Category Archives: photography

National Badger Day 2021

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Badgers are one of my favourite animals and I enjoy seeing all the posts on social media during National Badger day Here are a few of my favourite photos I’ve taken over the past five years. Cookie, is and always … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Autumn, Badgers, Blogging, Books, Environment, Every child wild, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography, Woodland | Tagged Badgers, Books, Get Your Boots On, mammals, national badger day, Oxfordshire Badger Group, The Badger Trust | 3 Comments

Big Butterfly Count 2021

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It’s time for the Big Butterfly Count. This citizen science UK wide survey started on the 16th July and runs to the 8th August. You can find out more details here https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ Here are a few photos I took on … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Butterfly, Citizen science, Environment, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, survey, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Butterfly, Marbled White, nature, Small tortoiseshell, survey, The Big Butterfly Count, wildlife | 2 Comments

It’s been a while…

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The past few months have meant many things for many people. From more time at home, to missing friends and distant family, a chance to slow down but also quite frightening for some. I’m not going to lie, I’ve found … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Covid-19, fox, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay at home, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Coronavirus, Covid-19, fox, Little owl, mental health | 21 Comments

Get Your Boots On – nearly a year on

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | Leave a comment

30 Days Wild – Day 7 – Butterflies

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

In between the rain showers today there were long patches of sunshine that the butterflies took advantage of. Along one hedgerow and down into the flower meadow I came across these few species of butterfly.

Posted in 30 Days Wild, Butterfly, Environment, hedgerows, Local patch, nature, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife photography | Tagged Butterfly, Meadow Brown, nature, oxeye daisy, Skipper, wildlife, Wildlife photography | 4 Comments

30 Days Wild – Day 5 – badger identification

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past few weeks of dry weather, we have had quite a few visitors to the garden pond. First, a female badger turned up and regularly came 5 or 6 times a night to drink. She is lactating so … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days Wild, Animals, Badgers, Blogging, Citizen science, Environment, Local patch, mammals, nature, photography, science, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Badger, Badger Identification, Badger watching, Badgers, Local patch, mammals, nature, trail camera, wildlife | 4 Comments

30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Little things

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | Leave a comment

30 Days Wild – Day 2 – Water

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With all dry weather recently many birds and animals are struggling to find fresh water. One easy way to help them is to put a dish of water out in your garden. It doesn’t have to be anything special just … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days Wild, Badgers, birds, Blogging, Environment, garden, Local patch, mammals, nature, photography, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged 30 Days Wild, Badger, Bushnell, garden, Great spotted woodpecker, Muntjac, nature, pond, trail camera, water, wildlife | Leave a comment

30 Days Wild – End of No Mow May

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 6 Comments

Wildlife Blogging

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 →