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Deer scrapes
At the back of the wildlife flower meadow on my local patch a couple of muddy patches have appeared. Each time I walk past them I wonder what caused them, so I’ve been doing a bit of research. One patch … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Environment, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged Deer, Fallow deer, mammals, Uk nature, wildlife, woodlands
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UK Blog Awards: Nature and Wildlife
You can vote for my blog here VOTE HERE I’m really pleased to get through to the second stage of the UK blog awards. This year they have included the category: Nature & Wildlife. I’m up against some amazing … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, Every child wild, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, trail camera, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Animals, Blogging, Environment, mammals, Uk nature, Uk wildlife, wildlife
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Problem solving Woodpecker
How do you open a Hazel nut which keeps rolling around? This Great Spotted Woodpecker has a smart idea. He frequently brings over a nut, places it in a crack in the telegraph pole to hold it still, before hammering … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, birds, garden, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Autumn, birds, Blogging, garden wildlife, Great spotted woodpecker, Hazelnut, nature, nature photography, Uk wildlife
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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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The Lost Words – in photos
The Lost Words – A Spell Book to conjure back disappearing words. I’m so glad that none of these words have disappeared from my life and I’m fortunate enough to have plenty of photos of each of these Lost Words … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Books, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, The Lost Words, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged acorn, Adder, Bluebells, Books, brambles, Conkers, dandelions, Fern, Heather, Heron, Ivy, Kingfisher, magpie, Natural History, nature, nature photography, newt, Otter, photography, Raven, Skylarks, Starlings, The Lost Words, weasel, wildlife, Willow, wren
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AFON – The People’s Walk for Wildlife
Last Saturday I attended Chris Packham’s ‘The People’s Walk for Wildlife’. It was an amazing day which I was proud to be part of. I interviewed a few people and wrote a blog for A Focus on Nature https://www.afocusonnature.org/blog/the-people-s-walk-for-wildlife
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, London, mammals, nature, outdoors, photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Chris packham, Environment, Hyde Park, London, nature, The people's walk for Wildlife, wildlife
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Snow Geese
As I mentioned in a previous blog, now Autumn is here, the geese are arriving each evening in the nearby field. Amongst all of the Canada geese, which noisily swoop in, are two Snow geese. Snow geese are smaller than … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Autumn, birds, Blogging, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Autumn, birds, Local patch, nature, Snow geese, wildlife
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