Monthly Archives: August 2018

Squares in the field

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past few months as the crops have grown in the nearby fields I’ve noticed that there are squares of crops missing. These squares are around 4 x 4 metres and each field of wheat has around 3 squares … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Environment, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged birds, crops, farming, nature, Oxfordshire, Skylark plot, Skylarks, wildlife | 4 Comments

Interesting morning at O.U.M.N.H

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

This morning I was invited to Oxford University Museum of Natural History to talk to a summer school group about wildlife, blogging and photography. As this is one of my favourite places in Oxford I couldn’t refuse. Shortly after talking … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Citizen science, Environment, insects, Museum, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, science, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Blogging, Charles Darwin, Dodo, Environment, insects, Irecord, natural history museum, nature, science, The Great Debate, wildlife | 5 Comments

Snorkelling at Bembridge

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

One of my favourite parts of our visit to the Isle of Wight was snorkelling at Bembridge. Filming underwater opens up a whole new world of creatures, including crabs, juvenile Ballan wrasse, sea anemones and multitudes of other tiny fish. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, coast, nature, outdoors, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Underwater, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged ballan wrasse, Bembridge, Blogging, Gopro, Isle of Wight, shore crab, snorkelling, Underwater, velvet crab | 10 Comments

Rockpooling – Isle of Wight

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

I’ve just come back from a spending a few days on the Isle of Wight. On one of the days we went rockpooling with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The session was held at Bembridge beach. As the … Continue reading →