The green-winged orchids at Bernwood Meadow were
spectacular, the musk orchids at the Rifle Range were very tiny
and very rare and the bee orchids at Yoesden were quirky with their hairy bees
knees. Then there were the delicate little fly orchids at Dancersend, the incredibly
rare single red helleborine and the frog orchids that we spent a lot of time
hunting down on Watlington Hill.
We’ve found some weird and wonderful fungi this Autumn, but
some of my favourites have been the ‘out of this world’ earthstars, the
statuesque magpie inkcaps, the black trumpet shaped horn of plenty and the
prickly terracotta hedgehogs. The red kites are always a favourite and this year our back garden red kites, Whistlejacket and his wife, had two babies which they brought to meet us. We also watched on helplessly as Kenny and Katrina’s nest was blown out of their tree in my parents back garden, although we did get to have a good look at some of the interesting things they used to line their nest!
The blog has gone from strength to strength with 245 posts this year and over 26,000 pageviews since the blog started. Bug Mad Girl wrote some of the blog posts this year and was awarded an amazing Highly Commended in the BBC Wildlife Magazine Blogger Awards. Three of my photos were chosen as BBC Wildlife photo of the day and a couple were printed in the magazine. I wrote a guest blog post about Yoesden for BBOWT that was also printed in the Bucks Examiner.
Wishing you all a very happy and healthy New Year and thank you for reading (and hopefully) enjoying the blog this year.
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