Finishing one notebook, beginning another

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.'