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Nature thread

B

I though it might be nice to have a thread that we can take into the summer and beyond, as the Spring thread will soon be redundant.

Please remember not to upload an image in the same post as words or it might break the thread - please add your words by replying to the image.

Thank you.

Yesterday  sent me down a rabbit hole when she mentioned this book on the 3 Good Things thread:

https://lithub.com/a-book-to-conjure-nature-when-we-need-it-most/

I then looked at this book:

www.thelostwords.org/.../

The reason for the book made me sad:

“When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these ‘lost words’ included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail…."

Please add anything related to nature that interests you.

Thank you.

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    I got the NHBS Moth Trap (Skinner type). They had lots on their site, it was a present and seemed good for beginners. It's a simple enough box design, so probably something you could make! 

    Brilliant.

    Thank you.

    It's exciting that you have done this, and I hope that you share some more of your finds with us.

    Blush

    ps.  I've got a lot more daytime moths in the garden this year.

Children
  • in reply to B

    I have my fingers crossed for some interesting finds! 

    Ohh, day flying moths can be quite exciting if they stop long enough to identify them!

    I already had the Concise guide by Townsend and Waring, which is handy, but I got the bigger Field guide to accompany the trap to help with identifying. It's bigger but more pleasant to look though, as my concise guide I got at BirdFair one year, and is ring-bound and a bit squeaky.