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Neighbourhood mammals
Back to school this week so I’ve not been able to get out much with my camera. I heard a rustling amongst the dead leaves, expecting it to be a blackbird searching for food, I was surprised to see a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, garden, Hedgehogs, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, Rat, science, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Tagged blog, Blogging, Bristol, Environment, fox, garden, hedgehog, images, nature, photography, Rat, trail camera, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wood mouse
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Easter Holidays
It’s the last day of the Easter holidays. I’ve not been too far off my local patch as my sister is revising for her GCSE’s, but we did have a trip out to Westonbirt Arboretum. Not much wildlife but it … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, garden, Hedgehogs, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badgers, Blogging, Chaffinch, Environment, garden, Hare, hedgehog, housing development, nature, photography, trail camera, TV, Westonbirt Arboretum
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State of Nature in Oxfordshire 2017
A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to be asked to do a presentation at the Launch Event of The State of Nature in Oxfordshire 2017. We decided that rather than doing a presentation on the day that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Citizen science, Hedgehogs, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, RSPB, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Blenheim Palace, Blogging, Environment, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, State of Nature, Wild Oxfordshire, wildlife
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Trail camera footage
Trail cameras are a great way to watch wildlife without having to get too close and interfere with an animals behaviour. When you watch wildlife face to face it often acts differently, it can be wary about your presence. Trail cameras … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Bug hotel, garden, Hedgehogs, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Acorn trail camera, Badgers, bank vole, Bug hotel, Bushnell, garden, garden wildlife, hedgehog, mammals, nature, outdoors, trail camera, wildlife, Wood mouse
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RSPB Big Wild Sleepout
This weekend is the RSPB Big Wild Sleepout. – Swap your home for nature’s home and discover a secret world of wildlife. It is a great chance to find out what goes on outside when you are normally tucked up in … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, garden, Hedgehogs, outdoors, Oxfordshire, RSPB, Rural life, Uncategorized
Tagged Badgers, Big Wild Sleepout, garden, Hare, hedgehog, mammals, nature, outdoors, trail camera, wildlife
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Hedgehog
Up until recently I had never seen a hedgehog in the wild. I still haven’t actually seen one but over the past week my trail camera has been filming a hedgehog that has been visiting my garden every night. Over … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Hedgehogs, nature, outdoors, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged garden, garden wildlife, hedgehog, mammals, nature, outdoors, trail camera, wildlife
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