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Day 8 of 30 Days Wild – Visit a nature reserve
Your local nature reserve is a great place to relax and watch wildlife. Each nature reserve usually has its own specialist species. We visited Strumpshaw Fen which is well known for the Swallowtail butterfly. Strumpshaw Fen is located near Norwich, … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Butterfly, insects, nature, Nature reserve, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged blog, caterpillar, cuckoo spit, Damselfly, dragonfly, nature, Nature reserve, Norfolk, Norfolk hawker, Spider, Strumpshaw fen, Swallowtail butterfly, wildlife
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Appleton Wildlife Diary is 5 years old today
When I started Appleton Wildlife Diary 5 years ago I never imagined that I would still be writing it 5 years later. Over the past 5 years I have had some amazing wildlife encounters, met some inspirational people and been … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Birdfair, birds, Blogging, Books, Every child wild, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Springwatch Unsprung, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Badgers, Ben Garrod, blog, Blogging, Books, Chris packham, dragonflies, Environment, fox, Hare, Local patch, mammals, Mike Dilger, Peregrine, photography, Roe deer, Springwatch Unsprung, Steve backshall, swallows, Wildlife kate
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30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Watching A Spider Catch Its Prey
Labyrinth Spider catching its prey When watching wildlife I unfortunately often tend to overlook the tiny things like this Labyrinth Spider. Labyrinth Spiders (Agelena labyrinthica) can grow up to 18mm long and can be found in the months of June … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, creepy crawlies, insects, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Rural life, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged 30 Days Wild, blog, Blogging, education, Environment, images, nature, photography, Spider, wildlife
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Badger watching at Wytham Woods.
Oxfordshire Mammal Group runs various educational events throughout the year. Yesterday was an afternoon of looking and learning about signs of Badgers, followed by an evening of Badger watching in Wytham Woods. Wytham Woods is located just outside Oxford and owned … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, science, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland, Wytham woods
Tagged Badgers, blog, education, Environment, images, mammals, nature, Oxford, photography, woodlands, Wytham woods
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Neighbourhood mammals
Back to school this week so I’ve not been able to get out much with my camera. I heard a rustling amongst the dead leaves, expecting it to be a blackbird searching for food, I was surprised to see a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, garden, Hedgehogs, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, Rat, science, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Tagged blog, Blogging, Bristol, Environment, fox, garden, hedgehog, images, nature, photography, Rat, trail camera, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wood mouse
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A badger and a fox
It is not often that I get both a badger and a fox together, mostly they will avoid each other and the fox will only appear once the badgers have left for the fields. During the day I often find … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Badger, Badger sett, blog, Environment, fox, mammals, nature, photography, trail camera, uknature, woodland
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