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Nature thread

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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.

Parents

  • Can anyone help me to an insect guide good for beginners? I bought the Collins guide, 'British Insects' which has loads of colour images but doesn't seem to be in any kind of order except to group insects, butterflies etc. I queried this but the publishers haven't yet responded. The most useful bird book I have lists birds by colour in the index, which is really useful for beginners. But with the insect guide you need to riffle through all the pages each time. By the time you do that, they've all flown off! 

  • in reply to Marianne72
    Marianne72 said:
    Can anyone help me to an insect guide good for beginners?

    I do most of my searches online via the phone.

    If you just put in a quick description eg. 'orange moth uk', then go into images, it's often very helpful.

    I've just got 2 pocket sized books nowadays:

    The Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides: Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland and

    National Geographic Kids Field Guide British Insects.

  • in reply to B

    THank you! I'll put both on my library list. Books written for kids are often very good and much clearer.

  • in reply to B

    Oh they are a handy way to look at a field guide aren't they! I would like to get some more, especially one on shield bugs as my daughter really likes those. 

    I also love id guide clothing, I have added a bee one (though only 9 of the 270 species in the country), fungus and ladybird. Even though they are limited, it is fun to wear them. I'm not a fashionable person, so I can at least be factual!

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    I also have some of those handy pullouts from the Field Studies

    Me too.

    I love those.

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  • in reply to B

    Oh they are a handy way to look at a field guide aren't they! I would like to get some more, especially one on shield bugs as my daughter really likes those. 

    I also love id guide clothing, I have added a bee one (though only 9 of the 270 species in the country), fungus and ladybird. Even though they are limited, it is fun to wear them. I'm not a fashionable person, so I can at least be factual!