30 Days Wild is an annual challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts to encourage us to participate in 'Random Acts Of Wildness' every day in June. In turn helping me to actually really enjoy June which is otherwise, this year in particular, too hot to cope with. 2023 marks my 7th year taking part in 30 Days Wild!
Unless you are completely new here you will know we are a very wild family to begin with! However, it's not only an excuse to share nature and wildlife-themed photos every single day of my Project 365. It is also a fun way to mix up my wildness to include things other than just my obsession with photographing every bird that enters my garden haha. Beware though, this will still be a very bird-heavy post!
Here is our Week 3 of 30 Days Wild 2023.
Check out the other 2023 post here:
30 Days Wild 2023 - Week 1
30 Days Wild 2023 - Week 2
Day 15 - June 15th
Finally replaced the temporary bird-crash deterrents on the kitchen window.
I used some matt black sticky back plastic and traced/cut out some bird shapes.
Day 16 - June 16th
It was a bit of a traumatic morning as this stunning Sparrowhawk sadly took one of the gorgeous fledgling Starlings that have been frequenting our garden.
I am absolutely gutted because they are drawn to our garden as it's made for them, and then one has been taken right outside my gate.
Of course, I know it is the circle of life and in a way, it is amazing to see a bird of prey up close.
Still very sad though.
Day 17 - June 17th
Water is life!
We thankfully got a little bit of rain today and I went to sit outside in it.
I got to see a spider running to escape the raindrops, a bee stopping by for a drink from the water bowl (that I was just about to clean out!) and photograph the drops in the bird bath.
Later in the day, an injured young pigeon appeared in our front garden.
We kept an eye on it, but it didn't move in over 3 hours and was in danger from cats, foxes and other animals that frequent our area at night so we decided to step in.
I'll share more about our latest rescue soon.
Day 18 - June 18th
I popped down to the recycling village today to get rid of some wood and found this guy in the middle of a busy path.
I was petrified that they would get stood on and there was no safe place to relocate them nearby, so I brought them home and put them in our garden.
Day 19 - June 19th
Return to the Rhinns!
Last year we took Baker on holiday to the Rhinns of Galloway for his 10th birthday.
He enjoyed it so much that we decided to go back this year.
We arrived in the early afternoon, and this was our first evening at the campsite.
Day 20 - 20th June
Portpatrick!
Day 2 of our camping adventure we decided to take the short drive over to Portpatrick and do our 'Treasure Trail' that we'd brought with us.
It ended up being a lot busier than I'd expected and the weather was insane, super hot with an intense fog, so I was quite overwhelmed.
However, we managed to find some hidden gems due to the trail and spotted some gorgeous wildlife,
including Black Guillemots which I have never seen before!
Day 21 - 21st June
This morning we went back to the bay that Baker and I swam in a year previously for another swim.
The three of us only managed a short time in the water because high tide was approaching and it's a very pebbly beach which was difficult to walk on.
We were happy to see that there were still lots of Gannets around though and also spotted a ladybug, A Greenfinch and some Linnets (from afar, they were not easy to photograph!) which was another first for me.
As our day at the sea was cut short, we decided to have a drive and ended up at Port Ryan, an absolute highlight of our holiday.
It was relatively quiet, a perfect temperature and just beautiful!
We saw (what I'm hazarding a guess as being) a juvenile Stonechat as soon as we left the car, then an adult a little later on as well as another bird on the rocks that I'm struggling to identify - possibly a Skylark...though it could just be wishful thinking and it might just be a Thrush.
Ending our day with a rainy evening at camp we enjoyed the company of the sheep and a wet little Robin stopped by.
I hope you have been able to get outside, do something wild and appreciate how incredibly lucky we are to have the nature and wildlife we do. Look after it!
Until next time...
30 Days Wild // Week 1
30 Days Wild // Week 2
30 Days Wild // Week 3
30 Days Wild // Week 4
And for 2021's posts, see here:
30 Days Wild 2021 // Week 1
30 Days Wild 2021 // Week 2
30 Days Wild 2021 // Week 3
30 Days Wild 2021 // Week 4
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