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Autumn Colours at Wytham Woods
Wytham Woods near Oxford is well know for its studies in to Badgers and Blue tits. It is the home to the University of Oxford’s The Laboratory with Leaves Anyone can visit as long as you apply for one of Wytham … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Badgers, Books, Environment, Fungi, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland, Wytham woods
Tagged Badgers, Blogging, Blue tit, Environment, Fungi, Laboratory with leaves, Local patch, nature, nature photography, Oxford, wildlife, woodland, Wytham woods
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Hazel Hill Wood
Recently I had the chance to visit the magical Hazel Hill Wood Hazel Hill wood, near Salisbury, is a 70 acre ancient woodland plus wildflower meadow. The setting is completely off the grid with electricity from photo-voltaic systems, compost toilets, running … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Citizen science, mammals, nature, outdoors, survey, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Fallow deer, Fungi, Hare, Hazel Hill Wood, mammals, Muntjac, nature, Roe deer, Salisbury, Staghorn fungi, survey, wildlife
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Autumn colours
Autumn is a time for spectacular colours, the oranges, reds and yellows suddenly burst through just as the countryside seems to be getting dull and grey. At the end of a dark and damp afternoon I went for a walk … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, birds, Blogging, Environment, Fungi, Local patch, nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged Autumn, Fieldfares, Fungi, Hawthorn, leaves, nature, Starlings, wildlife, woodlands
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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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