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- Big Butterfly Count 2017
- Guest blog from Norfolk
- Swallows
- Day 30 of 30 Days Wild
- Day 29 – Garden birds
- Day 28 – mini beast hunt
- Day 27 – Badger talk at Wytham woods
- Day 26 – Sundial
- Day 25 – The Great British Bee Count
- Day 24 – A different perspective
- Day 23 – Listen to wildlife
- Day 22 – How many flowers in an acre
- Day 21 – view a landscape
- Day 20 – Trail cameras
- Day 19 – Science experiment
- On the river – Day 18 of 30 Days Wild
- Day 17 – The Great Get Together
- Day 16 – Early evening walk and badgers
- Scarlet Tiger moths – Day 15
- Day 14 – Butterflies
- Forest school, Day 13 of 30 Days Wild
- Walk in the woods – Day 12
- Follow a trail – Day 11
- Day 10 of 30 Days Wild – Grass verges and Orchids
- Day 9 of 30 Days Wild – Litter picking
- Plant a tree – Day 8 of 30 Days Wild
- Look under a stone or log – Day 7
- Day 6 – Listening to thunder
- Slow Motion – Day 5 of 30 Days Wild
- 30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Watching A Spider Catch Its Prey
- 30 Days Wild – Day 3 – Wild Fair
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- 30 Days Wild – Day one
- Badger watching at Wytham Woods.
- If you go down to the woods today
- Fox cubs
- Foxes
- Neighbourhood mammals
- Easter Holidays
- Badger identification
- Water Vole Day
- Spring mammals
- Little owl
- A badger and a fox
- State of Nature in Oxfordshire 2017
- Spring Equinox
- My local patch Mid March
- BBOWT – Dry Sandford Pit
- Owls and Arrow the Badger
- First Days Of March
- A Barn owl and Storm Doris
- Signs of Spring 2017
- Polecat, Badgers and a fox
- Brown rat
- Petition against the Badger cull
- Big Garden Bird Watch 2017
- Reconnecting with the Badgers
- Nearby rookery
- Catching up with my garden wildlife
- Review of 2016
- Starlings at Otmoor
- Garden wildlife
- Fieldfares and Redwings
- Red Kite hunting
- Male Kestrel
- Halloween and first week of November
- Guest blog – Australia
- Looking for fungi
- Sunny Autumn afternoon
- Hawthorn
- Benefits of Ivy
- Trail camera footage
- Dragonflies
- Back on my local patch
- Birdfair 2016
- Whale watching – Bay of Biscay
- Crickets and Grasshoppers
- Struggles and inspirations in the wildlife world.
- RSPB Big Wild Sleepout
- Catch up with the badger family
- A week in pictures
- The Big Butterfly Count
- Rescuing a lamb and a day on the river
- Badger weekend
- Hedgehog
- 30 mammals for Day 30 of 30 Days Wild
- Butterflies, Day 28 – 30 days Wild
- National Badger Week, Day 25, 26 and 27 – 30 days Wild
- Orchids, Day 23 – 30 Days Wild
- Early morning on the river, Day 19- 30 Days Wild
- Wild flowers, Day 17 – 30 Days Wild
- Sounds of thunder, Day 16 – 30 Days Wild
- Nose to nose with an animal, Day 14 – 30 Days Wild
- Explore the bug hotel, Day 13
- Early morning walk and science festival
- Wild swimming, Day 10 – 30 Days Wild
- Breakfast in the garden – Day 9
- Look for ladybirds, day 8 – 30 Days Wild
- Walk in the rain, Day 7 – 30 Days Wild
- Fill up the birdbath, Day 6 – 30 Days Wild
- Rabbits, Day 5 – 30 Days Wild
- Oxford Festival of Nature, Day four – 30 Days Wild
- RSPB Minsmere, Day 3 – 30 Days Wild
- Springwatch Unsprung, Day 2 – 30 Days Wild
- Bike ride, Day one – 30 Days Wild
- Very interesting badger behaviour
- Deer behaviour
- My blog is three years old today
- Fallow deer passing through
- Catch up with the badger cubs
- Wildlife around the Badger sett
- Happy update on Cookie’s sett
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Whale watching in Hermanus
Hermanus is situated on the Western Cape and is famous for its whale watching, both from the cliff tops or from a boat. After doing a bit of research we choose the company Southern Right Charters to go out with. Leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, photography, South Africa, Uncategorized, Whale watching, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blogging, Cape Sparrow, Environment, Hermanus, laughing dove, nature, photography, Rock hyrax, Southern Right Charters, Southern Right whale, sunbird, whale crier, whales, wildlife
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Boulders Beach, South Africa
Boulders Beach is an sheltered beach on the Cape Peninsula which is home to a large colony of African Penguins. It is surrounded by massive granite boulders which gives it the name Boulders Beach. The Boulders Beach penguins started from … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, nature, outdoors, photography, South Africa, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged African penguins, Boulders Beach, Cape peninsula, penguins, South Africa, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Little owl
Over the last six months I have been on the trail for Little Owls. At the beginning of the year I heard a call that I had heard regularly from a distance but this time it was much closer. After … Continue reading
Posted in birds, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blogging, Environment, Little owl, nature, owl, Oxfordshire, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Swallows
Each summer Swallows arrive and nest in the barn near my garden. Once the young have fledged, the wire that runs over my garden becomes their favourite place to rest. All we can hear through the open windows is their … Continue reading
Posted in birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, Environment, garden, nature, South Africa, swallows, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Day 29 – Garden birds
Not much time after school today to spend on wildlife so my Random Act of Wildness was to watch the birds in my garden. The Pigeons are now sitting on their third nest, after abandoning the first not long after … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blackbird, Blogging, Blue tit, collared dove, Dunnock, Environment, Goldfinch, Great tit, House Sparrow, nature, wood pigeon
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Day 27 – Badger talk at Wytham woods
This evening Oxon Badger Group held an evening of Badger watching and a speakers panel. Mark Avery, Dominic Dyer, Hugh Warwick and Caspar Henderson hosted by Charlie Moores spent an interesting hour discussing nature writing. In turn each author spoke about why … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Blogging, Books, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wytham woods
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Badger, Blogging, Environment, Oxfordshire, Oxon badger group, wildlife, Wytham woods
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Day 25 – The Great British Bee Count
Friends of the Earth are running The Great British Bee Count from 19th May to 30th June this year as a way to record and learn more about the different species. https://www.foe.co.uk/bee-count There is an easy app to download to … Continue reading
