Nature’s Calendar – Arachnids Assemble!

Dear Readers, I have just received my copy of ‘Nature’s Calendar’ by Kiera Chapman, Lulah Ellender, Rowan Jaines and Rebecca Warren. I was intrigued because instead of the usual m…

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