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- If you go down to the woods today – May 2018
- First glimpse of 2018 badger cubs
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- First Cuckoo
- South West Coast Path
- 4 trail cams, 6 nights, 6 badgers
- If you go down to the woods today – April
- Badger watching in comfort
- Barn owl hunting
- Badger skull
- Halo around the moon
- Work Experience At CEH
- Winter again
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- If you go down to the woods today – February
- Thermal Imaging Camera
- National Nest Box Week
- Badgers in February
- Visit to London
- 2 minute wood clean
- Best Big Garden Bird Watch so far
- Sparrow Roost
- Hide in the snow
- Afterschool
- Starling murmurations at Otmoor
- Bullfinches
- If you go down to the woods today… January
- Durlston, Dorset
- My local patch over Christmas week
- Question about Roe deer
- Badger identification
- Snowday
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- Interview with an author – Papiliones by Jonathan Bradley
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- Quick visit to Farmoor reservoir
- Goodbye Fantastic Mrs Fox
- Badgers are ingenious
- Slow down for badgers
- Secrets of sound
- Young wildlife ambassadors panel
- Comparing trail cameras – Night time
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Day 21 of 30 Days Wild – Citizen science
For Day 21 of 30 Days Wild I joined lots of other citizen scientists around the UK sampling the air for background fungal spores, to monitor for resistance to azole fungicide drugs. At 8am this morning I put the air … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Citizen science, Environment, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, science, survey, Uncategorized
Tagged 30 Days Wild, air sample, Aspergillosis, Citizen science, Environment, fungal spores, nature
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Work Experience At CEH
Over the last week I have been doing Work Experience at The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. I really enjoyed working here and I am very grateful for the opportunity. Day one Arriving at The Center for Ecology and Hydrology … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Citizen science, nature, Oxfordshire, science, survey, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Work Experience
Tagged Bees, Blogging, CEH, Environment, Honey, kestrel, photography, pollution, School Life, science, water, Work Experience
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National Nest Box Week
National Nest Box Week runs each year from 14-21 February. Natural nest sites are disappearing fast, therefore BTO are encouraging people to put up nest boxes in their gardens to help breeding birds. In my garden we have 12 nest … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Local patch, Oxfordshire, survey, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged bird box, birds, Blogging, garden, House Sparrow, National Nest Box Week, wildlife
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Earth worm survey
Over the next few weeks Earthworm Watch are inviting members of the public to take part in a survey to find out how healthy the soil is in the UK. Earthworms are extremely important to UK soils because they keep … Continue reading
Posted in garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, survey, Uncategorized, Woodland
Tagged Citizen science, earthworms, earthwormwatch, education, garden, nature, outdoors, wildlife
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Small mammal surveying
Early Sunday morning (too early) meant meeting up at a site in Oxford to take part in a Small mammal survey training session with the Oxon Mammal group. The site is a designated ‘Local wildlife site’ and the owners wanted … Continue reading
