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- If you go down to the woods today – May 2018
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- If you go down to the woods today – April
- Badger watching in comfort
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- Thermal Imaging Camera
- National Nest Box Week
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- Visit to London
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- Best Big Garden Bird Watch so far
- Sparrow Roost
- Hide in the snow
- Afterschool
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- If you go down to the woods today… January
- Durlston, Dorset
- My local patch over Christmas week
- Question about Roe deer
- Badger identification
- Snowday
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- Interview with an author – Papiliones by Jonathan Bradley
- Attachment issues
- Quick visit to Farmoor reservoir
- Goodbye Fantastic Mrs Fox
- Badgers are ingenious
- Slow down for badgers
- Secrets of sound
- Young wildlife ambassadors panel
- Comparing trail cameras – Night time
- Ivy at the end of October
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Is Spring finally here?
What a change a week has made. Last Sunday I was blogging about snow, while this weekend I was taking photos of hares, Spring flowers and ladybirds. The woodland floor is changing rapidly, from the dull browns of the fallen … Continue reading
Posted in insects, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Celandine, Fungi, Hare, ladybird, macro, Spider, Spring, Wildflowers, wildlife
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Hide in the snow
Such a surprise this morning to wake up and find the ground covered in a thin layer of snow. Within a few minutes of entering the wood I spotted a fox trotting along the hedgerow. I stopped and set … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, fox, Fungi, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Rat, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Blogging, Chaffinch, Environment, footprints, fox, Fungi, hide, Long tailed tit, nature, pigeon, Rat, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodland
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Afterschool
It’s nearly a month since Winter Solstice and it is definitely more noticeable that the sun is setting later. This time last month the sun was setting around 3.45pm. Today it set at roughly 4.30pm. This has meant that I … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Fungi, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter, Woodland
Tagged BBC Wildlife magazine, Big Garden Bird watch, Blogging, Dunnock, Environment, Fieldfares, Fungi, Local patch, Sunset, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
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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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Folklore and fungi
While walking through the wood yesterday I came across a Fairy ring. The ring of fungi is caused by the mycelium which moves outwards from the centre. After using up the nutrients, the centre dies and a ring of mushrooms … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Fungi, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged deadman's fingers, EarthBall, Fly Agaric, Fungi, Jelly ear, King Alfred's cakes, mushroom, myths, Scarlet Elf cup, Witches butter, woodland
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BBOWT – Hitchcopse Pit
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
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Review of 2016
Happy New Year and a big thank you to everyone who reads and comments on my blog. I really appreciate every follow, like and view. 2016 was quite a manic year with lots of amazing animals and events. January started … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Blogging, Citizen science, Happy New Year, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badger, Citizen science, Environment, Festival of nature, Fungi, Hare, images, Ivy, ivy bee, kestrel, mammals, nature, nature photography, Science festival, Secret World, Springwatch Unsprung, Starlings
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