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- Get Your Boots On – nearly a year on
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Day 3 – 30 Days Wild – Fledglings
Fledglings are taking over parts of the garden. With blackbirds in the back, blue tits and great tits hoping around in the hedges and the call of young sparrows coming out of next door’s roof. The most special visitors to … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Animals, birds, Environment, Every child wild, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged 30 Days Wild, birds, Blogging, garden, nature, Nuthatch, outdoors, Robin, 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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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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Get Your Boots On – nearly a year on
As many of you know Get Your Boots On was published nearly a year ago on 3rd July 2019. On my social media, I’ve started doing a count down. It’s 4 days until a whole year since Get Your Boots … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Books, Environment, Every child wild, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, photography, Uncategorized, wildlife books
Tagged advice, Blogging, Books, careers, knowledge, nature, Nature Books, wildlife, wildlife books
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2019 Round up and HNY
I’ll start with the highlight of 2019. The publishing of Get Your Boots On. An idea that had been in my head since 2016 and after years of writing, and then months of editing by the amazing Dived Up Publishing … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Blogging, Books, Climate strike, Environment, Every child wild, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Happy New Year, hedgerows, insects, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, Nature reserve, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged 2020, A focus on nature, Animals, Badger, Birdfair, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, education, Environment, Happy New Year, Harvest mouse, images, nature, Nature Books, nature photography, photography, Reading, Rose-coloured Starling, starling murmuration, wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography, wildlife protection, Wildlife Rescue
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Get Your Boots On – Book Launch
This week saw the Book Launch for my debut book Get Your Boots On. It has been the most hectic, nerve-wracking but fun week ever. Hugh Warwick very kindly hosted the evening to just over 100 people. A huge thank you … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, Every child wild, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badgers, Blogging, Book Launch, Books, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Nature Books, Nature Table, Stay Wild, wildlife books
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Letters from Young Naturalists
This week I went to visit a class of young naturalists in a Primary school in Oxford. They were an amazing group of children full of enthusiasm and knowledge. Each one either brought in an object for the Nature Table … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Blogging, Environment, Every child wild, garden, Local patch, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Animals, Blogging, children, education, Environment, lions, Oxford, questions, schools, Wildlife photography, wildlife protection
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Day 3 – 30 Days Wild, Lesser Stag beetle
While revising for English Language GCSE in the garden today I spotted this Lesser Stag Beetle resting on the wall in the sun. Its jaws were covered in cobwebs and fluff so I gently cleaned off as much as I … Continue reading
Day 1 – 30 Days Wild, garden
Today is the first day of #30dayswild The Wildlife Trust annual campaign to encourage people to do something wild everyday. https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/40705/petition/1 I spent today helping out on Oxon badger groups’ stall at the Wild Fair in Oxford In one of … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Books, Environment, Every child wild, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Books, Children's books, Get Your Boots On, honey bee, insects, Kingfisher, Ladgybird, oxeye daisy, Oxford, Oxford Festival of nature, wildfair, Wildflowers, wildlife
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Get Your Boots On
FREE signed professional print of my Fox photo with every copy of my forthcoming book Get Your Boots On (released 3 July) pre-ordered during May! This offer is available exclusively from DivedUp.com – place your orders now! https://divedup.com/shop/get-your-boots-on/ To have a look … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluebells, Books, fox, Get Your Boots On, mammals, nature, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodland
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