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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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Hide in the snow
Such a surprise this morning to wake up and find the ground covered in a thin layer of snow. Within a few minutes of entering the wood I spotted a fox trotting along the hedgerow. I stopped and set … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, fox, Fungi, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Rat, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Blogging, Chaffinch, Environment, footprints, fox, Fungi, hide, Long tailed tit, nature, pigeon, Rat, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodland
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Afterschool
It’s nearly a month since Winter Solstice and it is definitely more noticeable that the sun is setting later. This time last month the sun was setting around 3.45pm. Today it set at roughly 4.30pm. This has meant that I … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Fungi, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter, Woodland
Tagged BBC Wildlife magazine, Big Garden Bird watch, Blogging, Dunnock, Environment, Fieldfares, Fungi, Local patch, Sunset, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
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My local patch over Christmas week
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
Posted in birds, Fungi, Happy New Year, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter, Woodland
Tagged Blogging, Bluebells, Buzzard, Environment, Fungi, grey squirrel, nature, red kite, Sunset, wildlife, winter, woodland
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Importance of hedgerows
On the Breakfast news this morning there was an article about a group of people who were unhappy that their local council has plans to demolish a large hedgerow to enable a road to be widened in the lead up … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, hedgerows, insects, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged acorn, Blackberry, Blogging, breakfast news, Hazelnut, hedgerow, photography, wildlife
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Teniqua Treetops, Knysna
After spending a few days on the coast we moved to a totally different setting, Teniqua Treetops. A group of canvas tree houses make up an eco friendly place to stay high up in indigenous forest on the foothills of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Camping, nature, outdoors, photography, South Africa, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blogging, Cape White-eye, Cattle Egret, Double Collared Sunbird, Environment, Fiscal shrike, Hadeda Ibis, jackal buzzard, Kynsna, Kynsna Touraco, Little Sparrowhawk, nature, photography, scorpion, Southern Boubou, Teniqua treetops
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