Its December everyone! Is it to early to do a bit of a round-up post?? 2018 has been a pretty good year for spotting wildlife I’ve never seen before. I glimpsed my first Gannets plunging into the ocean for fish off Skye, my first Stonechats darting between fence posts and gorse bushes in Ravenglass and my first Great Crested Grebes fishing in the lagoon at Hodbarrow Nature Reserve. I witnessed my first Eider Ducks bobbing along an aquamarine blue sea in the Outer Hebrides and watched for the first time, wild otters swimming and playing in a sheltered cove there.
And this year I have tried to identify and record every flower, mammal, bird, butterfly and moth I have come across whilst out and about , in a Nature Diary. Doing this has definitely got me busy looking up everything in my often neglected wildlife guides. My diary has gotten quite full, though I know there are still so many plants and animals, that I haven’t had the pleasure of viewing in our beautiful British Isles.
Here are just a few photos of some of the wildlife I have managed to capture on camera this year. 🙂
Hope you enjoyed the photos.
What are your own favourite wildlife moments of 2018?
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Wonderful round up of photos – though my favourites are the seal and otter photos. ☺
Aw thank you. I have had a very fortunate year wildlife ( and everything else) wise. The seals and especially otters were wonderful to see. 🙂
Great photos – a calendar in the making?
That’s a lovely thing to say, but no. I’m definitely a point and press person when it comes to cameras. I should be patient and learn properly . 😉 Lol. X
Beautiful pictures. I too love the seal and otter best. My own favourite wildlife memory for this year was going on a puffin cruise off Flamborough Head.
I remember your post about that. I would love to see some puffins. I never have. Xx
Lovely photos. I do like the sea holly. Where indeed has the year gone ? It has gone so fast.
I know, it really has! I love sea holly. I always feel happy when I see it. I once bought a sea holly for my back yard after being told it was impossible to kill. I won’t tell you the sad ending to that story. 😦
Lol… I think I can probably guess !
Smashing photos! 😃
Aw cheers. 🙂 X
What a wonderful collection of wildlife you have spotted on your travels this year. I’ll do a similar post in a few weeks time. I can’t believe this year is almost ended. It’s gone so fast!! Fab pictures. Have loved following you on your travels this year xx
Thank you Christine. I’ve really enjoyed following you on your adventures too. Looking forward to your wildlife round up post too. Xx
🙂 x
What a lovely collection of photos, great to look back on, lots of nice moments in there.
I don’t feel I’ve had many wildlife moments this year, I don’t feel I’ve been outside a lot, it feels like it’s been a non stop busy kind of year, one thing after another, but we did get great views of the dolphins in Cornwall and I had a lovely moment not so long ago with a roe deer in the woods.
I know you have been extremely busy!
But you have a lovely new place to show for it.
I remember your deer moment. So magical. And it’s always wonderful to see 🐬 dolphins. X
Lovely collection!
Thanks Anabel!
Gorgeous pictures! What a lovely year in wildlife you’ve had. This year, I started feeding birds in the garden for the first time and I love what I get to see there. (Don’t even mind the fat pigeon who sits around waiting for others to do the work on the fat balls.)
Me too. I have a motley collection of visitors including some very squabbly starlings. They are such fun to watch. 🙂 X