Category Archives: winter

Starling murmurations at Otmoor

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It was 3.15pm, we had been walking around Otmoor for the past two hours. The weather was cold and windy, the ground a mixture of ice and squelching mud. Even with 3 pairs of socks on each step I took … Continue reading →

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Bullfinches

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past couple of years I’ve noticed an increase in the number of Bullfinches on my local patch. I’m not sure whether there are actually more or whether I just notice them more often because UK Bullfinch populations have … Continue reading →

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My local patch over Christmas week

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The week since Christmas has been busy, together with patches of heavy rain, meaning I haven’t taken as many photos as I could have. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for their support over the past year. … Continue reading →

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Snowday

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Today is the second snowday or day off school due to the weather, which gave me chance to catch up with December’s – If you go down to the woods today……. I write around 50 words each month for my … Continue reading →

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Big Garden Bird Watch 2017

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Setting up my chair in the kitchen with the doors open to the garden, my camera, my notepad and pen and my breakfast on the kitchen table, I was ready to beginning the annual Big Garden Birdwatch. At 8.30am the … Continue reading →

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Nearby rookery

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The trees opposite my house have Rooks in them all year around. They are used as a roost during the winter by a small number of Rooks, who share the copse with the Red Kites and Jackdaws. It is not … Continue reading →

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Catching up with my garden wildlife

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It’s snowing. I’m sat in a classroom watching the falling snow out of the window. I can’t wait to get home. Images pour in to my head. A badger plodding through a blanket of fresh white snow in the wood. … Continue reading →

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Starlings at Otmoor

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Alex White - Appletonwild

After the last few miserable days of rain and fog it was nice to get out on a bright blue, clear day. The sun was low, casting golden rays across the reedbeds and reflecting off the water. We had driven … Continue reading →

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Garden wildlife

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Alex White - Appletonwild

I’ve had the week off school due to a Streptococcus infection which meant I haven’t been able to go much further than the doctors or my garden. It has actually been great having time to do nothing other than watch … Continue reading →

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Fieldfares and Redwings

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Alex White - Appletonwild

As Autumn turns slowly in to Winter the number of birds along the mile long road leading out of my village increases. This country road is lined both sides by traditional hedging. Hawthorn trees towering high, ladened with dark red … Continue reading →