Finishing one notebook, beginning another

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One of the pleasures of the new year for me each year is cracking open my new naturalist field notebook for the year (I always buy a new one over the Christmas hols at Flourish and Blotts). I spent the weekend reading over last year's book, writing up the year end observations and transferring over my notes about what I particularly hoped to observe this year. I keep a running total creatures list each year. Last year I recorded observing twelve new creatures (although to be fair, I'm not sure it's entirely fair to include the Darbyshire Hexkork I included on the list from last summer, because to be honest, I just saw their tracks, not the creature itself).

I do think my artwork is loads better than when I started my notebooks five years ago. I'm using more colours in my pen and ink drawings, and that makes looking back over my notes much more fun, too.

Professor Grubbly-Plank says that my notebooks are 'very idiosyncratic and unusual.'