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Tag Archives: Buzzard
Wildflower Meadow
At the weekend, as a break from studying, I spent an hour sat taking photos in a wildflower meadow. An hour passed by very quickly while watching the Red Kites and Buzzards soar high on the thermals and butterflies flitting … Continue reading
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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Badger trails
The crops have been harvested and the wild flower meadow cut leaving telltale signs of the badgers foraging paths from over the summer. Badgers will use the same paths for generations. It is not just badgers that weave their way … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, fox, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Autumn, Badger, Buzzard, fieldcraft, fox, H3, Muntjac, nature, Roe deer, trail, trail camera, wildlife
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Pond and other stuff
Over the summer holidays my family built a pond in the corner of the front garden. After replacing a wall with a hazel hedge together with a few hawthorn and honeysuckle last year, we hoped that this would encourage more … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, garden, insects, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Ponds, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged beetle, Buzzard, garden, Grey wagtail, H3, Hazel, nature, Nicrophorus vespillo, pond, wildlife, Wildlife photography, wood pigeon
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H3 – found her again
A quick break from my South African trip blogs to report that I have positively spotted my local Buzzard H3 again. I’ve had times when I think I have seen her, but it’s been since October 2016 since I have … Continue reading
Posted in birds, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, Birds of prey, BTO, Buzzard, H3, Local patch, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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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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