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Day 11 – 30 Days Wild – close up
Catching up with posting on 30 Days Wild Taking a closer look
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Books, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature
Tagged Local patch, nature, outdoors, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Peregrines and badgers
One bird I love seeing on my local patch is the Peregrine falcon. It’s not often I get a glimpse of any, but last week there was one being bothered by a Buzzard. Pigeons make up the main part of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Birdsy, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Wildlife
Tagged Badgers, Local patch, nature, Peregrine, wildlife
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Polecat – Mustela putorius
It was a great surprise to see a clip of a Polecat on my trail camera this morning. I’ve only seen them twice before on my local patch. Once in March 2017 and again in February 2019. This morning’s polecat … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Books, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books
Tagged Little Acorn trail cam, Local patch, Polecat, trail camera, wildlife
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Surprise visitor to my local patch
There was a colourful visitor to the village where I live today. Easier to hear than to spot, this Alexandrine parakeet spent the afternoon flying between two hedgerows on the outskirts of the village, sometimes just sitting calling or at … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandrine parakeet, birds, Local patch, nature, wildlife
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30 Days Wild – Day 5 – badger identification
Over the past few weeks of dry weather, we have had quite a few visitors to the garden pond. First, a female badger turned up and regularly came 5 or 6 times a night to drink. She is lactating so … Continue reading
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Tagged Badger, Badger Identification, Badger watching, Badgers, Local patch, mammals, nature, trail camera, wildlife
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30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Little things
Sometimes it’s good to spend time noticing the little things. The intricate lives of insects and beetles. During a short walk from my house I took photos of a nettle weevil, aphids, ants and raindrops.
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Garden Wildlife – Part 15 Red kites
We have a number of Red kites on my local patch but when the fields are being ploughed like they have been over the past few days lots of red kites come in from miles around. Today, like yesterday we’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, garden, Local patch, red kite, Stay Wild
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Garden Wildlife – Part 14 The swallows are back.
The swallows are back on my local patch, one day later than last year. 2020 I first saw the swallows back on 20th April 2019 I spotted the first one to return on 19th April The ones I’ve seen are … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, daily walk, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Roe deer, Stay Wild, swallow, wildlife
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Garden Wildlife – Part 13 Kestrels
From my garden I can often see kestrels hovering. Not over the garden but in the next-door field. The field has a very wild field margin and a wildflower meadow at the bottom. Great hunting grounds for birds of prey. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, daily walk, garden, kestrel, Local patch, lockdown, Rook
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