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Big Garden Bird Watch 2022

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

I haven’t had much time to write a blog for quite a while but did sit and do the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch today. 3 Jackdaws1 Chaffinch2 Magpies6 Wood pigeons2 Collared doves9 House Sparrows1 Robin1 Dunnock2 Blackbirds2 Blue tits

Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, birds, Blogging, collared dove, Environment, garden, Jackdaw, nature, Robin, RSPB, wildlife, Wildlife photography, wood pigeon | Leave a comment

Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

During lockdown and the current restrictions I’ve teamed up with family run Kennedy Wild Bird Food for a guest blog post on attracting wildlife to your garden and a chance to win a bundle of bird food and feeders. You … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Competition, Environment, garden, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography | Tagged bird bath, Bird Boxes, Bird Feeders, Bird food, birds, Blogging, Blue tit, collared dove, Competition, Environment, garden, garden wildlife, Kennedy Wild Bird Food, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Win, wood pigeon | 35 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

Big Garden Bird Watch 2019

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

This is the 5th year I’ve taken part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch. It’s been interesting to look back at the last five years results and notice any changes that have occurred. This morning was a drizzly, cold, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Environment, Every child wild, garden, Local patch, nature, photography, science, survey, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Animals, Big Garden Bird watch, birds, Blackbird, Bluetit, Citizen science, collared dove, Dunnock, Great tit, House Sparrow, magpies, photography, Robin | 5 Comments

Best Big Garden Bird Watch so far

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The Big Garden Bird Watch 2018 turned out to be the best one I’ve done so far. Despite drizzling with rain to start with, there were still plenty of birds around. Here’s my list of the birds that actually landed … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, garden, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography | Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, Blackbird, Blue tit, Chaffinch, Coal tit, collared dove, Dunnock, Environment, House Sparrow, Long tailed tit, red kite, Robin, wood pigeon, woodpecker | 8 Comments

Day 29 – Garden birds

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Not much time after school today to spend on wildlife so my Random Act of Wildness was to watch the birds in my garden. The Pigeons are now sitting on their third nest, after abandoning the first not long after … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Blackbird, Blogging, Blue tit, collared dove, Dunnock, Environment, Goldfinch, Great tit, House Sparrow, nature, wood pigeon | Leave a comment

Day 6 – Listening to thunder

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Today has been a complete mixture of weather. Starting with heavy rain, followed by patches of sunshine. After school the wind picked up and the rain started again. I really felt for the pigeon nesting in our garden, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Blogging, garden, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Thunder storm, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Weather, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Blogging, collared dove, Environment, garden, nature, photography, pigeon, Roe deer, thunderstorm, Weather, wildlife | Leave a comment

Catching up with my garden wildlife

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It’s snowing. I’m sat in a classroom watching the falling snow out of the window. I can’t wait to get home. Images pour in to my head. A badger plodding through a blanket of fresh white snow in the wood. … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, garden, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | Tagged Blogging, collared dove, Crow, Environment, fox, garden, images, Long tailed tit, nature, photography, Pied Wagtail, Rat, winter | 2 Comments

Getting ready for the Big Garden Bird Watch

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Alex White - Appletonwild

On 30th and 31st January the RSPB Bird Garden Bird Watch takes place. You can order a pack from the RSPB website. It is a great way for you to help the RSPB by recording all the birds and mammals … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, RSPB, Rural life, Uncategorized | Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, bird feeder, birds, collared dove, garden, Long tailed tit, nature, outdoors, RSPB, wildlife, wood pigeon | 3 Comments

Bird Advent calendar – Day 13

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Day 13 of my countdown to Christmas is the Collared dove. Today it was extremely foggy and it was hard to see birds from a distance, so instead I put my hide up in the garden and waited for a … Continue reading →