Monthly Archives: May 2020

Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

During lockdown and the current restrictions I’ve teamed up with family run Kennedy Wild Bird Food for a guest blog post on attracting wildlife to your garden and a chance to win a bundle of bird food and feeders. You … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Blogging

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

7 years ago this week I started to blog about the wildlife in my garden and on my local patch. I think over the past couple of months, wildlife and nature close to home has been an important part of … Continue reading →

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Garden Wildlife – Part 20 Wood Mouse

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past week or so we’ve noticed a number of the seedlings in the porch, especially the sunflowers, have been nibbled. The other afternoon we found the culprit, a wood mouse. We have a lot of wood mice around … Continue reading →

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Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Hares (Brown Hare – Lepus europaeus) are one of my favourite animals, I love the gangly awkwardness about them. Around where I live we have good years and bad years for hares. I’m not sure why, it could just be … Continue reading →

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Garden Wildlife – Part 19 No Mow May

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

This will be the second year we have taken part in No Mow May in our front garden. The campaign is run by PlantLife and you can read more details about it HERE There are three simple steps: Simply leave your … Continue reading →

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Garden Wildlife – Part 18 Hedgehogs

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past week, I have had my trail cameras out in the front garden in the hope to capture our local vixen or even a badger. However, the cameras picked up something out of the ordinary, a hedgehog! The … Continue reading →

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Garden Wildlife Part 17 Blackbirds

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

For a while I’ve been using a Birdsy camera to film the wildlife and in particular the birds in my garden. Last weekend I moved it around again, this time focusing it on the birdbath in the back garden. It … Continue reading →

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Garden Wildlife – Part 16 Bank voles

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

About a week ago we noticed that something was living in the shed, behind the lawnmower. I put some seed and my trail camera out, and discovered that it was a bank vole Bank voles are a small mammal … Continue reading →