Blog: 30 Days Wild

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A young woman and her three sons having a picnic on a grassy hillside overlooking an estuary

Celebrating the simple joy of 30 Days Wild

Green pledges, duckling rescues, flower printing, wild baking – this is just the start of Kath Simpson’s wonderful 30 Days Wild family challenge. Find out what else the family got up to, and the…

A cinnabar moth resting on the bark of a tree trunk

A 30 Days Wild minibeast hunt

Look more closely at the wild places around you and you never know which cool critters you might find! Here are some species you could spot during 30 Days Wild.

Sedge warbler by Dave Steel

A simpler and so much nicer world

Mosslands birding legend Dave Steel finishes his 30 Days Wild adventure with a poignant and beautiful round-up and a hope that we do not lose some of the incredible characters we find on the…

Black-headed gull juvenile by Dave Steel

Rain won't hold me back

In truth the rain doesn't really bother me, it simply offers up the Moss in a different light.

Yellow wagtail by Dave Steel

Whistling a tune to the yellow wagtails

It could have been due to the type of summer’s day that this morning had offered me, as I arrived on Barton Moss, that induced this feeling of nostalgia. It being grey cool and suggestive of more…

Black-tailed skimmer by Dave Steel

Finally welcomed to a wet moss

Was I under a cloud? Did it disapprove? Was I a few Brownie Points down on Day 27 of 30 Days Wild out on Chat Moss?

Curlew by Dave Steel

Nature joins my easy stroll

It seems that in having drained my energy levels over the past few days, whilst I wandered the open landscape of Chat Moss, that the sun couldn't be bothered blazing its light through my…

Young buzzard in nest by Dave Steel

Young in the safety of the shade

With the thermometer promising a “cool” 30C today, a quiet corner in the shade was the order of the day, where I could do bit of pondering for my wild day number 25.

Small tortoiseshell by Dave Steel

Wild raves that are legal

With temperatures predicted to reach 28C today I did consider that, perhaps, there would be too little shelter to be had on the wander that my cuppa time had decided I should follow today.

Mossland rail crossing by Dave Steel

Retracing past steps

A thoughtful retracing of steps first taken 50 plus years ago, well, it was a quiet sort of day in the wild, as if it was taking stock for the summer.

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