Tag Archives: Blogging

Ten Years of A New Nature Blog

It was ten years ago today that I started this blog. And for me, at the time, it was new, it was about nature, and it was a blog. You can see I put zero effort into thinking up a … Continue reading

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Ten Years of Blogging

Ten years feels a bit like a significant anniversary – and a long time. Perhaps the last ten years feels longer than many decades have, given what has happened (and is about to happen) over that period. Ten years ago … Continue reading

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Blogging in 2016: a quick review

As it’s nearing the end of the calendar year, I thought I’d look back at the blogging that I’ve done this year and some of the highlights. I will leave it to you to tell me about the lowlights. I … Continue reading

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Two Years of A New Nature Blog

I’m celebrating two years (yesterday) since I started writing this blog. This isn’t the first blog I have written though, as I started in October 2010 when I was working for The Grasslands Trust. That one lasted just under two … Continue reading

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A new Nature Blog: 2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 60,000 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading

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50,000 views

This blog has passed a bit of a milestone today – it has reached 50,000 views. I know it’s not much compared to some of the big bloggers like George Monbiot or Mark Avery, but for me, doing this in … Continue reading

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Today’s Blog

Here’s the link to today’s blog, which is on Mark Avery’s website.  

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Bloggers Block

  Dear Reader, you might have been wondering why there have been no new blogs since the 5th August. I have been on an unscheduled blog break – I may have Bloggers Block. Work has intervened, in a good way … Continue reading

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coming soon….

This week I started working for an excellent local ecological consultancy Footprint Ecology. I’ll be there 3 days a week for the next 3 months or so. So I will try and blog on monday and thursday. Next blog will … Continue reading

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