{"id":8611,"date":"2024-04-25T14:46:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/?p=8611"},"modified":"2024-04-25T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:48:10","slug":"earth-day-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We celebrated Earth Day a little early on Friday last week. We went to Dow&#8217;s Wood. We went firstly to see what sort of living creatures we could find. We also spent some time just sitting quietly by ourselves drawing or writing. The idea was to spend some time appreciating the world around us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creatures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"8613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/bugs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1203\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bugs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-1021x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-1021x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A 3x3 montage of creatures found in Banton. A flatwork, a snail, a slug, a millipede, an earthworm, a millipede and a earwig, creatures in a plastic box, a pilot ground beetle, a spider.\" class=\"wp-image-8613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-156x156.jpg 156w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141536\/bugs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We found a variety of invertebrates, in the undergrowth and under logs and rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are building up a collection of creatures we can see in Banton. We will classify these and find out about their lifecycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drawing &amp; writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"455\" data-attachment-id=\"8614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/trees-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trees\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees-300x133.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees-1024x455.jpg\" data-id=\"8614\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees-1024x455.jpg\" alt=\"A montage of 3 line drawings of trees.\" class=\"wp-image-8614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141941\/trees.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Deep in the heart of the forest, lied an oak tree. This tree however, was<br>different from all the others. Not tall or with fine bark or posture.<br>Instead covered with disease.<br>One of the oldest trees you&#8217;d think would be colossal compared to the others, not short and plump, even surrounding trees, far younger, would be taller.<br>It was widened with deformed bark that form a distance, looked soft and fluffy, however when touched was solid.<br>At the bottom was kale-green coloured moss, this feature however was ordinary among oaks, unlike deformed bark.<\/p>\n<cite>Rory<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"8615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/img_1551\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1066\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1551\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551-768x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"8615\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142422\/IMG_1551.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"8616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/img_1552\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1066\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1552\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552-768x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"8616\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25142423\/IMG_1552.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"8619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/img_1553\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1553\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553-768x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"8619\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25143411\/IMG_1553.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Tae Mother Nature, I like the wee beasties you hide<br>Tae Mother Nature, I like the wind you blow fae other countries<br>Tae Mother Nature, I like the moss it\u2019s like a cushion<br>Tae Mother Nature, make the tree go high and the breeze go low<\/p>\n<cite>Tony<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We celebrated Earth Day a little early on Friday last week. We went to Dow&#8217;s Wood. We went firstly to see what sort of living creatures we could find. We also spent some time just sitting quietly by ourselves drawing or writing. The idea was to spend some time appreciating the world around us. Creatures &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2024\/04\/25\/earth-day-in-the-woods\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Earth Day in the Woods&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36730,"featured_media":8612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530798],"tags":[530771],"class_list":["post-8611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoors","tag-dows-wood"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbiggies\/uploads\/sites\/30445\/2024\/04\/25141448\/quite-1200.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8620,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611\/revisions\/8620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}