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- 30 Days Wild – Day 7 – Butterflies
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- 30 Days Wild – End of No Mow May
- Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 20 Wood Mouse
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 19 No Mow May
- Garden Wildlife – Part 18 Hedgehogs
- Garden Wildlife Part 17 Blackbirds
- Garden Wildlife – Part 16 Bank voles
- Earth Live Lessons hosted by Lizzie Daly
- Wild Days – Lessons and resources.
- Garden Wildlife – Part 15 Red kites
- Garden Wildlife – Part 14 The swallows are back.
- Garden Wildlife – Part 13 Kestrels
- Garden wildlife – Part 12 past couple of weeks
- Garden Wildlife – Part 11 Wildflowers
- Garden Wildlife – Part 10 Badger faces and tails
- Garden Wildlife – Part 9 Bluebells
- Garden Wildlife – Part 8 Angle shades pupa
- Garden Wildlife – Part 7 View from the windows
- Garden wildlife – Part 6 Foxes
- Garden Wildlife- Part 5 Ladybirds
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- Garden wildlife – Part 3 Long tailed tit
- Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly
- Garden wildlife – Part 1 Blue tit
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Get Your Boots On – nearly a year on
As many of you know Get Your Boots On was published nearly a year ago on 3rd July 2019. On my social media, I’ve started doing a count down. It’s 4 days until a whole year since Get Your Boots … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Books, Environment, Every child wild, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, photography, Uncategorized, wildlife books
Tagged advice, Blogging, Books, careers, knowledge, nature, Nature Books, wildlife, wildlife books
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30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Little things
Sometimes it’s good to spend time noticing the little things. The intricate lives of insects and beetles. During a short walk from my house I took photos of a nettle weevil, aphids, ants and raindrops.
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Environment, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, outdoors, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, ants, aphids, Green nettle weevil, insects, Local patch, nature, nature photography, oxeye daisy, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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30 Days Wild – End of No Mow May
Today starts another 30 Days Wild run by The Wildlife Trust. I’ve taken part in this for a number of years now, but if you haven’t heard of it before you can find more details by clicking HERE During May … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, ants, Blogging, Buttercup, every flower counts, garden, hoverfly, nature, nature photography, oxeye daisy, Plantlife, selfheal, Wildflowers, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway
During lockdown and the current restrictions I’ve teamed up with family run Kennedy Wild Bird Food for a guest blog post on attracting wildlife to your garden and a chance to win a bundle of bird food and feeders. You … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Competition, Environment, garden, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography
Tagged bird bath, Bird Boxes, Bird Feeders, Bird food, birds, Blogging, Blue tit, collared dove, Competition, Environment, garden, garden wildlife, Kennedy Wild Bird Food, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Win, wood pigeon
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Wildlife Blogging
7 years ago this week I started to blog about the wildlife in my garden and on my local patch. I think over the past couple of months, wildlife and nature close to home has been an important part of … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Birdfair, birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, photography, Stay at home, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography
Tagged A focus on nature, Blogging, Blue tit, Books, Brighton, climate action, Climate strike, education, Environment, fox, Get Your Boots On, Hare, ladybird, Muntjac, nature, nature photography, outdoors, Roe deer, RSPCA, Stay Wild, young adult books, Young naturalists
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Garden Wildlife – Part 16 Bank voles
About a week ago we noticed that something was living in the shed, behind the lawnmower. I put some seed and my trail camera out, and discovered that it was a bank vole Bank voles are a small mammal … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, outdoors, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged bank vole, mammals, nature, trail camera, wildlife
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Garden Wildlife – Part 14 The swallows are back.
The swallows are back on my local patch, one day later than last year. 2020 I first saw the swallows back on 20th April 2019 I spotted the first one to return on 19th April The ones I’ve seen are … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay at home, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, daily walk, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Roe deer, Stay Wild, swallow, wildlife
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Garden Wildlife – Part 11 Wildflowers
The garden today is starting to come alive with wildflowers. In the grass, the flower borders, the gravel and between the cracks in the patio. I was quite surprised by just how many I found in the space of a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Tagged Common daisy, cowslip, dandelions, garden, Germander speedwell, Groundsel, lesser celandine, Lords and ladies, nature, nettle, red dead nettle, Wildflowers
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Garden Wildlife – Part 10 Badger faces and tails
I quite often get asked how I individually identify my local badgers. It isn’t the easiest thing especially this time of year as I haven’t seen them as much over the winter and new wounds and marks appear. I’ve had … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, fox, Local patch, mammals, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badgers, fox, lockdown, Muntjac, nature, trail camera, wildlife
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Garden Wildlife – Part 9 Bluebells
In my garden, we have a mixture of Spanish bluebells that were there when my parents bought the house and native bluebells, neither of which have flowered yet, but out on my walk today I spotted the first flowering Bluebells … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, wildlife books, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blue tit, Bluebells, Books, Get Your Boots On, lockdown, nature, wildflower, wildlife
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