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- Garden Wildlife – Part 16 Bank voles
- Earth Live Lessons hosted by Lizzie Daly
- Wild Days – Lessons and resources.
- Garden Wildlife – Part 15 Red kites
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 13 Kestrels
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- 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
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- Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly
- Garden wildlife – Part 1 Blue tit
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- Badger Rescue Afternoon
- A year of Climate striking
- Get your boots on! — Bird Therapy
- Big Garden Bird Watch 2020
- Review of wildlife hide – Stealth Gear Two Man Photography Chair Hide
- Oxford’s first climate strike of 2020
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- 2019 Round up and HNY
- Starling murmurations Brighton pier
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- Red Rebels In Oxford
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- Winter Sleep – Book review
- Conkers
- Climate Strike Oxford September 2019
- Vaccinate Not Exterminate
- Dolphins at Berry Head
- Wistman’s Wood – Devon
- Visit to RSPCA Southridge
- Second Butterfly count
- Big Butterfly Count number one
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Badger Rescue Afternoon
On Saturday Oxfordshire Badger Group held a badger rescue information afternoon for its volunteers. The first thing we learnt was the different types of injuries that the rescuers might come across, from territorial wounds, to being hit by a car, … Continue reading
2019 Round up and HNY
I’ll start with the highlight of 2019. The publishing of Get Your Boots On. An idea that had been in my head since 2016 and after years of writing, and then months of editing by the amazing Dived Up Publishing … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Blogging, Books, Climate strike, Environment, Every child wild, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Happy New Year, hedgerows, insects, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, Nature reserve, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged 2020, A focus on nature, Animals, Badger, Birdfair, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, education, Environment, Happy New Year, Harvest mouse, images, nature, Nature Books, nature photography, photography, Reading, Rose-coloured Starling, starling murmuration, wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography, wildlife protection, Wildlife Rescue
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Crazy few days
Sunday saw the first hedgehog day in Witney Oxfordshire, organised by Hugh Warwick. A day where people came together to celebrate all things hedgehog and spread the word on how you can make the place you live hedgehog friendly. It … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, Hedgehogs, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, plastic waste, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged Biodiversity, Conkers, hedgehog, Oxfordshire, Scouts, Wilderland festival
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Last photos of 2018
It’s been another busy and exciting year in 2018. There always seems to be something to new to discover or learn about. I had a weeks work experience at The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, saw glow worms for the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Birdfair, Blogging, Books, Citizen science, Environment, Happy New Year, Local patch, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged Badger, Bioblitz, Blogging, Dunnock, nature, Redwing, Roe deer, The people's walk for Wildlife, thermal image camera, wildlife, Wildlife Rescue, Work Experience
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Fallow deer rescue
Yesterday morning my dad spotted a young Fallow deer in a field that was limping. Each time the deer took a couple of steps she fell over, lay down for a moment, then struggled to get up, took another step … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, nature, outdoors, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged Deer, Fallow deer, nature, wildlife
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Badger cub rescue
Yesterday morning Oxfordshire Badger Group got called out to a badger cub that had been found wandering around on its own long after it should have been back in its sett asleep. I went with my mum to collect the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, Environment, mammals, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged badger cub, Badgers, photography, tiggywinkles, wildlife, Wildlife Rescue
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Day 9 of 30 Days Wild – update on rescued seal
Last week we visited Horsey Beach in Norfolk to see the seals. We noticed that one of the seals had rope around its neck, so my mum reported it to Friends of Horsey seals, along with other kind people who … Continue reading
Snares and badgers
Boris is a year old badger that just over a week ago got himself in a bit of a predicament. A very thoughtful member of the public contacted Oxon Badger Group about a badger that had been caught in some wire. It … Continue reading
Billy badger cub
I’m posting two blogs today about badgers. One had a happy ending, this one didn’t. A member of the public rang Oxon Badger Group explaining that they had found a female badger that had been killed on the road. This amazing person … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Rescue
Tagged Badger, badger cub, Give Badgers a brake, wildlife, Wildlife Rescue
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Young wildlife ambassadors panel
I spent last weekend up in Preston at this years Badger Trust conference. It was a great chance to meet up with people from other Badger Groups from around the country and listen to some interesting speakers. Over two days … Continue reading
