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- 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
- 30 Days Wild – Day 2
- 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
- Update on Cookie’s sett
- Earth worm survey
- The story of Cookie
- Small mammal surveying
- Bluebells
- Spring evening walk
- Lapwings
- Foggy evening
- End of the holidays
- Water voles
- Roe deers up close
- Spring flowers
- Weekend in Devon
- Badgers at Secret World Wildlife rescue
- Spring is here
- Badger cam
- Spring Hares
- BAWC’s Wildlife Crime conference 2016
- Chance meeting with a Barn Owl
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Day 22 – How many flowers in an acre
For Day 22 of 30 Days Wild my sister and I challenged each other to see how many different flowers we could find in an acre, in the field next door to our house. I’m sure we missed quite a … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, bindweed, bird's foot trefoil, Blogging, brambles, clover, comfrey, common spotted orchid, daisy, field scabious, forget me knot, hedge woundwort, images, nature, nettle, oxeye diasy, photography, scarlet pimpernel, self-heal, vetch, wild carrot, wild flowers
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Day 21 – view a landscape
On a clear day from my house I can see across to Brize Norton, which is 10 miles, in a straight line, through open fields, patches of woodland, farmland and iconic places such as Harrowdown Hill. Hares and deers roam … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Harrowdown hill, ladybird, landscape, Lapwing, nature, summer solstice, sunrise
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Day 19 – Science experiment
Science experiment for Day 19 of 30 Days Wild was to see if it was hot enough to cook an egg on the car. After an hour it sort of cooked.
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, outdoors, Uncategorized
Tagged 30 Days Wild, cooking, science, summer
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On the river – Day 18 of 30 Days Wild
Every couple of months over the summer my parents do safety cover for wild swimming events. This means a day on the water with my camera. Launching the boat just after 5.30am, there is no one around, the water is … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, River, Uncategorized, wild swimming, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Blogging, boat, dragonfly, Egyptian goose, Environment, Heron, nature, Reed bunting, River, Swan, wild swimming, wildlife
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Day 16 – Early evening walk and badgers
It’s Friday, the last day of Springwatch Unsprung and a must because the brilliant Dara, fellow blogger and wildlife enthusiast is on. Make sure you check out his blog here https://youngfermanaghnaturalist.com/ By 7.30pm the air was slightly cooler and with no … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Blogging, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Blogging, Buzzard, Environment, Goldfinch, kestrel, nature, photography, Stream, wildlife, Woods
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Scarlet Tiger moths – Day 15
Day 15 of 30 Days Wild Around 8pm last night straight opposite my house around 70 Scarlet Tiger moths appeared. Some flew high around the trees, other fluttered around on the ground, while a few paired up on leaves and … Continue reading
Forest school, Day 13 of 30 Days Wild
For Day 13 of 30 Days Wild I went back to my Primary school to talk about 30 Days Wild. It was really nice to be invited back and to see some of my ex-teachers especially the one who encouraged … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Every child wild, insects, nature, outdoors, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Butterfly, children, education, Environment, Forest school, nature, photography, Violet ground beetle, wildlife, Woods
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