HAPPY NEW YEAR and Happy Birthday, Blog! 2026 will be its 12th year. Prior to that, interested parties received updates via email, starting way back in 2010!
Many newspapers, Radio & TV start the year with a look back at the year just past, so I thought I might do the same. Here are my personal highlights for 2025, starting last month:
DECEMBER![]() |
Tree Creeper and |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
NOVEMBER ![]() |
| Grey Wagtail |
OCTOBER ![]() |
| Teal |
SEPTEMBER![]() |
new look pond and |
SEPTEMBER![]() |
| Comma butterfly |
AUGUST![]() |
14-spot Ladybird and |
AUGUST ![]() |
| Clouded Yellow Butterfly |
JULY ![]() |
Reed Warbler |
JUNE![]() |
| Sedge Warbler |
MAY![]() |
male Orange Tip Butterfly and |
MAY![]() |
| Orange Tip egg on Cuckoo Flower |
APRIL![]() |
| Mallard Duckling |
MARCH![]() |
| Snipe |
FEBRUARY![]() |
| Frogspawn |
JANUARY![]() |
| Redwing |
and so back to January!
This was a really difficult exercise to do - so much had to be left out !
What will be the highlights of 2026, I wonder?
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