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Big Garden Bird Watch 2019
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
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Best Big Garden Bird Watch so far
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
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Day 29 – Garden birds
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
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Day 6 – Listening to thunder
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
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Catching up with my garden wildlife
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
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Getting ready for the Big Garden Bird Watch
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
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Bird Advent calendar – Day 13
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
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Tagged Advent calendar, birds, Buzzard, collared dove, Deer, fog, garden, nature, outdoors, red kite
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