Hello everyone, it’s Lorcan here and welcome to Day 12 of 30 Days Wild! Today, I’ve been listening to birdsong in the garden and it made me feel so relaxed. Like Dara, I am a young person who is Asperger’s. This means I experience a lot of anxiety and my life can be very routine led with lots of rituals. …
Hi everyone this is Bláthnaid! Welcome to 30 Days Wild Day 11! Today was very wet and windy! Yesterday I got really freaked out because I got a tick on my belly – yikes!! The price of adventure. Thanks to my mum and dad for helping me. …
Hey everyone, it’s Dara again! Lorcan and Bláthnaid will be blogging again soon, I promise ????
Today has been really brilliant! I had been approached a while ago by BBC Northern Ireland about doing some filming with the Homeground team, which is a bit like N.Ireland’s …
Hi everyone, welcome to Day 9 of 30 Days Wild and it’s Friday!! The air was warm and still this evening so we took a drive to Killykeegan Nature Reserve. It’s a really beautiful place and perfect for adventure. Mum and Dad do their thing and let us play (13 isn’t too old to play, right?). …
Hey everyone it’s Dara here! Welcome to my little offering for 30 Days Wild – Day 8! We’re having so much fun and it has been amazing to see my brother sister, mum and dad getting involved too. The weather has been a constant sheet of torrential rain, but I braved it for a few moments to see how our unmown garden is getting along! …
Hello everyone, this is Bláthniad on Day 7 of 30 Days Wild! Today I wrote a wee story about why I love climbing trees. I hope you like it!
Climb trees to another world
When I was really little, I wanted to be up high, to be up with the birds and the sky. …
Hey everyone, welcome to Day 6 of 30 Days Wild! The weather has been crazy today and after a pretty hard day at school, I watched the birds from the window and read my favourite wildflower book. I’m brushing up on my identification skills as I’m going to be doing some Bioblitz filming for BBC Northern Ireland at the weekend. …
Hi everyone, it’s Lorcan here again! Welcome to Day 5 of 30 Days Wild! Our garden is full of a variety of species of birds. Now they have finally ended their incubation and nest feeding; the teaching has begun – the fledglings have taken flight into our garden. …
Hello one and all, this is Róisín, Dara’s mum and I’ve been pleaded upon to write the next instalment for 30 Days Wild. I absolutely love how Dara is engaging. motivating and spurring us all on – it’s a real family affair and it feels really very special to be part of his challenge. …
Hi everyone, it’s Dara here today! Welcome to Day 3 of 30 Days Wild. I’m so proud of my siblings Bláthnaid and Lorcan – stiff competition for me today. I was thinking today would be spent viewing our wonderful magnificent meadows, but the weather was atrocious with hail, torrential rain and lightning! …
Hi everyone, my name is Bláthnaid and I’m Dara’s sister and I’m 7 years old, I love flowers, fairies, witches and bugs! Today is the second day of our 30 Days Wild Challenge and I’d like to write about my favourite flower. …
Hi everyone, my name is Lorcan McAnulty, I’m 11 years old and I’ll be blogging today as part of the 30 Days Wild ‘McAnulty team’! 30 Days Wild is a brilliant public (well mostly virtual 😉 gathering to celebrate nature and get everyone involved by carrying out random acts of wildness! …
