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Day 22 – How many flowers in an acre
For Day 22 of 30 Days Wild my sister and I challenged each other to see how many different flowers we could find in an acre, in the field next door to our house. I’m sure we missed quite a … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged 30 Days Wild, bindweed, bird's foot trefoil, Blogging, brambles, clover, comfrey, common spotted orchid, daisy, field scabious, forget me knot, hedge woundwort, images, nature, nettle, oxeye diasy, photography, scarlet pimpernel, self-heal, vetch, wild carrot, wild flowers
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30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Watching A Spider Catch Its Prey
Labyrinth Spider catching its prey When watching wildlife I unfortunately often tend to overlook the tiny things like this Labyrinth Spider. Labyrinth Spiders (Agelena labyrinthica) can grow up to 18mm long and can be found in the months of June … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, creepy crawlies, insects, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Rural life, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged 30 Days Wild, blog, Blogging, education, Environment, images, nature, photography, Spider, wildlife
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30 Days Wild – Day 2
Cloud watching The sky is ever changing, when I woke this morning the sky was blue with white wispy clouds and trails from aeroplanes called contrails. A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Buzzard, cirrus cloud, clouds, Environment, images, nature, photography, thermals, Weather, wildlife
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Badger watching at Wytham Woods.
Oxfordshire Mammal Group runs various educational events throughout the year. Yesterday was an afternoon of looking and learning about signs of Badgers, followed by an evening of Badger watching in Wytham Woods. Wytham Woods is located just outside Oxford and owned … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, science, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland, Wytham woods
Tagged Badgers, blog, education, Environment, images, mammals, nature, Oxford, photography, woodlands, Wytham woods
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If you go down to the woods today
This will be the third month I have been writing a short paragraph for my local Parish council website promoting our village woodland. The wood is owned by the Council but managed by the local community. The woodland covers 24 … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Blogging, Butterfly, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged 30 Days Wild, birds, Blogging, Bluetit, Butterfly, Environment, flowers, If you go down to the woods today, images, May, nature, photography, wild flowers, woodlands
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Fox cubs
Barely taller than the Bluebells themselves, three fox cubs play while their mother watches over them. I slowly creep closer until I’m hiding behind a tree trunk that conveniently splits into two giving me an ideal viewing point. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, fox, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Blogging, Bluebells, Environment, fox, fox cubs, foxes, images, Keeptheban, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, trail camera, Vixen, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodland
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Neighbourhood mammals
Back to school this week so I’ve not been able to get out much with my camera. I heard a rustling amongst the dead leaves, expecting it to be a blackbird searching for food, I was surprised to see a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, garden, Hedgehogs, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, Rat, science, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Tagged blog, Blogging, Bristol, Environment, fox, garden, hedgehog, images, nature, photography, Rat, trail camera, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wood mouse
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