Category Archives: Hedgehogs

Hedgehog

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 →

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Yearly visit by a hedgehog

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Around once a year we get a hedgehog in the garden. While watching a Muntjac deer on the Birdsy camera footage this morning I noticed something in the back ground that’s not normally there. On the next clip, once the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birdsy, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged garden, hedgehog, nature, wildlife, Wildlife photography | 1 Comment

Mammal Week

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

National Mammal Week is organised by The Mammal Society and this year runs from 23 October to 1 November 2020. Mammals have always been my favourite animals to watch and take photographs of. I’ve been out for a walk around … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Autumn, Badgers, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized | Tagged Badgers, Fallow deer, Get Your Boots On, hedgehog, Muntjac, nature, wildlife, wildlife books | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, nature, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged garden wildlife, Get Your Boots On, hedgehog, nature, trail camera | 4 Comments

Crazy few days

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Sunday saw the first hedgehog day in Witney Oxfordshire, organised by Hugh Warwick. A day where people came together to celebrate all things hedgehog and spread the word on how you can make the place you live hedgehog friendly. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, Hedgehogs, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, plastic waste, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife Rescue | Tagged Biodiversity, Conkers, hedgehog, Oxfordshire, Scouts, Wilderland festival | 4 Comments

Neighbourhood mammals

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 5 Comments

Easter Holidays

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 2 Comments

State of Nature in Oxfordshire 2017

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 7 Comments

Trail camera footage

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 3 Comments

RSPB Big Wild Sleepout

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 →