Monday 27 June 2016

Day 27 of 30 days wild in Hedge End

I seem to have missed quite a few days of blogging about 30 days wild in Hedge End and now find myself almost at the end of the month. I have tried to keep up with a random act of wildness each day but somehow have not found the time to write about them.

We have had a lot of bees and hoverflies, and a few damselflies in the garden. I have been a lot more aware of the wild flowers growing in Hedge End's verges. There were rabbits and mute swans on the new golf course at the cricket ground. Yesterday we had a sparrow hawk fly through the garden and a neighbour reported seeing a red kite above our houses. The sparrow hawk is not unusual, but the red kite is a bit more exciting.

Today we went a bit further afield and drove to Hengistbury Head in Dorset. We walked round the nature reserve and along Mudeford spit. Jack had a swim, we felt refreshed and we saw this lovely cinnabar moth on ragwort.
Beach huts at Mudeford Spit
Jack going for his swim
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  1. Unknown24 August 2020 at 19:11

    Hi Keith - I was doing research for Goodalls Meadow, leading me to your blog.

    You mention rabbits on the cricket ground, rabbits being a subject that came up in the FoWLNR group recently and the fact that none have been seen for a good while.

    Terry

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