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Small mammal survey 2018
Last weekend I joined Oxfordshire mammal group on a morning of checking and collecting Longworth traps. Longworth traps are used in small mammal surveying. They are laid in areas with vegetation and baited with apple for moisture, bird seeds and … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, survey, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged bank vole, common shrew, mammals, nature resrve, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire mammal group, pygmy shrew, small mammal survey, survey, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wood mouse
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Day 13 of 30 Days Wild – stalking lizards
A little while ago I was chosen as a Youth Ambassador for Pocket Pals app This app, which is going to be launched very shortly is aimed at connecting people with wildlife and the environment using their mobile phones. Through tracking 3D … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Animals, Blogging, Every child wild, nature, Nature reserve, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, apps, Blogging, Canon, Common Lizard, Environment, nature, Nature reserve, Pocket Pals App, reptiles, RSPB, Strumpshaw fen, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Day 8 of 30 Days Wild – Visit a nature reserve
Your local nature reserve is a great place to relax and watch wildlife. Each nature reserve usually has its own specialist species. We visited Strumpshaw Fen which is well known for the Swallowtail butterfly. Strumpshaw Fen is located near Norwich, … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Butterfly, insects, nature, Nature reserve, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged blog, caterpillar, cuckoo spit, Damselfly, dragonfly, nature, Nature reserve, Norfolk, Norfolk hawker, Spider, Strumpshaw fen, Swallowtail butterfly, wildlife
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Day 6 of 30 Days Wild – Visit a bird hide
A very productive afternoon spent in a bird hide in Norfolk where we spotted a couple of Marsh Harriers and two Common Cranes flying over. Common Cranes can be seen passing through many parts of Britain in Spring and Autumn … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Blogging, nature, Nature reserve, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Bird hide, birds, Bittern, Black-headed gull, Common Crane, Marsh harrier, nature, Norfolk, RSPB, wildlife
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Starling murmurations at Otmoor
It was 3.15pm, we had been walking around Otmoor for the past two hours. The weather was cold and windy, the ground a mixture of ice and squelching mud. Even with 3 pairs of socks on each step I took … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Citizen science, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, RSPB, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
Tagged amazing nature, birds, Citizen science, nature, Otmoor, Oxfordshire, starling murmuration, Starlings, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
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BBOWT – Hitchcopse Pit
BBOWT’s Nature Reserve, Hitchcopse Pit, like Dry Sandford Pit was once a quarry. I visited Dry Sandford Pit in March and had planned to go back in the autumn but we ended up at Hitchcopse pit instead. https://appletonwildlifediary.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/bbowt-dry-sandford-pit/ Hitchcopse Pit … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Butterfly, insects, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Bullfinch, Butterfly, comma, dragonfly, evening primrose, Fungi, Heron, Lichen, nature photography, Red admiral butterfly, red kite, small copper, wildlife
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Guest blog from Norfolk
Thanks to my Nan for writing about her recent visit to Norfolk After our recent camping trip to the Norfolk Broads Alex has once again asked us to do a guest blog. This trip during the June heatwave gave us … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Butterfly, Nature reserve, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Damselfly, dragonfly, egret, Heron, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fen, Swallowtail butterfly, Wroxham
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