Tag Archives: garden wildlife

Hedgehog

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Little tell tale signs that our visitor is back have been appearing in the front garden. It wasn’t going close enough to our permanent Birdsy camera to trigger it, but a handful of hedgehog food and a second camera confirmed … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, mammals, nature, trail camera | Tagged Birdsy, Bushnell, garden wildlife, hedgehog, trail camera | Leave a comment

Busy garden during the cold weather

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With the past few weeks of very cold weather the garden has become quite busy with animals looking for food and water. Most birds and small mammals live very close to the edge during the winter months and a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Badgers, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, mammals, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Badger, Deer, fieldfare, fox, garden wildlife, Otter, trail camera, winter | 2 Comments

Connections

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

One of the amazing things about writing a blog is the connections it makes. I’m not talking about networking or writing to gain anything, I’m talking about the feedback and comments that come back from around the world. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Bushnell, Covid-19, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Ponds, Stay at home, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Badgers, Birdsy, Bluetit, caterpillar, fox, garden pond, garden wildlife, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Muntjac, nature, trail camera, wildlife | 6 Comments

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

Garden Wildlife – Part 18 Hedgehogs

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past week, I have had my trail cameras out in the front garden in the hope to capture our local vixen or even a badger. However, the cameras picked up something out of the ordinary, a hedgehog! The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, nature, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged garden wildlife, Get Your Boots On, hedgehog, nature, trail camera | 4 Comments

Garden wildlife – Part 12 past couple of weeks

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Although I started off really well with daily blogs of my garden wildlife, I’ve now missed a couple of weeks. I’ve still been taking photos but I haven’t been feeling in the right mood for blogging. Here’s a few photos … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Butterfly, garden, Stay at home, Uncategorized | Tagged Black cap, Blackbird, Blogging, Bluebells, daily walk, Environment, garden, garden wildlife, Holly blue butterfly, pond, Robin, Roe deer | 3 Comments

Garden Wildlife – Part 8 Angle shades pupa

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

I came across this pupa in the garden, after doing a bit of research I think it is a pupa for an Angle shades moth. I’m hoping to be able to film it hatching using timelapse. This is a photo … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged angle shades moth, Blogging, garden, garden wildlife, lockdown, moths, nature, pupa, wildlife | 2 Comments

Garden Wildlife – Part 4 Jackdaws

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Jackdaws are pretty common birds and because of this they are easy to ignore, but if you look closely at their bright blue eyes and purple sheen to their feathers, they are quite stunning. Jackdaws are also interesting to watch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Birdsy, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uk nature, Uncategorized, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged birds, Birdsy, Books, garden, garden wildlife, Get Your Boots On, Jackdaw, nature | 1 Comment

Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The temperature hit 13 degrees celsius afternoon and a few butterflies were out and about. Firstly, a Brimstone flew over the garden. Around 3pm a Comma butterfly fluttered around but didn’t settle, then in floated this Peacock butterfly, which settled … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Butterfly, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged Books, Butterfly, education, garden, garden wildlife, nature, nature photography, peacock butterfly, self isolation, wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | 5 Comments

Finding time for wildlife

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Going through primary school and the lower years of secondary school I always found it really easy to find time to watch wildlife. Actually I didn’t ‘make’ time, the time was just there because I didn’t have any other pressures. … Continue reading →