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- Garden Wildlife – Part 15 Red kites
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 9 Bluebells
- Garden Wildlife – Part 8 Angle shades pupa
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Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway
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
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Garden Wildlife – Part 18 Hedgehogs
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
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Garden wildlife – Part 12 past couple of weeks
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
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Garden Wildlife – Part 8 Angle shades pupa
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
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Garden Wildlife – Part 4 Jackdaws
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
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Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly
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
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Finding time for wildlife
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
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, fox, garden, mammals, nature, outdoors, photography, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
Tagged Badger, exams, fox, garden wildlife, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, pond, time management, trail camera, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
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Problem solving Woodpecker
How do you open a Hazel nut which keeps rolling around? This Great Spotted Woodpecker has a smart idea. He frequently brings over a nut, places it in a crack in the telegraph pole to hold it still, before hammering … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, birds, garden, Local patch, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Autumn, birds, Blogging, garden wildlife, Great spotted woodpecker, Hazelnut, nature, nature photography, Uk wildlife
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Day 24 of 30 Days Wild – pond dipping
Just under a year ago we built a pond in our garden. It has many visitors that use it to drink from, but today we thought we would find out what lived in the pond. Sadly no tadpoles yet, but … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, garden, nature, photography, Ponds, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, garden wildlife, nature, pond dipping, pond skater, pond snail, water boatman, water louse, wigglies, wildlife
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Badger watching in comfort
Last night a few of us were very kindly invited to attend a badger watching session. Badgers often visit this garden, along with foxes and deers. During the evening four different badgers and two foxes appeared. Mostly the badgers ignored … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, fox, garden, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badgers, fox, garden wildlife, nature, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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