Author Archives: Alex White - Appletonwild

About Alex White - Appletonwild

This is my diary of the wildlife where I live in Oxfordshire, and sometimes the places I visit. My passion is for British wildlife, especially Badgers and Hares. This year my debut book "Get Your Boots On" was published I am a keen amateur photographer. All the photographs on this blog are taken by myself unless stated otherwise. I am a member of A Focus on Nature, the network for Young Nature Conservationists, BBOWT, The Oxon Mammal group and The Oxfordshire Badger Group. You can also follow me on Twitter @Appletonwild Instagram appletonwild

No Mow May 2023

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Alex White - Appletonwild

For another year we are taking part in No Mow May. This is the first time we’ve had a hare in the garden. It stayed a while before wandering back across the road into the field.

Posted in Animals, Blogging, garden, Get Your Boots On, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay Wild, Wildlife | Tagged Hare, mammals, nature, wildlife, Wildlife photography | 1 Comment

Northern Lights

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Alex White - Appletonwild

We heard that the Northern Lights or aurora borealis were possibly going to be visible from Oxfordshire last night. Our first stop at Cumnor looking down the hill towards Wytham Woods showed nothing. We were trying to think of somewhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, sky at night, Uncategorized | Tagged Aurora Borealis, nature, Northern Lights, Oxfordshire, sky | 5 Comments

Autumn visitors

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With a chak, chak, chak from Fieldfares and a high-pitched seeze from Redwings the first few visitors are arriving on my local patch Over the next few weeks, Fieldfares and Redwings will be arrived in the UK, where they will … Continue reading →

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Autumn

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

A few moments of autumn

Posted in Autumn, birds, Blogging, Books, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized | Tagged Autumn, geese, Get Your Boots On, Goldfinch, ladybird, nature | Leave a comment

House visitor

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

We had a visitor in the house for a short while today. Walked in to the room to find this Blue tit just happily sat on the light. Left the windows wide open and after a while it flew out. … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized | Tagged Blue tit | 1 Comment

Dragonflies

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The Ruddy darter dragonfly is one of the most common dragonflies. You can tell it apart from the common darter by its black legs and club shaped abdomen Get Your Boots On available at Amazon

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Water for wildlife

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Back on 17th June I wrote a post about putting water out for wildlife. After the last month of very little rain, it is even more important Doesn’t have to be anything special, just as long as it isn’t too … Continue reading →

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Food Supply July

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

‘No Mow May’, turned in to ‘Let it bloom June’, it’s now ‘Food supply July’ . Each year we stop mowing our small front garden for a few months over the summer, starting in May. This year the sparrows have … Continue reading →