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Brighton starlings
A few years ago I visited Brighton to see the starling murmurations by the pier This weekend we were in Brighton again and although it is much earlier on in the year and the starlings are barely starting to gather, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Autumn, birds, Blogging, coast, Environment, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Brighton, nature, Starlings, wildlife
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Another stunning visitor to the garden is the Great spotted woodpecker. This one is a regular visitor and is in and out of the garden most of the day. Since the hazelnuts have appeared, the woodpecker has been in competition … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Autumn, birds, garden, Get Your Boots On, Great spotted woodpecker, Hazel
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Heron
The second stunning visitor to the garden (or house) in the recent days was a Grey heron. With its 6 foot wingspan it’s an impressive bird Landing on the roof it looked like it was using the height as a … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Autumn, birds, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, Wildlife
Tagged birds, Heron
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Sparrowhawk
A commotion in the garden alerted me to the Sparrowhawk that was sitting on top of the bird feeder. All of the sparrows had quickly disappeared into the depths of the hazel hedge but one dove was still waddling around … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Sparrowhawk, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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National Badger Day 2021
Badgers are one of my favourite animals and I enjoy seeing all the posts on social media during National Badger day Here are a few of my favourite photos I’ve taken over the past five years. Cookie, is and always … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Autumn, Badgers, Blogging, Books, Environment, Every child wild, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Badgers, Books, Get Your Boots On, mammals, national badger day, Oxfordshire Badger Group, The Badger Trust
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Last few butterflies
Between the rain showers, a couple of butterflies have been feeding from the final flowers on the Buddleia tree in our garden. According to an article by The National Trust I was reading, five of our native butterflies can hibernate … Continue reading
Posted in Butterfly, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, Wildlife
Tagged butterflies, garden, Hibernation, wildlife
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Green Appleton
My first public event in what seems like forever, and it’s on my local patch.
Posted in Blogging, Books, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, Uk nature, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, Blogging, Environment, nature, outdoors, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Hedgehog
Little tell tale signs that our visitor is back have been appearing in the front garden. It wasn’t going close enough to our permanent Birdsy camera to trigger it, but a handful of hedgehog food and a second camera confirmed … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, mammals, nature, trail camera
Tagged Birdsy, Bushnell, garden wildlife, hedgehog, trail camera
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Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa
Not so much wildlife but landscape. Last week 3 generations of our family climbed Snowdon or Yr Wyddfa in Welsh. We had been planning it a while and had booked an Air B and B in Snowdonia National Park. Snowdon … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Snowdon, Uncategorized, Wales
Tagged Adventure, Environment, outdoors, Snowdon, Wales, wildlife
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Interesting little visitor
A few weeks ago I noticed a strange bird call in the garden. I didn’t think much more about it, other than I thought I didn’t recognise it. That’s not saying much as I’m not that good at bird calls. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Australia, birds, Blogging, Books, Every child wild, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged bird, bird call, pets, Star Finch, wildlife
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