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- Garden Wildlife – Part 20 Wood Mouse
- Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
- Garden Wildlife – Part 19 No Mow May
- Garden Wildlife – Part 18 Hedgehogs
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 16 Bank voles
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 15 Red kites
- Garden Wildlife – Part 14 The swallows are back.
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- Garden Wildlife – Part 10 Badger faces and tails
- Garden Wildlife – Part 9 Bluebells
- Garden Wildlife – Part 8 Angle shades pupa
- Garden Wildlife – Part 7 View from the windows
- Garden wildlife – Part 6 Foxes
- Garden Wildlife- Part 5 Ladybirds
- Garden Wildlife – Part 4 Jackdaws
- Garden wildlife – Part 3 Long tailed tit
- Garden wildlife – Part 2 Peacock butterfly
- Garden wildlife – Part 1 Blue tit
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Big Garden Bird Watch 2022
I haven’t had much time to write a blog for quite a while but did sit and do the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch today. 3 Jackdaws1 Chaffinch2 Magpies6 Wood pigeons2 Collared doves9 House Sparrows1 Robin1 Dunnock2 Blackbirds2 Blue tits
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, birds, Blogging, collared dove, Environment, garden, Jackdaw, nature, Robin, RSPB, wildlife, Wildlife photography, wood pigeon
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Another stunning visitor to the garden is the Great spotted woodpecker. This one is a regular visitor and is in and out of the garden most of the day. Since the hazelnuts have appeared, the woodpecker has been in competition … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Autumn, birds, garden, Get Your Boots On, Great spotted woodpecker, Hazel
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Sparrowhawk
A commotion in the garden alerted me to the Sparrowhawk that was sitting on top of the bird feeder. All of the sparrows had quickly disappeared into the depths of the hazel hedge but one dove was still waddling around … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, garden, nature, outdoors, Sparrowhawk, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Last few butterflies
Between the rain showers, a couple of butterflies have been feeding from the final flowers on the Buddleia tree in our garden. According to an article by The National Trust I was reading, five of our native butterflies can hibernate … Continue reading
Posted in Butterfly, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, Wildlife
Tagged butterflies, garden, Hibernation, wildlife
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Yearly visit by a hedgehog
Around once a year we get a hedgehog in the garden. While watching a Muntjac deer on the Birdsy camera footage this morning I noticed something in the back ground that’s not normally there. On the next clip, once the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birdsy, garden, Get Your Boots On, Hedgehogs, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged garden, hedgehog, nature, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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30 Days Wild – Day 2 – Water
With all dry weather recently many birds and animals are struggling to find fresh water. One easy way to help them is to put a dish of water out in your garden. It doesn’t have to be anything special just … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Badgers, birds, Blogging, Environment, garden, Local patch, mammals, nature, photography, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Badger, Bushnell, garden, Great spotted woodpecker, Muntjac, nature, pond, trail camera, water, wildlife
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30 Days Wild – End of No Mow May
Today starts another 30 Days Wild run by The Wildlife Trust. I’ve taken part in this for a number of years now, but if you haven’t heard of it before you can find more details by clicking HERE During May … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, ants, Blogging, Buttercup, every flower counts, garden, hoverfly, nature, nature photography, oxeye daisy, Plantlife, selfheal, Wildflowers, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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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 20 Wood Mouse
Over the past week or so we’ve noticed a number of the seedlings in the porch, especially the sunflowers, have been nibbled. The other afternoon we found the culprit, a wood mouse. We have a lot of wood mice around … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged garden, mammals, nature, nature photography, seedlings, wildlife, Wood mouse
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Garden Wildlife – Part 19 No Mow May
This will be the second year we have taken part in No Mow May in our front garden. The campaign is run by PlantLife and you can read more details about it HERE There are three simple steps: Simply leave your … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, insects, Local patch, mammals, nature, Stay at home, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife
Tagged Buttercup, cowslip, dandelions, garden, nature, nature photography, No Mow May, oxeye daisy, Wildflowers, wildlife
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