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Day 16 – Early evening walk and badgers
It’s Friday, the last day of Springwatch Unsprung and a must because the brilliant Dara, fellow blogger and wildlife enthusiast is on. Make sure you check out his blog here https://youngfermanaghnaturalist.com/ By 7.30pm the air was slightly cooler and with no … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Blogging, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Badgers, Blogging, Buzzard, Environment, Goldfinch, kestrel, nature, photography, Stream, wildlife, Woods
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30 Days Wild – Day 2
Cloud watching The sky is ever changing, when I woke this morning the sky was blue with white wispy clouds and trails from aeroplanes called contrails. A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Buzzard, cirrus cloud, clouds, Environment, images, nature, photography, thermals, Weather, wildlife
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Hawthorn
After my previous blog on the benefits of Ivy, I started to look at other plants on my local patch and how they supported the mammals, birds and insects. The first plant that caught my eye is the Hawthorn tree … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, birds, insects, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Autumn, Buzzard, Fungi, Giant puffball, H3, Hawthorn, Long tailed tit, nature, photography, red kite, Yellowhammer
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Back on my local patch
I’ve been away from my local patch on and off for the past three weeks so I haven’t been able to spend much time walking around it. It is definitely good to be back. Local patches are important, if you … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography
Tagged Autumn, Badgers, birds, Buzzard, Fungi, Hare, mammals, nature, outdoors, Roe deer, wildlife, woodland
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A few questions from the week
The week started off sunny and cold. With the sunny weather came lots of Red Kites and Buzzards over the garden. Normally there are a couple of Red Kites and around 2 local Buzzards plus a couple more at the … Continue reading
Posted in birds, garden, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, Buzzard, Deer, mammals, nature, outdoors, red kite, Roe deer, wildlife, winter, woodland, Woods
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Deliberation over wildlife
The sun was out today meaning the hares were out and about. I couldn’t get too close as we had the dogs with us. Overhead Buzzards and a Red kite were climbing on the thermals. Occasionally coming together with talons … Continue reading
Posted in birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, Buzzard, garden, Hare, mammals, nature, outdoors, wildlife
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Finally confirmed H3 is still around
It has been three months since I have been able to positively identify H3, until over the weekend when I spotted her in a nearby field where I’m glad to say she is alive and healthy. Up until October I … Continue reading
Posted in birds, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged birds, Birds of prey, BTO, Buzzard, nature, outdoors, wildlife, Woods
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