Beth Thomas

Day 24 of #30DaysWild and I visited @YorksWildlife #Brockadale nature reserve, it was beautiful sunshine and I've never seen so many #butterflies, largely marbled whites. So many #flowers too, pyramidal orchids and greater twayblades were particular highlights!

Day 22 of #30DaysWild and I came face to face with my first red damselfly of the year, stunning!

Day 21 of #30DaysWild and I visited @Bempton_Cliffs and @YorksWildlife North Landing nature reserves to see the sea #bird spectacular and it did not disappoint, beautiful day, amazing birds!! How lucky we are to have it in Yorkshire!

Day 18 of #30DaysWild and visited Fenns and Whixall Moss to learn about the white faced darter #dragonfly and its habitat, had an amazing day, seeing lots of exuvia, a newly emerged dragonfly and so many sundews! @ypp_peat

Day 17 of #30DaysWild and I was on one of our under restoration #peatlands with looking at some research plots and was very surprised to see a pair of #redshank on the moss! I've not seen them up on a peatland before so that was a treat! @ypp_peat

Day 16 of #30DaysWild and I went exploring a nature reserve in Otley, was very excited to see bee #orchids amongst all the common spotted ones. Also found a few #damselflies despite the strong winds.

Day 14 of #30DaysWild and I got put and about on a #peatland near Hawes checking our flow monitoring up there. We are collecting data to see what the impact of slowing the flow with our peat restoration has on #flood risk! @ypp_peat

Day 7 of #30DaysWild and I am pleased to say that the blue tit chicks in the barn are doing well, the nest has escaped the attention of the farm cat so far and the chicks don't look too far off fledging, fingers crossed!

Day 5 of #30DaysWild and very excited that the first State of Yorkshire's Nature is here, great set of statistics to help guide our conservation work and it shows us the stark situation we need to turn round! @YorksWildlife

Day 4 of #30DaysWild and I was admiring my favourite #tree, a spectacular #ash that has recently come into leaf and is looking great, very little sign of Ash dieback, fingers crossed!

Day 3 of #30DaysWild and I attended the @YorksWildlife volunteer conference with a Sphagnum covered display, to talk peatlands. Our lovely @ypp_peat volunteer Anne deservedly won an award for her dedication to peatland monitoring 😀

Day 2 of #30DaysWild and found a blue tit #nest in the breeze block of the hay barn where my donkeys live. Delightful!

It's the beginning of this year's #30DaysWild and I went down to my local @YorksWildlife reserve Adel Dam and watched the wildlife. Beautiful day. There was a jackdaw too heavy for the squirrel proof feeder who's figured out a method of jumping on it and getting its food 😄

Happy #bogday!! Pictures from one of my top five favourite bogs in Yorkshire, restored by @ypp_peat 10 years ago its looking amazing, with lots of my favourite bog plant #sundew! It's just the best time of year to be on bogs! @IUCNpeat

Day 30 of #30DaysWild and I was visiting Bristol, down by the docks, but there was still wildlife to be found! @30DaysWild

Day 29 of #30DaysWild and visited @nationaltrust Stourhead, walked the gardens and admired the amazing #trees there, they have so many huge old specimens! Particularly liked a tulip tree that was in blossom, picked one up off the ground to find it already occupied! @30DaysWild

Day 28 of #30DaysWild and visited RHS Wisley today, loved the #wildlife garden of course, mostly because I watched the emperor dragonflies laying eggs. There were lots of damselflies and other invertebrates too! #dreampond @30DaysWild @RHSWisley @The_RHS

Day 27 of #30DaysWild and I was exploring Eastbourne. Went for a #swim in the sea, admired the #flowers on the sea front, had an ice cream someone wanted me to share!! Went up to Beachy Head and learnt some great names for #wildlife and saw the lighthouse+wildflowers @30DaysWild

Day 26 of #30DaysWild and I visited #Brighton where they have giant starlings! (On the pier) A pavilion full of animals (on Chinese wallpapers, pic looks like a red-billed blue #magpie) and zero waste shops with good advice! A suitably wild place! @30DaysWild

Day 25 of #30DaysWild and I enjoyed the sunset from our holiday lodge, trying to take pictures of the #swifts and then waiting for the #bats to come out! @30DaysWild