-
Recent posts
- Polecat – Mustela putorius
- Garden birds
- Great bustard in Oxfordshire
- Guest blog for The Badger Trust
- Connections
- Mammal Week
- National Badger Day
- Surprise visitor to my local patch
- It’s been a while…
- School Grounds #EcoSchoolsAtHome Frugi 10 day challenge
- Global Citizenship #EcoSchoolsAtHome Frugi 10 day challenge
- Get Your Boots On – nearly a year on
- 30 Days Wild – Day 7 – Butterflies
- 30 Days Wild – Day 5 – badger identification
- 30 Days Wild – Day 4 – Little things
- 30 Days Wild – Day 3 – Petrichor
- 30 Days Wild – Day 2 – Water
- 30 Days Wild – End of No Mow May
- Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway
- Wildlife Blogging
- Garden Wildlife – Part 20 Wood Mouse
- Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
- Garden Wildlife – Part 19 No Mow May
- Garden Wildlife – Part 18 Hedgehogs
- Garden Wildlife Part 17 Blackbirds
- Garden Wildlife – Part 16 Bank voles
- Earth Live Lessons hosted by Lizzie Daly
- Wild Days – Lessons and resources.
- Garden Wildlife – Part 15 Red kites
- Garden Wildlife – Part 14 The swallows are back.
- Garden Wildlife – Part 13 Kestrels
- Garden wildlife – Part 12 past couple of weeks
- Garden Wildlife – Part 11 Wildflowers
- 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
- School closures
- Young Mammal Photographer of the Year
- Tracks and signs workshop
- Late afternoon Barn owls
- Barn Owl Pellets
- Badger Rescue Afternoon
- A year of Climate striking
- Get your boots on! — Bird Therapy
- Big Garden Bird Watch 2020
- Review of wildlife hide – Stealth Gear Two Man Photography Chair Hide
- Oxford’s first climate strike of 2020
- Busy garden
- Slavonian grebe
- 2019 Round up and HNY
- Starling murmurations Brighton pier
- HS2 – Stand for the trees
- Starling murmurations
- Pit 60 Standlake
- Leaf litter
- Roost at sunset
- Birdsy Camera
- Harvest mice
- Autumn Thrushes
- Autumn Colours at Wytham Woods
- Crazy few days
- Fallow deer behaviour
- Red Rebels In Oxford
- Competition Time
- Winter Sleep – Book review
- Conkers
- Climate Strike Oxford September 2019
- Vaccinate Not Exterminate
- Follow Appleton Wildlife Diary by Alex White on WordPress.com
Contact me
appletonwildlifediary@gmail.com
Search here
Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsCategories
Social media
Archives
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
Youth Ambassador Pocket Pals App
Highly commended by BBC Wildlife Magazine
Top Posts & Pages
- Day 27 of 30 Days Wild - Strawberry moon
- Garden birds
- Great bustard in Oxfordshire
- Wistman's Wood - Devon
- Review of wildlife hide - Stealth Gear Two Man Photography Chair Hide
- Visit to RSPCA Southridge
- How often does a badger change its bed?
- Squares in the field
- Growing badger cubs
- Day 2 - 30 Days Wild - dissecting a pellet
Meta
Tag Archives: lockdown
Connections
One of the amazing things about writing a blog is the connections it makes. I’m not talking about networking or writing to gain anything, I’m talking about the feedback and comments that come back from around the world. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Bushnell, Covid-19, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Ponds, Stay at home, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Badgers, Birdsy, Bluetit, caterpillar, fox, garden pond, garden wildlife, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Muntjac, nature, trail camera, wildlife
6 Comments
School Grounds #EcoSchoolsAtHome Frugi 10 day challenge
Frugi and Eco-schools England have launched a 10 days #EcoschoolsAtHome challenge. Each day there are different challenges you can download and take part in. Today is Day 7 and it’s all about going back to school. Many children and young … Continue reading
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
35 Comments
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
Posted in Animals, birds, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blogging, daily walk, garden, kestrel, Local patch, lockdown, Rook
1 Comment
Garden Wildlife – Part 10 Badger faces and tails
I quite often get asked how I individually identify my local badgers. It isn’t the easiest thing especially this time of year as I haven’t seen them as much over the winter and new wounds and marks appear. I’ve had … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, fox, Local patch, mammals, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Badgers, fox, lockdown, Muntjac, nature, trail camera, wildlife
2 Comments
Garden Wildlife – Part 9 Bluebells
In my garden, we have a mixture of Spanish bluebells that were there when my parents bought the house and native bluebells, neither of which have flowered yet, but out on my walk today I spotted the first flowering Bluebells … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, wildlife books, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blue tit, Bluebells, Books, Get Your Boots On, lockdown, nature, wildflower, wildlife
4 Comments
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
2 Comments
Garden wildlife – Part 6 Foxes
Living in the countryside our local foxes run the gauntlet of fast traffic down country lanes and the gamekeepers gun, I’m glad to offer a safe place in our garden. My local vixen hasn’t visited for a week or more, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, fox, garden, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged fox, lockdown, nature, trail camera, wildlife
4 Comments
Garden Wildlife- Part 5 Ladybirds
Very short blog today as I’ve been really busy with college work, but did manage to get out in the garden to take a couple of photos of ladybirds. There are 46 different Ladybird species in the UK. 27 of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Nature Books, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Books, garden, ladybird, lockdown, nature, nature photography, wildlife, Wildlife photography
2 Comments
