Category Archives: Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons

All random posts about things that I love in nature and wildlife.

Travels are Almost A Go!!

At last it Came! Its been another busy old week here, and today I was very happy to see that OPG got the tax exemption through from the government of Georgia.  This is a really big deal, as it means … Continue reading

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Earth is still Green : Photography from Iceland

Reblogged from art-profiles.com: In this new Category of Posts named “Visit Countries of Earth” we will add the hundreds of countries that our home has. It will include their nature beauties cause we need Green in our Life. First to … Continue reading

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Lisi Lake Video

Last week’s OPG session at Lisi Lake, video put together by our Ambassadors (they are doing film making for their Skills section):  

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Samburu and Grevy’s Zebras: A ‘Win-Win-Win-Win’ Project

Reblogged from Earthwatch Unlocked: The weather has been weird in Oxford lately. Really weird. Two years of low winter rainfall has led to groundwater levels so low that Oxford is officially in drought and we are all being asked to … Continue reading

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OPG Oceans Ambassadors and their Enrichment Work at the Zoo

As we come to the end of our pilot OPG 31 week course, I can’t help but feel proud of how far our Oceans Ambassadors have come, and what they are doing with their free time and as part of … Continue reading

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Photographs of Londoners at the Queen's Jubilee

Reblogged from Little London Observationist: By most accounts of the press, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee boat pageant was a near flawless success, apart from the bit of rain (that may or may not have added to the “British-ness” of the … Continue reading

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A Walk in Battersea Park

Reblogged from Little London Observationist: Ah, a late post today, in true bank holiday spirit. Anyone off to Buckingham Palace tonight? Make it down to the Thames yesterday for the boat parade? Enjoying the extra days off? Some festive Jubilee photos … Continue reading

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Lisi Lake

Lovely day with the kids at Lisi Lake today, though I’m sure we all have a little sunburn despite applying lots of sun lotion (another training lesson for our Earthwatch expeditions!)! Was 24degrees when I left home at 9am, and … Continue reading

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The Georgian Wildlife Show

I’m so excited to share the second episode of ‘The Georgian Wildlife Show’ with you.  The show was set up by our Oceans Ambassadors and counts towards their Duke of Edinburgh/International Award for Young People and has been researched and … Continue reading

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The ‘Map of Life’ Will Track Every Plant and Animal on the Entire Planet

I just came across this very interesting article about a ginormous project called ‘The Map of Life’.  It sounds very similar to an application I’ve come across before, but whose name escapes me at this second.  This nameless application is … Continue reading

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