2023 Daily Photos // Days 176 - 182

25th June 2023
A litter pick and Ladybug morning for 30 Days Wild and playing with clay for the summer Craft for Cats.

26th June 2023
More crafting after letting my initial pot get leather hard.
Aurora enjoy sitting watch mammy and Mars, although not interested in my craft had a lovely afternoon with his Broccoli!

27th June 2023
We bought a new Foxglove for the garden recently and the bees love it! 
This old guy seems to have an issue with his wings and has hung around the same area in our garden recently.
I offered them some sugar water and moved them to the Foxglove for some shelter.
I also was happy to photograph a (Marmalade?) Hoverfly enjoying some of our wildflowers.

I'd ordered a pin to commemorate our little camping trip and it arrived today too!

28th June 2023
Today we popped by the beach where we volunteer with the Ringed Plover conservation programme. 
We only were able to locate one RP today but it did seem like they were attending to a nest which is exciting.
I also got to dip my feet, see a Cormorant, some Common Terns and lots of Butterflies, Bees and Hoverflies, as well as the Herring Gulls with their babies on the rocks. 
You'll see I made a heart with some small pebbles - I cautiously chose them and I returned them straight back to where they came from as soon as I took the photo.

On the walk along the cliffs back to the car, we were treated to the sight of seals!
Growing up by the coast, I saw seals on a regular basis but I've never seen them in this area before.
There were about 3 adults feeding in the sea and then we spotted the baby lounging on the rocks!!

29th June 2023
Making the time to do some potting, I got the Foxglove into its new home and potted some other little bits.
We haven't grown much or bought many plants or flowers this year but it's still nice to have something.

30th June 2023

The final day of 30 Days Wild and my gorgeous, beloved mice family popped up to say hello!
I'm always over the moon to see them, but extra so that I could include them in this year's project.

Today also saw a very happy occasion when we were able to re-release our young rescue pigeon Hypnos.
There will be a separate post talking more about his rehabilitation, hopefully soon.

1st July 2023
Baby blackbird is back again today! So pretty!

2023 Daily Photos // Days 169 - 175

 

18th June 2023
I popped down to the recycling village today to get rid of some wood and found this guy in the middle of a busy path.
I was petrified that they would get stood on and there was no safe place to relocate them nearby, so I brought them home and put them in our garden.

19th June 2023
Return to the Rhinns!
Last year we took Baker on holiday to the Rhinns of Galloway for his 10th birthday in August.
He enjoyed it so much that we decided to go back this year!
We arrived in the early afternoon, and this was our first evening at the campsite.

20th June 2023
On day 2 of our camping adventure we decided to take the short drive over to Portpatrick and do our 'Treasure Trail' that we'd brought with us.
It ended up being a lot busier than I'd expected and the weather was insane, super hot with an intense fog, so I was quite overwhelmed.
However, we managed to find some hidden gems due to the trail and spotted some gorgeous wildlife, including Black Guillemots which I have never seen before!

21st June 2023
This morning we went back to the bay that Baker and I swam in a year previously for another swim.
 The three of us only managed a short time in the water because the high tide was approaching and it was a very pebbly beach which was difficult to walk on.
We were happy to see that there were still lots of Gannets around though and also spotted a ladybug, A Greenfinch and some Linnets (from afar, they were not easy to photograph!) which was another first for me.
As our day at the sea was cut short, we decided to have a drive and ended up at Port Ryan, an absolute highlight of our holiday.
It was relatively quiet, a perfect temperature and just beautiful!
We saw (what I'm hazarding a guess as being) a juvenile Stonechat as soon as we left the car, then an adult a little later on as well as another bird on the rocks that I'm struggling to identify - possibly a Skylark...though it could be wishful thinking and it might just be a Thrush.

Ending our day with a rainy evening at camp we enjoyed the company of the sheep and a wet little Robin stopped by.

22nd June 2023
Upon arriving home today, we were happy to see both of our Raspberry plants doing very well!

23rd June 2023
I've missed all of my little birdy friends!
Mr Blackbird brining his baby to the garden was a lovely treat today.

24th June 2023
I didn't know if we'd get a visit from the wasps who strip the bamboo on our fence during this 30 Days Wild, but this beauty didn't let us down!
We saw a lovely sky on our way to bed too.