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Dragonflies

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The Ruddy darter dragonfly is one of the most common dragonflies. You can tell it apart from the common darter by its black legs and club shaped abdomen Get Your Boots On available at Amazon

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Day 8 of 30 Days Wild – Visit a nature reserve

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Your local nature reserve is a great place to relax and watch wildlife. Each nature reserve usually has its own specialist species. We visited Strumpshaw Fen which is well known for the Swallowtail butterfly. Strumpshaw Fen is located near Norwich, … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Butterfly, insects, nature, Nature reserve, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged blog, caterpillar, cuckoo spit, Damselfly, dragonfly, nature, Nature reserve, Norfolk, Norfolk hawker, Spider, Strumpshaw fen, Swallowtail butterfly, wildlife | 2 Comments

BBOWT – Hitchcopse Pit

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

BBOWT’s Nature Reserve, Hitchcopse Pit, like Dry Sandford Pit was once a quarry. I visited Dry Sandford Pit in March and had planned to go back in the autumn but we ended up at Hitchcopse pit instead. https://appletonwildlifediary.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/bbowt-dry-sandford-pit/ Hitchcopse Pit … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Butterfly, insects, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Bullfinch, Butterfly, comma, dragonfly, evening primrose, Fungi, Heron, Lichen, nature photography, Red admiral butterfly, red kite, small copper, wildlife | Leave a comment

Grey day at Farmoor reservoir

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The sky was overcast with smirr – thanks to Robert Macfarlane and his ‘word of the day’ on Twitter for this word. Smirr is fine, drifting rain, so light as to seem mist- or smoke-like, but which coats evenly & … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged British wildlife, dragonfly, Farmoor reservoir, geese, House martin, Leucistic coot, nature, photography, Smirr, Wheatear, wildlife, Word of the day | 2 Comments

Guest blog from Norfolk

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Thanks to my Nan for writing about her recent visit to Norfolk After our recent camping trip to the Norfolk Broads Alex has once again asked us to do a guest blog. This trip during the June heatwave gave us … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Butterfly, Nature reserve, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Damselfly, dragonfly, egret, Heron, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fen, Swallowtail butterfly, Wroxham | Leave a comment

On the river – Day 18 of 30 Days Wild

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Every couple of months over the summer my parents do safety cover for wild swimming events. This means a day on the water with my camera. Launching the boat just after 5.30am, there is no one around, the water is … Continue reading →