Author: Georgia Locock

Today (18th November) is exactly one year since I first started my wildlife blog. So far it’s been very enjoyable and I’ve managed to show people what I like doing best, share all my sightings, give people advice and much more!
Over the last year I’ve had lots of different people viewing my blog and leaving comments like the wildlife TV presenters Chris Packham and Mike Dilger. As well as being contacted by the BBC WM radio presenter, Adrian Goldberg and BBC Autumnwatch because of the things that I posted about. On the radio I was talking about how to look after garden wildlife in hot conditions which had featured on my blog and on BBC Autumnwatch some of my badger footage was shown on the program which was found on my blog too! My blog has also appeared in my local newspaper, websites and magazines.
So far I’ve done blog posts about all manner of things from footage I’ve captured on my trail camera to a visit to Kate MacRae’s patch.
I hope the next year is just as good and better!

As the weather for Saturday looked promising we decided to make the most of it and go for a day walking in the Peak District. Our walk started off in Belper and ended there too. At this time of year there are all sorts of interesting fungi species about and I managed to photograph some whilst out walking. Here are some that I took along with some scenic photos.

This morning I noticed a massive clump of harlequin ladybirds, all together there were about 100 and they were all different interesting colours and patterns.
In the late Autumn and early winter it’s very likely you’ll see large amounts of ladybirds huddled together, sometimes thousands. The ladybugs hibernate throughout the winter and different species hibernate in different places. Some under tree bark, in houses, under windows and under leafs etc. They will now be sleeping through until March to April which is when the aphids are around for them to eat and survive on. In the winter there aren’t any around and this is why they go into hibernation, where they can survive.
Here are some of the photos I took.

After all of the BBC Autumnwatch excitement a few weeks back, I had an e-mail from a local newspaper reporter (for the Lichfield Mercury) asking me questions so that a story could be put together about myself and Kate MacRae (WildlifeKate), who also had an appearance on Autumnwatch.
I had my photo on the front page and on page 3 where some of my badger footage screenshots were featured along with some of Kate’s wildlife photos. We also featured on the Mercury website.
You can read more about it on the Mercury website – http://www.lichfieldmercury.co.uk/Wildlife-films-Georgia-Kate-TV-spotlight/story-20044389-detail/story.html