Tag Archives: Hare

No Mow May 2023

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Alex White - Appletonwild

For another year we are taking part in No Mow May. This is the first time we’ve had a hare in the garden. It stayed a while before wandering back across the road into the field.

Posted in Animals, Blogging, garden, Get Your Boots On, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay Wild, Wildlife | Tagged Hare, mammals, nature, wildlife, Wildlife photography | 1 Comment

Along the Wayfarer’s Walk to Ladle Hill

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Alex White - Appletonwild

My mum recently read Nicola Chester’s ‘On Gallows Down’ and looking something to do over the Easter weekend, we decided to go for a walk along part of the Wayfarer’s way mentioned in the book. Starting at the White Hill … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Blogging, Get Your Boots On, nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Blogging, Buzzard, Environment, Hare, hill fort, Ladle Hill, nature, outdoors, walking, Watership Down, Wayfarer's way, wildlife | 3 Comments

Wildlife Blogging

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

7 years ago this week I started to blog about the wildlife in my garden and on my local patch. I think over the past couple of months, wildlife and nature close to home has been an important part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Badgers, Birdfair, birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, photography, Stay at home, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged A focus on nature, Blogging, Blue tit, Books, Brighton, climate action, Climate strike, education, Environment, fox, Get Your Boots On, Hare, ladybird, Muntjac, nature, nature photography, outdoors, Roe deer, RSPCA, Stay Wild, young adult books, Young naturalists | 11 Comments

Hazel Hill Wood

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | 4 Comments

Appleton Wildlife Diary is 5 years old today

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

When I started Appleton Wildlife Diary 5 years ago I never imagined that I would still be writing it 5 years later. Over the past 5 years I have had some amazing wildlife encounters, met some inspirational people and been … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, Birdfair, birds, Blogging, Books, Every child wild, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Springwatch Unsprung, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland | Tagged Badgers, Ben Garrod, blog, Blogging, Books, Chris packham, dragonflies, Environment, fox, Hare, Local patch, mammals, Mike Dilger, Peregrine, photography, Roe deer, Springwatch Unsprung, Steve backshall, swallows, Wildlife kate | 21 Comments

Is Spring finally here?

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

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 | Leave a comment

If you go down to the woods today – February

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

If you go down to the woods today – February If you go down to the wood today signs of Spring are everywhere even though the temperatures are still dipping below freezing. Woodpeckers are drumming, the treetops are alive with … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland | Tagged Dog's mercury, gorse, Great spotted woodpecker, Hare, If you go down to the woods today, Primrose, Treecreeper, wildlife, woodland | 4 Comments

Attachment issues

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

One thing that I find difficult to do while enjoying wildlife is not get emotionally attached. If you have been following my blog for long enough now you will know that I do get emotionally attached and that when something … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Blogging, fox, mammals, nature, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged attachment issues, Badgers, Brown rat, Butterfly, Environment, fox, Hare, Kingfisher, Ladgybird, Little owl, Muntjac, nature, Roe deer, snail, Sparrowhawk, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wood mouse | 9 Comments

Easter Holidays

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It’s the last day of the Easter holidays. I’ve not been too far off my local patch as my sister is revising for her GCSE’s, but we did have a trip out to Westonbirt Arboretum. Not much wildlife but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, garden, Hedgehogs, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | Tagged Badgers, Blogging, Chaffinch, Environment, garden, Hare, hedgehog, housing development, nature, photography, trail camera, TV, Westonbirt Arboretum | 2 Comments

My local patch Mid March

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Out walking over the weekend I came across a herd of Fallow deer, I only catch sight of them once or twice a year but it is always a special sight when I do. There are two Fallow deers that … Continue reading →