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Monthly Archives: April 2016
The story of Cookie
Cookie is one of the Badgers from my local sett. She was born in 2014 when the sett had 10 badgers in it. She was one of three cubs that year. She is very distinctive because she has part of … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badgers, mammals, nature, outdoors, trail camera, wildlife, woodland, Woods
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Small mammal surveying
Early Sunday morning (too early) meant meeting up at a site in Oxford to take part in a Small mammal survey training session with the Oxon Mammal group. The site is a designated ‘Local wildlife site’ and the owners wanted … Continue reading
Bluebells
Bluebells have a great significance for me as it means the badger cubs will soon be out and about, as well as marking the fact that Spring is well and truly here. I thought I would do a blog post … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged Badgers, Bluebells, flowers, nature, outdoors, photography, plants, Spring, Wildflowers, wildlife, woodland, Woods
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Spring evening walk
Just before the sun started to set we took a walk around the nearby field and wood. There were plenty of deers in the field alongside a couple of hares. The air is becoming a lot busier, with bird song, … Continue reading
Posted in mammals, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Deer, Hare, mammals, nature, outdoors, Spring, wildlife, woodland, Woods
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Lapwings
The Lapwings have been very visible over the past couple of days, wheeling, diving and dancing in the sky over the nearby field. This is their courtship sky dance. I watched a pair for over half an hour climbing up in … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Lapwing, nature, nature photography, outdoors, Spring, wildlife
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Foggy evening
Walking around the field, the fog was falling as quickly as the light was fading. Lines of fog drifted across the field, gathering where the vegetation was higher. Everything seemed different and familiar trees now unrecognisable. The Hares and Deers … Continue reading
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Tagged mammals, nature, outdoors, Spring, Weather, wildlife, Woods
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End of the holidays
It’s been an eventful holiday, a trip to Devon, Storm Katie, Water voles, Secret World and this Friday a trip up to Stafford to the Mammal Society’s photography awards. I was very lucky to have my photo of a Hare … Continue reading
Posted in birds, garden, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged awards, bird feeder, birds, Deer, garden, Mammal society, mammals, nature, outdoors, red kite, Siskin, Spring, wildlife, Woods
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Water voles
Quite a large group of us spent the afternoon in Gloucestershire looking for Water voles. As soon as we began our walk along the river bank, we instantly started seeing clear indications of Water vole activity. Little patches of droppings, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canon SX50, Gloucestershire, mammals, nature, Otter spraint, outdoors, photography, riverbank, Stream, Water vole, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Roe deers up close
Lately I’ve been watching my local herd of Roe deer who seem to be very active at the moment. My local deers have a home range of two fields and part of the wood. They use the fields for grazing … Continue reading
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Tagged Deer, mammals, nature, outdoors, Roe deer, Spring, wildlife, woodland, Woods
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Spring flowers
With the mixture of sun and rain, Spring flowers are starting to pop up all over my local patch. The Spring flowers seem much lower to the ground and not as bold as the summer flowers. The woodland floor is … Continue reading
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