Tag Archives: Birdsy

Hedgehog

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Little tell tale signs that our visitor is back have been appearing in the front garden. It wasn’t going close enough to our permanent Birdsy camera to trigger it, but a handful of hedgehog food and a second camera confirmed … Continue reading →

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Connections

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

One of the amazing things about writing a blog is the connections it makes. I’m not talking about networking or writing to gain anything, I’m talking about the feedback and comments that come back from around the world. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Bushnell, Covid-19, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Ponds, Stay at home, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Badgers, Birdsy, Bluetit, caterpillar, fox, garden pond, garden wildlife, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Muntjac, nature, trail camera, wildlife | 6 Comments

Garden Wildlife Part 17 Blackbirds

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

For a while I’ve been using a Birdsy camera to film the wildlife and in particular the birds in my garden. Last weekend I moved it around again, this time focusing it on the birdbath in the back garden. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, RSPB, Stay at home, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged birdbath, birds, Birdsy, Blackbird, garden, Get Your Boots On, nature, RSPB, wildlife | 6 Comments

Garden Wildlife – Part 4 Jackdaws

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Jackdaws are pretty common birds and because of this they are easy to ignore, but if you look closely at their bright blue eyes and purple sheen to their feathers, they are quite stunning. Jackdaws are also interesting to watch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Birdsy, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uk nature, Uncategorized, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged birds, Birdsy, Books, garden, garden wildlife, Get Your Boots On, Jackdaw, nature | 1 Comment

Garden wildlife – Part 3 Long tailed tit

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Another sunny, warm (ish) day in the garden today. Plenty of things to see, from butterflies including a Brimstone and a couple of Peacocks Overhead the Buzzards and Red Kites were riding the thermals, and over the fence I could … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged Birdsy, Long tailed tit, nature, wildlife | 1 Comment

Garden wildlife – Part 1 Blue tit

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the next few days, weeks or at least until I run out of species or find something else to do, I’m going to focus on one species, from my garden, each day to encourage people to look closer at … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged bird nest, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Blue tit, Books, education, Environment, nature, nature photography, photography, self isolation, wildlife, wildlife books | 6 Comments

Big Garden Bird Watch 2020

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With bird feeders topped up and camera at the ready, I settled down to see which birds visited my garden during the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Bird Watch. As always I completed this important piece of citizen science between 9am … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Citizen science, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, Oxfordshire, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged birds, Birdsy, Blackbird, Blogging, Blue tit, Books, collared dove, Environment, Great tit, Long tailed tit, New Nature magazine, Robin, RSPB | 6 Comments

Busy garden

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It is always interesting to see what happens in the garden over night. However, last night seem to be a particularly busy night for wildlife and not so wildlife. Glad to see my local vixen is still around as she … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, photography, Uncategorized, wildlife books | Tagged Birdsy, Deer, Film Oxford, fox, Long tailed tit, wildlife | 6 Comments

2019 Round up and HNY

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 9 Comments

Birdsy Camera

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past few months I have been using a Birdsy camera and software as part of a trial. Not only is it a camera that films wildlife, in your garden but the software identifies the species of bird. Each … Continue reading →